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The project is titled “Climate Resilience through Multidisciplinary Big Data Learning, Prediction & Building Response Systems (CLIMBS).”  </p> </div> </div>  </div> <div> <div class="teaser teaser--news"> <div class="teaser__media"> <a href="/news/bryson-elected-nihs-board-directors"> <div class="field field--name-field-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/big_3x2/public/directory/headshots/Lindsey%20Bryson%202021-5966.jpg?h=ebc72955&itok=JrV7Xj_v" width="600" height="400" alt="Sebastian" /> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="teaser__content">  <h3 class="headline-group "> <span class="headline-group__head"><a href="/news/bryson-elected-nihs-board-directors" class="underline-link">Bryson elected to NIHS Board of Directors</a></span> </h3>  <div class="content-meta "> <div class="content-meta__who-when"> <span class="date"> Nov 25, 2024 </span> </div> </div>  <p> The National Institute for Hometown Security is a non-profit organization that protects and preserves critical infrastructure in the rural and underserved communities across the nation. </p> </div> </div>  </div> <div> <div class="teaser teaser--news"> <div class="teaser__media"> <a href="/news/how-kelly-pennell-engineering-safer-world"> <div class="field field--name-field-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/big_3x2/public/2024-11/kgpennellheadshot_cropped.jpg?h=8628c05d&itok=fZuIYpe-" width="600" height="400" alt="K Pennell" /> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="teaser__content">  <h3 class="headline-group "> <span class="headline-group__head"><a href="/news/how-kelly-pennell-engineering-safer-world" class="underline-link">How Kelly Pennell is engineering a safer world</a></span> </h3>  <div class="content-meta "> <div class="content-meta__who-when"> <span class="date"> Nov 4, 2024 </span> </div> </div>  <p> Kelly Pennell, Ph.D., professor and Earl Parker Robinson Chair in the Department of Civil Engineering and director of the UK Superfund Research Center, discusses her research on pollution and its impacts on the environment and public health. </p> </div> </div>  </div> <div> <div class="teaser teaser--news"> <div class="teaser__media"> <a href="/news/uk-leads-study-focusing-on-flash-flooding-appalachia-preparation-prevention"> <div class="field field--name-field-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><div> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/big_3x2/public/2024-11/220804_ekyflood-0091a-1.jpg?h=c74750f6&itok=E3fFllDQ" width="600" height="400" alt="Unprecedented flooding devastated parts of Eastern Kentucky in July 2022, including Hindman in Knott County. 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