DRC NEWS PLACEMENTS: 43


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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.

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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.

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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.”

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April 6, 2020

Clemson’s powerful football coach commits coronavirus fumble

DRC core faculty Jennifer Trivedi discusses messaging, disasters, and college football.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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May 29, 2015

Research in Nepal
University’s Disaster Research Center team travels to earthquake site

University’s Disaster Research Center team travels to earthquake site.

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May 11, 2015

Engineering in context
McNeil elected distinguished member of American Society of Civil Engineers

McNeil elected distinguished member of American Society of Civil Engineers.

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May 14, 2014

Center’s anniversary conference marks 50 years of pioneering work

The University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center marked its 50 years of operation with a conference that included many pioneers in the field and celebrated groundbreaking work in which researchers have conducted some 700 field studies. 

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