DRC NEWS PLACEMENTS: 43
June 10, 2020
Disaster Science Reaches Out
Students provide accessible research for emergency professionals
The first topic selected for the DRC It! hurricane project focused on how residents decide whether and when to evacuate from an approaching hurricane. It’s a topic that draws intense interest from emergency management professionals each Atlantic hurricane season, which began June 1.
May 11, 2020
Vulnerable communities
You would be hard pressed to find a person on the planet who hasn’t been impacted in some way by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
But some communities have been hit harder than others, particularly those vulnerable segments of society and mothers who have infants they need to feed. Others have experienced other disasters — tornadoes, drought, floods — on top of the current health crisis that can overwhelm populations and their health care and emergency preparedness systems.
May 5, 2020
How is COVID-19 Impactning Delawareans?
he University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center wants to interview as many people in and around Delaware as possible about the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on their lives.
“What Delawareans are experiencing right now is important to contributing to a better response in future disasters,” said Tricia Wachtendorf, director of the Disaster Research Center. “Our focus is both on the University of Delaware community, but also very much on those residents, organizations, businesses and groups in and around Delaware who have been impacted.”
April 6, 2020
Clemson’s powerful football coach commits coronavirus fumble
DRC core faculty Jennifer Trivedi discusses messaging, disasters, and college football.
March 20, 2020
DRC Welcomes New Core Faculty Member
Dr. Shangjia Dong
DRC is thrilled to announce that Shangjia Dong will be joining us in fall, 2020 as part of UD’s disaster science cluster initiative.
October 9, 2019
Coastal Retreat
New study with UD researcher examines federal homeowner buyouts
he University of Delaware has been at the forefront of trying to understand where and why FEMA-funded buyouts are offered and accepted. After Hurricane Sandy, Professors Sue McNeil, Joe Trainor, and Alex Greer (then a doctoral student at UD) studied why homeowners accept FEMA-funded buyouts.
The University of Delaware has been at the forefront of trying to understand where and why Federal Emergency Management Agency-funded buyouts are offered and accepted. A new study by a team involving UD researcher A.R. Siders is the first to examine nationwide data on FEMA’s buyout program.
August 22, 2019
Adapting to climate change
When it comes to climate change, moving people and development away from at-risk areas can be viewed, not as a defeat, but as a smart strategy that allows communities to adapt and thrive.
That’s the case for carefully planned “managed retreat” made by three environmental researchers in an article published Aug. 23 in the Policy Forum section of the journal Science. The article was written by lead author A.R. Siders of the University of Delaware, with co-authors Miyuki Hino and Katharine J. Mach of Stanford University and the University of Miami, respectively.
May 28, 2019
A Celebration of Success
College of Arts and Sciences honors alumni, faculty, students
The University of Delaware’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) honored the accomplishments of alumni, faculty and students during the 2018-19 academic year at its annual spring Celebrating Achievement and Success event on Tuesday, May 21.
February 22, 2019
In Memoriam:
DRC Co-Founder Russell Dynes
Russell R. Dynes, an early pioneer in the field of disaster research and co-founder of the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center (DRC), passed away Feb. 10, 2019. He was 95.
Professor emeritus of sociology, Dr. Dynes came to Delaware in 1982, serving as chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice until 1988. During his tenure as chair, the DRC and the late Enrico Quarantelli moved to UD from Ohio State University. In 1963, Dr. Dynes and Dr. Quarantelli founded the DRC there, focusing on social science aspects of disasters. The center’s work became internationally known and developed cooperative relations with scholars around the world.
September 25, 2018
Hewlping Communities Prepare for Hurricanes
$1.99 million NSF grant supports disaster research project at UD
Katrina. Sandy. Maria. These and other hurricanes have devastated countless Americans. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that in 2018, between four and seven hurricanes will form off the Atlantic Coast, and the East Coast is recovering from the damage of Hurricane Florence. After that? The hurricanes will keep coming — that’s not a question. The question is to how to mitigate the damage when these events inevitably take place.
DRC NEWS PLACEMENTS: 43
September 14, 2018
Residents living among industry take County survey on environmental perceptions, relocation
DRC core faculty Victor Perez discusses his efforts on a community health, risk perception, and adaptation preferences survey of Eden Park Gardens and Hamilton Park resident.
September 13, 2018
NYT Opinion: What Trump doesn’t get about disasters
How we define a calamity determines how we plan for and respond to them. Or not.
What Trump Doesn’t Get About Disasters: How we define a calamity determines how we plan for and respond to them. Or not. By DRC Affiliate Faculty Scott Gabriel Knowles.
August 24, 2018
Accepting Applications for Assistant/Associate Professor Positions in Disaster Science
The University of Delaware (UD) invites applications from talented scholars pursuing interesting questions related to disasters, hazards, and crisis. We are looking to fill multiple tenure-track/tenured positions in Disaster Science at the Assistant or Associate Professor level beginning September 1, 2019.
June 22, 2018
Pat Young Award
For Most Innovative Use of the E.L. Quarantelli Collection
The Disaster Research Center is pleased to announce the establishment of the Pat Young Award for Most Innovative Use of the E.L. Quarantelli Collection.
February 8, 2018
False-Alarm Lessons
Disaster researchers study response to Hawaii missile alert
Disaster researchers study response to Hawaii missile alert
September 28, 2017
Parterns in Disaster Research
Fund that promotes diversity finds new home at UD
When the late William A. Anderson ventured onto the scene of disasters to survey the damage and interview survivors, or when he attended professional conferences during his long and productive career, he often ruefully noted that he was the only African American researcher in sight.
Now, a fund established in his memory and dedicated to his goal of improving diversity in the field of disaster studies has found a home at the University of Delaware.
September 25, 2017
Zuckerberg, UD Experts Meet
Facebook CEO joins disaster researchers to discuss crisis response, resilience
Facebook CEO joins disaster researchers to discuss crisis response, resilience
August 31, 2017
Disaster research team heads to Houston
UD doctoral students will lay groundwork for future study
A quick-response team of three doctoral students – (left to right) Valerie Marlowe (left) of Houston, Texas, Cynthia Rivas of Los Angeles, California, and Rachel Slotter of Ocean City, Md. – will leave for Houston Monday and spend about a week there, gathering information for the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center.
June 22, 2017
Should I stay or should I go?
Researchers look for ways to predict response to hurricane evacuation orders
Researchers look for ways to predict response to hurricane evacuation orders
