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Apply Now: Public Art & Natural Infrastructure Design Challenge
The Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) at the University of Georgia invites proposals for a public art installation. The goal of this project is to use art to enhance citizen science, leveraging art installation within a natural site to crowd-source environmental monitoring. Dr. Daniel Coleman, research associate, explained the challenge: What is the challenge? We are looking for interested…
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New Resilient Futures Podcast: Building Resilience in Medicine with Human Wellbeing
On this show, we usually focus on structural resilience- but what about the resilience of our personal wellbeing? This year, the University of Georgia opened our brand new School of Medicine, and some of the experts joining the School’s Office of Personalized Health and Well-being joined us to talk about resilience in a different light: stronger, more strategic medical education…
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Creative, Collaborative, Community Solutions
Transforming the systems that manage flood risk is challenging even in the best circumstances. In places facing overlapping disasters, political conflict and fragmented institutions, it can be even more daunting. A team of researchers, government officials and nonprofit leaders is tackling that challenge by bringing together people and perspectives. The Río Piedras watershed, encompassing nearly all of urban San Juan,…
