This past week, we were thrilled to participate in the first network4ewn Partner Symposium, which served as an opportunity for the network’s partners to come together in person.

Read more: iris.uga.edu/2024/05/30/iri…

IRIS grad students work on a huge array of research fitting with our interdisciplinary focus. For example, meet Haley Selsor: research professional, PhD candidate, and 'engineer who pretends to be a social scientist.'

Read more from our interview here: iris.uga.edu/2024/05/20/stu…

Check out these poetic submissions from this month's guests on the Resilient Futures Podcast, available on most major listening platforms!

This episode also may or may not have included some heated debate about syllables... but we're not picking sides.

Congratulations to the UGA Engineering Class of 2024! 🎉🎓

View the full album of photos from Convocation: bit.ly/4acYSjG

New episode alert! Don’t forget to give the Resilient Futures Podcast (Formerly Future Cities) a listen this month 👀

Join the network4ewn 🗓️Thurs. May 16, 12:30 ET, for the next N-EWN Knowledge Series webinar. “Remote Sensing Capabilities to Support EWN® Projects” – with Molly Reif, Christina Saltus, and Glenn Suir (USACE ERDC-EL).
Register➡️ bit.ly/3gR9ADL

Last week, River Basin Center and UGA School of Law co-hosted the Local Wetlands Protection Workshop, exploring how the legal landscape is evolving and options for wetland protection and conservation. 

Read more: iris.uga.edu/2024/05/13/uga…

If you saw the aurora or northern lights, here is my basic science '101' in 4 steps on what happened and why. At Forbes dot com
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IRIS affiliate and Odum School of Ecology research scientist Charles van Rees provided expertise (and “pure naturalist glee”) for this article about periodical cicadas.

Check it out to learn more about these interesting insects that are popping up everywhere this spring! ☀️

COOL PAPER ALERT 📢📢📢

Read here about the human benefits of nature and how natural infrastructure projects can prioritize them!

CITRA team member Austin Ramirez Pineda and UGA’s American Society of Civil Engineering chapter attended the 2024 Southeast ASCE Student Symposium.

Read more about what they accomplished here: citra.engr.uga.edu/news/citra-stu…

Check out the newest episodes from our partners’ podcasts!

The Engineering With Nature Podcast - 3D Printing Nature-Inspired Infrastructure: The Future is Upon Us!

Resilient Futures Podcast (Formerly Future Cities) - Expect the Unexpected: Resilience and Life Advice from the Late Bronze Age

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IRIS affiliates are contributing their engineering and policy expertise as the US Army Corps of Engineers updates policies for evaluating potential new civil works projects. 👷‍♂️📝

Read more here: iris.uga.edu/2024/04/25/iri…

Meet Laura Naslund: dedicated field researcher, ecologist-turned-biogeochemist/infrastructure expert, and powerhouse graduate student. Fresh off defending her doctoral dissertation, we sat down with Naslund to look back on her PhD journey. 

iris.uga.edu/2024/04/24/phd…

A new sustainability and resilience mindset is necessary to future-proof infrastructure from #ClimateChange 's impacts and shifting societal expectations, experts said during a Duke University symposium in March.

Read highlights from the discussion: nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/articles/civil…

Last Friday, April 19, River Basin Center hosted a Climate and Water Research Slam with lightning talks from 30 faculty and student researchers on topics related to water and climate change.

Read more here: iris.uga.edu/2024/04/23/hur…

It’s Earth Day, so we’d like to talk about some of our favorite environmental engineers: Mangroves!

(Human environmental engineers, don't get too salty about it!)

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Happy Earth Day! 🌎

In the most recent episode of the Resilient Futures Podcast, USACE social scientist Dr. Ben Trump gave an explanation of resilience that we think makes a perfect Earth Day message.

Learn more here: iris.uga.edu/2024/04/16/new…

A new report from IRIS and U.S. Army ERDC explores how coastal infrastructure projects can embrace and benefit biodiversity. The group of authors includes engineers, ecologists and landscape designers.

Learn more and access the full report here: iris.uga.edu/2024/04/19/new…

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Every month, we ask guests to write a haiku or short poem to describe the big picture of their episode. Check out this month's ✨excellent✨ submissions, and don't forget to listen to the episode!