Tag: IRIS

  • Matt Bilskie improving coastal resilience through collaboration and mentorship

    Matt Bilskie improving coastal resilience through collaboration and mentorship

    The mood in Matt Bilskie’s office in the University of Georgia’s ISTEM complex is at odds with his area of study. Sunlight streams through a large window, highlighting a peaceful space centered around a painting of an ocean landscape. The space is tidy, though clearly well used, and radiates a quiet energy that fosters collaboration.

  • Reimagining insurance and climate resilience

    Reimagining insurance and climate resilience

    Universities and insurers are joining forces to rethink how society understands and manages climate risk. Hurricane rainfall flooded road. Drowned car on city street in Florida residential area. Consequences of hurricane natural disaster. The University of Georgia and Duke University are partnering with leaders from the insurance and climate data industries to launch the Center for […]

  • 2025 State Resilience Planning Group Convening draws resilience experts from around the country

    2025 State Resilience Planning Group Convening draws resilience experts from around the country

    On August 26th and 27th, the University of Georgia Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems team and partners at Pew Charitable Trusts welcomed the 2025 State Resilience Planning Group Convening to campus for an event that connected state officials and experts from non-profit, academic and federal sectors from around the country.  Over the span of two […]