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
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.
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.
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.
