Tag: education

  • Students reimagine retired school buildings to revitalize Georgia small towns

    Students reimagine retired school buildings to revitalize Georgia small towns

    What do you do with an empty building? These students want to give vacant spaces new life. A crew of engineering and landscape architecture students in last fall’s Sustainable Buildings Design course had a unique final project: designing new futures for disused school buildings. These adaptive re-use projects focused on retired elementary schools in Tennille […]

  • Meet the IRIS students graduating this semester!

    Meet the IRIS students graduating this semester!

    Friday, December 12 is the University of Georgia’s official convocation day for Fall 2025 graduates, and we’re proud to congratulate a number of students, including four of our Natural Infrastructure Fellows, as part of the graduating class! Elizabeth Collins, College of Engineering Advisor: Dr. Brock Woodson had the greatest impact on me during my time […]

  • Natural Infrastructure class presents final projects with real-world impact

    Natural Infrastructure class presents final projects with real-world impact

    It’s finals week at the University of Georgia, but this class capped off their coursework outside the classroom. In a poster session held on Reading Day, December 3, the Fundamentals of Natural Infrastructure course (ENVE 8310) held a poster session to dicsuss their projects on Paradise Cut, a $1 billion multi-benefit infrastructure project to manage […]