News & Insights
Here are some exciting updates and upcoming events from SETx-UIFL.
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ESIIL 2026
The Serotinous Problem — ESIIL Summit 2026 The Serotinous Problem: On AI, Sustainability, and the Tensions Worth Keeping May 21, 2026 | Dr. Juan P. Maestre, Managing Director, SETx-UIFL Participants of the fourth annual ESIIL AI for Sustainability Summit, University of Colorado Boulder, May 12–14, 2026. Photo: Lauren Lipuma, CIRES I was hiking toward the…
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On April 7, 2026, the Southeast Texas Urban Integrated Field Laboratory (SETx-UIFL) brought four years of federally funded environmental research back to the communities that made it possible. At a workshop in Beaumont, approximately 20 local leaders including municipal planners, emergency managers, housing advocates, and residents reviewed findings on flooding, air quality, extreme heat, ecosystem…
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Introducing the SETx Podcast
An eight-episode podcast series hosted by Jaimie Masterson and Cedric Shy, featuring in-depth conversations with the research teams behind Southeast Texas’s most ambitious environmental science collaboration. Whether you are a researcher, a community member, a decision-maker, or simply someone who cares about what is happening in Southeast Texas, there is an episode speaking directly to…
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Communities–Whole Health Research Symposium
Connecting Health, Housing, and the Invisible World Around Us Insights from the Whole Communities–Whole Health Research Symposium By Dr. Maestre | February 9, 2026 On February 6, 2026, researchers from across the University of Texas at Austin gathered for the Whole Communities–Whole Health (WCWH) Research Symposium to share groundbreaking work on health and wellness in…
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Building Research Partnerships
Panel discussion on establishing ethical partnerships between researchers and community organizations.
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Brazil Resilience and Disaster Response and SETx-UIFL Research Exchange
September 28th, 2025 | The University of Texas at Austin Juan P. Maestre Some of the participants of the research exchange The Southeast Texas Urban Integrated Field Laboratory (SETx-UIFL) recently hosted a full-day research exchange with distinguished researchers from Brazil’s Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) that exemplified the power of international partnerships…
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ESIIL 2025
When Scientists Form, Storm, Norm, and Perform for Climate: My Unconference Experience at ESIIL 2025 When Scientists Form, Storm, Norm, and Perform for Climate: My Unconference Experience at ESIIL 2025 September 29, 2025 | Dr. Juan P. Maestre The Environmental Data Science Innovation and Impact Lab (ESIIL) brought together over 100 researchers, data scientists, and…
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Bridging Communities and Research: Cedric Shy’s Innovative Approach to Outreach
As Program Coordinator for Texas Target Communities, Cedric Shy has become a vital connector in the SETx-UIFL project, turning complex environmental research into meaningful community action. From hosting the “Partnerships with Purpose” podcast to guiding students in creating innovative flood solutions for Port Arthur, his work embodies a simple but powerful philosophy: “It’s not about…
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Summer Institute 2025 Highlights
By Juan P. Maestre The annual three-day Graduate Student Summer Institute held at Lamar University in Beaumont on May 20-22 brought together numerous graduate students from Texas universities for hands-on training in climate resilience and community-based research. Participants from multiple fields including engineering, urban planning, atmospheric sciences, landscape architecture, and sociology collaborated in mixed teams…
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Community Flood Watch Program Launches in Orange, Texas
Lamar University and the City of Orange, Texas have launched a first-of-its-kind Community Flood Watch program. Watch Dr. Haselbach presenting it on The Weather Channel.
In the News
Cultivating Interdisciplinary Collaboration
07/05/2024 UT Austin’s Bridging Barriers
Resilient Horizons: Co-Designing Climate Solutions in Southeast Texas – SETx-UIFL
12/11/2023 AGU TV
Cities are struggling with warmer, wetter weather. Better climate models could help.
10/03/2023 Nexus Media News
09/27/2023 Spirit, the Texas A&M Foundation Magazine
Taking it to the streets: ORNL models climate solutions for U.S. cities
09/27/2022 Oak Ridge National Lab
Events
- November 17-19, 2024: Annual Team Meeting, Beaumont, TX
- October 27-28, 2024: 2024 Urban IFL PI Meeting, Rockville, MD
- March/ April 2024: Spring Task Force meetings, Beaumont, TX
- January 26, 2024: starting Spring Course
- January 6, 2024: Winter Task Force meetings, Beaumont, TX
- October 9-10, 2023: Annual Team Meeting, Beaumont, TX
- October 8, 2023: SETx-UIFL Graduate Symposium, Beaumont, TX
- September 27-28, 2023: 2023 Urban IFL PI Meeting, Rockville, MD
- September 6, 2023: Technical Task Force and Community Organization Task Force meeting, Beaumont, TX