DRC NEWS PLACEMENTS: 43


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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.

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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.

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July 11, 2018
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February 8, 2018

False-Alarm Lessons
Disaster researchers study response to Hawaii missile alert

Disaster researchers study response to Hawaii missile alert

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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DRC NEWS PLACEMENTS: 43

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April 3, 2017

In Memoriam:
DRC Co-Founder Enrico L. Quarantelli

Prof. Quarantelli, an internationally recognized pioneer in the field of disaster research, died April 2 at his home in Newark, Delaware, at age 92.

The June 9 service will take place from 2-4 p.m. at Daugherty Hall, Trabant University Center, on UD’s Newark campus. Before the reception, a brief graveside interment with a military honor guard will be held from 11-11:15 a.m. at Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 2465 Chesapeake City Road, Bear, Delaware.

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February 21, 2017

Disaster Recovery for Delaware: Exploring Potential Partnerships Among Emergency Planners, First Responders, Librarians and Others

On Tuesday, February 28, 2017, The Disaster Research Center, at the University of Delaware, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region and the Delaware Division of Libraries sponsored Disaster Recovery for Delaware: Exploring Potential Partnerships Among Emergency Planners, First Responders, Librarians and Others.

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January 30, 2017

Before the Storm
A Vulnerable Community Braces for the Impacts of Sea Level Rise

DRC affiliate faculty member Victor Perez and his work on residents’ perceptions of the risks of climate change and sea level rise in Wilmington, DE’s Southbridge community, was recently noted in a Yale Environment 360 article.

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December 29, 2016

DRC Thanks You for Your Support

As our month-long #DRCExperience campaign comes to a close, DRC Directors James Kendra & Tricia Wachtendorf would like to say THANK YOU to all who have donated to DRC this giving season!

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November 29, 2016

DRC’s End-of-Year Giving Campaign

As we near the end of our 53rd year, we honor the spirit of the holiday season to reflect and celebrate another year of successes in research, education, and service with many thanks owed to you, our friends, alumni and supporters. Give a gift to DRC today.

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November 17, 2016

Diversity in Disaster Research
Anderson fellowships provide support network for young scholars

Graduate students from across the country who gathered at the University of Delaware for two days of professional development and shared scholarship were following in the footsteps of the late William A. Anderson, a prominent disaster researcher who was dedicated to increasing diversity in the field.

In the 1960s, Anderson, whose research focused on how disasters affected marginalized communities, was one of the first graduate students in the Disaster Research Center, which was then at Ohio State University and is now at UD.

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July 8, 2016

Lessons from a Superstorm
Transportation planning research addresses pre- and post-Sandy climate change adaptations

In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on the East Coast of the United States, leaving in its wake flattened dunes, chewed-up boardwalks, washed-out roads, twisted carnival rides, tangled power lines, sodden furniture and toppled cabanas.

Scenes from Sandy were all the evidence needed to convince many metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) that it was time to integrate climate change into the long-range planning process.

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June 20, 2016

On 9/11, America’s Dunkirk
Disaster researchers chronicle largest water evacuation in history

American Dunkirk: The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11, a new book by James Kendra and Tricia Wachtendorf, associate professor of sociology and director of the DRC. The two social scientists arrived in New York on Sept. 13, 2001, and ended up staying two months as they conducted interviews and delved into various aspects of the response to the terrorist attacks. They returned about a year later for follow-up

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January 13, 2016

Disaster research
Resource collection at UD receives important scholarly papers

Resource collection at UD receives important scholarly papers.

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September 2, 2015

ELATE Fellow
Rachel Davidson participating in national leadership program for women in STEM

Rachel Davidson participating in national leadership program for women in STEM

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