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  • Creative, Collaborative, Community Solutions

    Creative, Collaborative, Community Solutions

    Transforming the systems that manage flood risk is challenging even in the best circumstances. In places facing overlapping disasters, political conflict and fragmented institutions, it can be even more daunting.  A team of researchers, government officials and nonprofit leaders is tackling that challenge by bringing together people and perspectives.  The Río Piedras watershed, encompassing nearly all of urban San Juan,…

  • Adam Milewski: UGA Game Changer

    Adam Milewski: UGA Game Changer

    As head of UGA’s Department of Geology, Adam Milewski says people are often surprised that his work focuses on water. But Milewski, a hydrogeologist who studies the water found beneath earth’s surface, will be the first to tell you that geology includes more than rocks.

  • Rosemond retires following three decades at UGA

    Rosemond retires following three decades at UGA

    Dr. Amy Rosemond officially retired as a professor at the Odum School of Ecology on July 1, and she has since been granted emeritus status. Throughout her career, she studied the effects of land use and climate change on the health of streams, uncovering important lessons about how excess nutrients and other pollutants harm natural ecosystems.    A UGA Foundation…