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Coming to campus soon: don’t miss the National Nature Assessment event!
Join us on Tuesday, October 1st at 6:00-8:00 PM ET at Flinchum’s Phoenix for a free public-engagement event with the National Nature Assessment (NNA1). The Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems at the University of Georgia will host one of the first public engagement events for the forthcoming National Nature Assessment (NNA1), a nationwide collaboration to better…
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On Shoreline Permitting and Voluntary Property Buyouts: two new IRIS in Focus publications, fresh off the press
IRIS in Focus is a collection of policy-focused white-papers from our research team, ranging on topics from policy barriers to the nuts and bolts of natural infrastructure implementation. This month, we’re excited to announce that we have two new editions: Overview of Living Shoreline Permitting and Regulatory Review in North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi…
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N-EWN affiliates bring NbS to the 2024 Georgia Environmental Conference
Research can’t exist in a bubble- and UGA faculty are making sure we bring nature-based solutions research to the forefront. IRIS’s newest Professor of Practice, Ram Mohan, and Institute of Government Public Service Assistant Ben Carswell recently participated in a panel discussion at the Georgia Environmental Conference at Jekyll Island, GA. The panel, moderated by…
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UGA Today: Building a more sustainable world
Originally published here by UGA Today. Written by Ed Morales. UGA partners with Boehringer Ingelheim in creating a course to promote better business practices Boehringer Ingelheim began operations nearly 140 years ago as a small chemical manufacturing company in rural Germany and has grown into a global leader in pharmaceutical innovation. The private, independently owned business…
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New Resilient Futures Podcast: Who owns this water?
Water is a natural resource all of us rely on, but there’s a lot of thought and work that goes into being able to turn on your tap. How do we make sure water is accessible to everyone? Who does a water source belong to? Why is getting water out West so complicated? This month,…
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New Resilient Futures Podcast – Water in the USA: Affordable, Accessible, Clean Water for All?
Water is a natural resource all of us rely on, but there’s a lot of thought and work that goes into being able to turn on your tap. How do we make sure water is accessible to everyone? Who does a water source belong to? And why is getting water out West so complicated? Listen…
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Marshall Shepherd provides expertise on urban rainfall patterns research, USA Today
Originally published here by USA Today. Written by Doyle Rice. Cities make it rain, study says Sure, we’ve all heard of the urban heat island effect, where cities are hotter than surrounding rural areas. Now scientists have discovered a similar urban “rain island effect,” where cities appear to get more rainfall then the hinterlands around…
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UGA to host Public Engagement Event for the first National Nature Assessment (NNA1)
ATHENS, GA – The Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems at the University of Georgia will host one of the first public engagement events for the forthcoming National Nature Assessment (NNA1), a nationwide collaboration to better understand the role of nature in the lives of people across the country. This event, which will be held October…
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First Natural Infrastructure Fellowship Graduate Excited to Take Knowledge and Skills Back Home
Featured image: Madlyn Carpenter on stage during the DU x IRIS panel at DU’s 87th Annual National Convention in San Diego, California. Originally published here by Ducks Unlimited. Written by Kayleigh Mitchell. DU and UGA’s Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems celebrate a milestone as the first natural infrastructure fellow graduates from the program in August.…
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University of Georgia signs first Intergovernmental Support Agreement to engineer a more resilient U.S. Navy
ATHENS, GA – Through the first ever Intergovernmental Support Agreement (IGSA) between an academic institution and Navy Region Southeast, the University of Georgia’s (UGA) Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) will work to help the United States Navy ensure the security of our national assets, infrastructure, and missions. With increasing threats due to climate change,…
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Ram Mohan joins Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems
ATHENS, GA– We’d like to extend a warm welcome to our new Professor of Practice at IRIS, Dr. Ram Mohan! A fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Dr. Mohan will establish and lead the Sustainable Sediment Management Hub at IRIS. He joins us as a Senior Partner directing our collaborator Anchor QEA’s Nature…
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First Natural Infrastructure Fellowship graduate will help engineer a better future
We’re very excited to announce that the first graduate student from the Natural Infrastructure Graduate Fellowship, Madlyn Carpenter, graduated on August 5th, 2024. The Natural Infrastructure Graduate Fellowship is a funded Master’s degree program through a collaboration between Ducks Unlimited (DU) and the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems. Natural Infrastructure Fellowship graduates conduct both practice-oriented…
