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Todd Bridges Joins IRIS Team
After a long and successful career at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as the ERDC Engineering With Nature® lead, Todd Bridges has found a new home at the UGA Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems. Welcome, Todd! We’re thrilled to have you on board.
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IRIS Students Present at the CURO symposium
On April 3rd and 4th Felix Santiago Collazo’s graduate students Kate Winters and Sara Mallon presented posters on their research, respectively titled, “The Role of Stakeholder Engagement in Natural and Nature-Based Infrastructure,” and “Integration of Natural and Nature-Based Features: A Case Study for Tybee Island.” The annual CURO Symposium highlights excellence in undergraduate research at the University…
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PEW Flood Prepared Communities visits Athens
We’re so excited to welcome PEW Flood Prepared Communities to the University of Georgia Campus today, to learn about their team, showcase the latest IRIS research on flood hazard modeling, natural infrastructure, and operationalizing equitable delivery of flood risk reduction.
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IRIS affiliate Michelle Covi featured in highlight on efforts to build resilience in defense communities
UGA partners with the Department of Defense to build resilience in the Southeast Story by Emily Kenworthy, photo courtesy of the U.S. Army For years, UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant has been helping coastal communities in low lying areas build resilience into planning efforts. Sitting adjacent to some of these communities are U.S.…
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Join the IRIS team!
We’re searching for a new administrative assistant to join our team! The Administrative Associate will assist faculty, staff, and graduate students with day-to-day Institute operations which include coordination of facilities; administrative tasks such as copying, printing, sending, and receiving mail/shipments; receiving and sending out information via email; typing letters and forms; submitting purchase orders; submitting…
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Natural Infrastructure Graduate Fellowship: Dennis Catalina
Tell us a bit about yourself: My name is Dennis Catalina, and I’m an environmental and sanitary engineer at the University of LaSalle. I’m from Colombia–specifically from Fresno and Mariquita Tolima. How did you develop an interest in this type of research? In my country, I worked on projects focused on river protection with communities and…
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Will Rogers visit to UGA
Recently, we were delighted to invite Will Rogers, the Senior Climate Advisor to the Secretary of the Army to the University of Georgia Campus in Athens, GA. During his visit to campus, Rogers met with IRIS researchers and other senior members at the University, and gave a talk titled “Strengthening the Resilience of the Force.”…
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New Project Highlight: Improving Federal Regulations to Promote Levee Setbacks
Late last year, the Corps published a proposal to revise its regulations governing implementation of PL 84-99. We saw this as a prime opportunity to push for policy changes that will enhance the Corps’ analysis and implementation of levee setbacks. Our comments are detailed but boil down to one simple concept: Levee setbacks are an…
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New Publication: Disasters collide at the intersection of extreme weather and infectious diseases
In a new publication, IRIS researchers Brian Bledsoe, Marshall Shepherd, and Meredith Welch-Devine examined the additive impacts of extreme weather events, like hurricanes, and infectious disease. Check out the abstract below: It is well understood that natural disasters interact to affect the resilience and prosperity of communities and disproportionately affect low income families and communities…
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Examining the tradeoffs between density and green space in urban neighborhoods
Scientists are increasingly finding evidence of the importance of having green space, like parks and greenways, in urban environments. But cities also need to be able to accommodate plenty of people. In a paper recently published by IRIS affiliate Andressa Mansur, alongside lead scientist for nature-based solutions, Robert McDonald, at The Nature Conservancy, and a…
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Meet our Ducks Unlimited Fellows: a Q&A with Stevens Charles
Tell us about yourself: Where did you grow up? Where did you go to school? My name is Stevens Charles and I was born in Port-au-Prince Haiti. I moved to Jacksonville at the age of two and went to Florida International University. How’d you become interested in resilient infrastructure? My interest in resilient infrastructure rose…
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Dr. Matt Bilskie awarded funding through U.S. Coastal Research Program
We’re very excited to announce our involvement in a new initiative meant to improve the resilience of coastal communities! IRIS affiliate Dr. Matt Bilskie recently was awarded funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sea Grant as part of a total of $3.9 million in funding meant to help translate research into application for…
