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.
July 11, 2018
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
DRC NEWS PLACEMENTS: 43
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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
January 13, 2016
Disaster research
Resource collection at UD receives important scholarly papers
Resource collection at UD receives important scholarly papers.
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
