Articles from February 2023
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UI launches new flood prediction research facility
Friday, February 3, 2023
The University of Iowa is launching a new research center to improve flood prediction.
UI launching research center to improve flood prediction
Thursday, February 2, 2023
The Center for Hydrologic Development joins a cooperative of other research institutes sharing approaches like this with its peer institutions. Iowa will receive $21 million from the collaborative.
![Portrait of Larry Weber](/sites/iowafloodcenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-03/Larry-Webber-UI-photo-225x300.jpg?h=f6e41674&itok=T9noHjYU)
New flood prediction research facility opens on UI campus
Thursday, February 2, 2023
The University of Iowa is launching the Center for Hydrologic Development, a new research center to improve flood prediction.
![Screenshot of IFIS map showing flood alerts](/sites/iowafloodcenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-03/Iowa-Flood-Center.jpg?h=6ac5912a&itok=3Rw_Uv9k)
UI Center for Hydrologic Development expands national reach
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
The University of Iowa College of Engineering is home to a new research center—the Center for Hydrologic Development (CHD)—that is designed to improve the country’s ability to predict and manage water-related hazards.
![Ibrahim Demir speaks at the press conference announcing CHD](/sites/iowafloodcenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-03/BB2I4205A-900x600.jpg?h=b69e0e0e&itok=k2MJGsWK)
UI increases national reach with new Center for Hydrologic Development
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
The University of Iowa will work on a new Center for Hydrologic Development facility in partnership with the University of Alabama, the UI announced in a press conference on Wednesday.
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University of Iowa opening a new flood research center
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
The University of Iowa is opening a new research center that will focus on improving the ability to predict and manage water-related hazards such as flooding.
![A video still showing Larry Weber speaking at a press conference](/sites/iowafloodcenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-03/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-17%20at%2012.08.50%20PM.png?h=43c0db91&itok=5-GUYLDB)
Univ. of Iowa, Iowa Flood Center expand research to a national level through new center
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
The University of Iowa College of Engineering is home to a new research center—the Center for Hydrologic Development (CHD)—that is designed to improve the country’s ability to predict and manage water-related hazards. It will work off of a lot of the research that’s already been done at the Iowa Flood Center.
![Ibrahim Demir speaks at the press conference announcing CHD](/sites/iowafloodcenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-03/BB2I4205A-900x600.jpg?h=b69e0e0e&itok=k2MJGsWK)
UI launching new hydrologic development research center to predict floods & drought
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
The University of Iowa is launching a new hydrologic development research center to predict floods and drought.
![Aerial photo of Stanley Hydraulics Lab](/sites/iowafloodcenter.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-03/2020_10_21-Law%20Drone%20III%20jatorner%20-0004-2.jpg?h=ef2d6e95&itok=jzd6B-zX)
University of Iowa opens new research center
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
The new research center is designed to improve the country's ability to predict and manage water-related hazards. The center will operate under the university's college of engineering and also partner with the Iowa Flood Center.