Tag: defense community program

  • Assistant Secretary of the Army Rachel Jacobson visits IRIS to discuss climate resilience in the Army

    Assistant Secretary of the Army Rachel Jacobson visits IRIS to discuss climate resilience in the Army

    ATHENS, GA – On March 13-14, 2024, the University of Georgia hosted the Southeastern Defense Communities Resilience Workshop. This event brought together military and civilian leaders to discuss climate resilience planning and nature-based infrastructure development in defense communities across the southeast US.  The event was co-organized by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government (CVIOG),  the…

  • Notes from the field with graduate student Ada Chimzulukeme Agbogu

    Notes from the field with graduate student Ada Chimzulukeme Agbogu

    A search for challenging work drove me from my home country, Nigeria to the United States. I was admitted to the Environmental Engineering program at the University of Georgia as a masters student in 2020. A few months after I arrived at the department, I was placed in the Hunter Army Airfield project team. Since…

  • Earth Day Event at Fort Benning

    Earth Day Event at Fort Benning

    Yesterday, IRIS affiliates Scott Pippin and Daniel Wyatt celebrated Earth Day at Ft. Benning, Georgia, where he represented the Defense Community Program, which is a joint effort between the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, and UGA Marine Extension and Georgia SeaGrant. The program focuses on bolstering the resilience of…