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  • IRIS Selected for AT&T Community Resilience Challenge

    Strengthening Athens-Clarke County, Georgia’s Resilience to Future Flood Risks A team of researchers at the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) was recently selected by AT&T to conduct research that will help make Athens-Clarke County more resilient to flooding through the company’s Climate Resiliency Community Challenge. 

  • Tybee Seeks Natural Infrastructure Solutions

    In a climate of concern about resilience to sea level rise and severe storms, the City of Tybee Island will forge ahead with a $125,000 grant from the National Coastal Resilience Fund. The grant will be used for planning and design of natural infrastructure that protects homeowners by reducing the effects of flooding on the west side of the island.…

  • IRIS Ecologist Receives NSF Career Grant

    Author: Beth Gavrilles Originally posted in UGA Today Aquatic ecologist Krista Capps, an assistant professor in the Odum School of Ecology and Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, has been awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development program.