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Insurance company AXA XL visits UGA in the spirit of interdisciplinary collaboration
With increasingly extreme weather, building resilient communities is a top priority across the nation. However, the factors that make a community or ecosystem resilient are often extremely complex, and require an interdisciplinary approach to understand and cultivate. Further, barriers like public perception of natural infrastructure, how city planners and practitioners value the co-benefits of natural infrastructure when planning, and policies…
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We’re hiring a Communications Coordinator!
Join the IRIS team as a Communications Coordinator! We’re looking for someone who’s excited about science communications–and who will bring creativity and diligence to finding new ways to tell the world about what the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems is up to. You’ll work closely with the Communications Director to create outreach materials, come up with engaging social media content,…
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IRIS research on plastic waste streams featured in Packaging Europe
IRIS affiliates Felix Santiago Collazo and Jenna Jambeck’s research on plastic waste in the ocean was recently featured by the publication Packaging Europe, which is an organization dedicated to understanding the packaging needs of society and highlighting innovative ways to promote sustainability. The article specifically referred to a tool that Santiago Collazo and Jambeck are developing, which will help communities…
