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New Resilient Futures Podcast: How America’s Historical Calamities Inform Emergency Response Today
Cynthia Kierner, historian, self-declared “non-21st century person,” and Mets fan, is deeply interested in the role of disturbances across American history- hurricanes, earthquakes, and disease, oh my. In her book, Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood, she reviews the history of natural disasters and how we respond […]
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IRIS hosts 25th Anniversary meeting of the American Ecological Engineering Society
On Wednesday, May 28th, Athens welcomed back the American Ecological Engineering Society for its 25th annual meeting. The meeting, which was first held in Athens in 2001, drew a crowd of over 220 participants from around the world. Honoring those whose shoulders we stand on This gathering was especially sentimental due to the passing of […]
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Resilience Research Abroad: IRIS in Qatar
A key aspect of resilience is consistency—which is why IRIS researchers are working towards proactive, nature-based solutions all year long. University of Georgia College of Engineering Assistant Professor Alysha Helmrich recently attended the Qatar Resilience Symposium, which hosted over 150 representatives from key government agencies, academic institutions, utility companies, and more from all over the […]
