DRC NEWS PLACEMENTS: 38
September 20, 2022
Coastal Community Resilience
UD’s Disaster Research Center awarded $16.5 million to study interplay between resilience, equity and economic prosperity
The Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware has been awarded $16.5 million from the National Science Foundation to lead a multi-institutional effort exploring the tension and tradeoffs between a community’s goals of managing hurricane risk while also achieving equity and economic prosperity.
The UD-led hub — Coastal Hazards, Equity, Economic prosperity and Resilience (CHEER) — is one of five NSF-funded projects announced recently as part of the agency’s Coastlines and People program, which is infusing $51 million in research funding to protect the natural, social and economic resources of U.S. coasts, and to help create more resilient coastal communities.
The work will require intense input from public policy, sociology, meteorology, engineering and other disciplines.
“The Disaster Research Center at UD has a long and successful track record of interdisciplinary research, analysis and problem-solving focused on some of society’s most complex challenges, so it is fitting that they will lead this latest effort,” UD President Dennis Assanis said. “Through collaboration with institutions nationwide, the CHEER hub will help make coastal communities more resilient in the face of growing threats from climate change.”
The five-year project will be led by Rachel Davidson, a core DRC faculty member and UD professor of civil and environmental engineering. Co-principal investigators include Sarah DeYoung, core DRC faculty member and associate professor of sociology and criminal justice at UD; Linda Nozick, professor and director of civil and environmental engineering at Cornell University; Brian Colle, professor and division head of atmospheric sciences at Stony Brook University; and Meghan Millea, professor of economics at East Carolina University.
July 5, 2022
Sharing Essential Messages
In these days of disinformation, misinformation and twisted words, how does anyone get an essential message out to the public in times of danger and crisis?
The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) turned to the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center for help with this question. The DRC has decades of experience in all areas of disaster research.
The partnership has produced the third in a growing collection of research-backed tools designed to help emergency management professionals and others make smart decisions as they address a variety of crises. This one focuses on risk communication during a public health crisis.
July 21, 2021
Helping our dogs
As workers move back into the office, dogs are left alone and anxious, but there are ways to ease the transition
When the coronavirus pandemic upended the United States, among other nations, a silver lining emerged: America’s dogs were really, really happy.
Seeking connection during an isolating time, people rescued so many homeless mutts, shelters began running out. With their guardians homebound, these pooches experienced regular snuggling, belly rubbing and behind-the-ear scratching.
June 11, 2021
UD Researcher Examines How Pets are Managed During Disasters
Sarah DeYoung, a UD professor, is co-author of a new book that examines how pets are managed during disasters and provides tips for keeping them safe.
August 28, 2020
Lessons from Katrina
New book details the recovery and provides lessons for current hurricane season
Jennifer Trivedi prepares for the release of her new book, Mississippi after Katrina: Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction on the Gulf Coast. The book, which centers on Biloxi, was years in the making — she spent six weeks there in 2006 and another 11 months there in 2010-2011, around the fifth anniversary, with extra trips sprinkled in.
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.
DRC NEWS PLACEMENTS: 38
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
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.
