Tag: institute for resilient infrastructure systems

  • Climate & Water Research Slam spans array of topics

    Climate & Water Research Slam spans array of topics

    Researchers honed their science communications skills on March 20 by distilling complex, innovative work to just five minutes in the 2026 Climate & Water Research Slam. Over two dozen faculty, graduate students and guests from across campus came together to give lightning talks on an array of water and climate topics: tiny endangered frogs, massive […]

  • UGA Honors Week: IRIS recognized with Team Impact Award

    UGA Honors Week: IRIS recognized with Team Impact Award

    This week, the University of Georgia is celebrating exceptional faculty, staff, alumni and students during Honors Week, a spring tradition to highlight excellence around campus. The Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems is honored to have been recognized with a Team Impact Award. Established by the UGA Research Foundation, these awards recognize exceptional, sustained research and […]

  • UGA’s 2026 Charter Lecture focuses on AI-human co-evolution and climate risks

    UGA’s 2026 Charter Lecture focuses on AI-human co-evolution and climate risks

    Regents’ Professors Elena Karahanna and J. Marshall Shepherd explore technological transformation and extreme weather impacts Two of the University of Georgia’s most distinguished scholars took the stage at the Chapel on March 25 to discuss the “mutual co-evolution” of humans and artificial intelligence and the rising risks of a more volatile global climate. Elena Karahanna […]