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Shepherd receives National Academies award for science communications
J. Marshall Shepherd, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Geography in the University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, was the top prize winner in the National Academies’ Research Scientist: Later Career category of its Schmidt Awards. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recently revealed the 2024 recipients of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence…
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Save the Date: IRIS to host AEES 2025
The Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems will host the next annual meeting of the American Ecological Engineering Society next spring in Athens, Georgia. The event, which will be the 25th anniversary of this meeting, will be returning to Athens after the inaugural conference was first held there in 2001. Mark your calendar for May 28-30, 2025 at the Classic Center…
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IRIS Students Shine at River Basin Center’s Confluence Poster Contest
On Friday, October 18, the UGA River Basin Center hosted their second annual water science & policy poster contest. The symposium, titled “Confluence,” brought together graduate students and interested faculty from all walks– or swims– of life: ecologists, engineers, landscape designers, anthropologists and more were able to explore and engage with over 30 posters. To recognize the exciting work going…
