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✨ New co-authored #pub from CICR Faculty Dr. Seth Wenger! They investigate the #decision-making process behind #dam removal + created an online resource for dam management community of practice 🐟🪵🦫 👉 Pub 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rr… 👉 Tool 🔗 n-ewn.org/dam-removal-to…

Our hearts are with the Sapelo Island community. #SapeloStrong

What exactly are “ecosystem services?” We liked the description our most recent podcast guest, Dr. Lauren McPhillips, used. Check out the newest episode of the Resilient Futures Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.

Next week is an exciting one here at IRIS, with two students defending their Masters theses! Check them out below.

For centuries, Western civilization has engineered infrastructure that contains and controls nature. IRIS researchers argue that this dated perspective has gotten us into trouble. Read more: iris.uga.edu/2024/10/24/fea…

Last week, we joined River Basin Center for their second annual Confluence poster symposium! With 30 posters total, graduate students presented research on all things water science and policy💧 Read more: iris.uga.edu/2024/10/25/iri…

The Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems will host the next annual meeting of the American Ecological Engineering Society next spring in Athens, Georgia. Mark your calendar for May 28-30, 2025 at the Classic Center in downtown Athens. More info to come, so stay tuned!

Ring the bell! @DrShepherd2013, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Geography in UGA Franklin College was the top prize winner in the National Academies’ Research Scientist: Later Career category of its Schmidt Awards. t.uga.edu/3C2VRHn

Marshall Shepherd, our Climate Science and Outreach Director, has won a National Academies Schmidt Award for accomplished science communicators. “At a time when misinformation and disinformation are thriving, science experts must engage beyond the ivory tower.” news.uga.edu/shepherd-recei…

"Resilient infrastructure isn’t just built; it’s a system of natural and human-made parts that bounce back when bad things happen,” —Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems's Dr. Brian Bledsoe. His team combines natural elements and infrastructure to protect communities from hazards. pew.org/48CdCtf

"Resilient infrastructure isn’t just built; it’s a system of natural and human-made parts that bounce back when bad things happen,” —Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems's Dr. Brian Bledsoe. His team combines natural elements and infrastructure to protect communities from hazards. pew.org/48CdCtf

This past week, twelve IRIS grad students ditched the classroom for the beach- for a natural infrastructure field course on Skidaway Island and Isle of Hope to flex their problem solving skills in the real world. 🏝️ Read more: iris.uga.edu/2024/11/22/sch…

We’re proud to announce that the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems was recently named in the University of Georgia’s 2024 Sustainable Development Goals Report! Read the full report here: sustainability.uga.edu/_resources/doc…

How can nature-based solutions help manage floods and restore ecosystems? 🌊 On last week’s Resources Radio, Matt Chambers (Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems) discusses nature-based solutions for #flood management, levees in the US, and efforts to improve community #resilience. open.spotify.com/episode/5we7Az…

We're back with another course option for you in Spring 2025! If you're hoping to put GIS on your CV, this is the course for you. ENGR 8990: Applied GIS for Resilience Research Dr. Lynn Abdouni Online-based, mostly asynchronous CRN 71811

Levee setback expert Matt Chambers, Research Professional here at IRIS, was recently featured by the Resources Radio podcast! Check out the episode, Making Room for the River with Nature-Based Solutions, here: resources.org/resources-radi…

2024 has been another busy year for the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems! Because we’re so proud of their amazing work, we’re bringing you our 2024 RESEARCH WRAPPED. Check out 24 papers from 2024 that capture our interdisciplinary focus: iris.uga.edu/2024/12/06/iri…

Ditch the classroom and flex your problem solving skills in the real world in ENVE 8330, Field Experiences (Coastal) with Professors Brian Bledsoe, Dan Coleman, Safra Altman and Brock Woodson! Trip dates TBD. CRN: 72309

Join the network4ewn 🗓️Thurs. Jan. 16, 12:30 ET, for the next N-EWN Knowledge Series webinar. Hailey Blackwell and Nethmi Silva will discuss “Ecology and Engineering of Native Plant-Soil Interactions and Riparian Structures.” Register ➡️bit.ly/3gR9ADL

“It’s an existential crisis that’s affecting us right now,” Dr. Marshall Shepherd, Associate Director for Climate Science and Outreach said at Atlanta’s 2024 OVERHEATED. Scientists, activists, and celebrities convened to “discuss the climate crisis and inspire meaningful action.”