Category: News
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SETx-UIFL Joins First PI Annual Meeting for Urban IFL projects
Fifteen SETx-UIFL members joins 2023 Urban IFL PI meeting in Rockville, MD. This marked the first annual meeting for the four Urban IFL projects, including CROCUS, SETx-UIFL, BSEC, and SW-IFL.
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Fast Forward
In an interview with Dr. Michelle Meyer, Texas A&M principal investigator and Equity team lead, the SETx-UIFL project is mentioned in Spirit, the Texas A&M Foundation Magazine.
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SETx-UIFL Team Meets with Community Members and Professionals in Southeast Texas
Wednesday, September 6th marked a significant milestone as the first joint task force meeting was held in Beaumont with community members and professionals from the Beaumont-Port Arthur region.
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Climate Resilience on the Texas Gulf Coast: Science Rooted in Local Wisdom
Source: The University of Texas at Austin
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ORNL Research Scientist Addresses Urban Challenges to Elementary Students
On November 21st, 2022, Christa Brelsford, a SETx-UIFL research scientist presented “Topology is Amazing!” to 120 3rd graders at Linden Elementary in Oak Ridge Tennessee about how she uses mathematical topology to address urban challenges.
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Texas Universities Partner to Study Combined Impact of Flooding and Air Pollution in Beaumont-Port Arthur
Four Texas universities, led by The University of Texas at Austin, have been awarded a grant to establish a new research center to study the risks and impacts of flooding and air pollution in a fast-growing part of Southeast Texas. The scientists will focus on the interactions between these two key issues, as well as…
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DOE Awards $66 Million to Research the Impact of Climate Change on America’s Urban Communities
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $66 million in funding for three projects, together involving over 20 institutions, that will develop Urban Integrated Field Laboratories (Urban IFLs) in Baltimore, MD, Chicago, IL, and the Texas Gulf Coast.