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UNC’s Dr. Rick Luettich Receives  ASCE’s 2025 International Coastal Engineering Award

April 22, 2025
UNC CNHR and CRC congratulate Dr. Rick Luettich on receiving the ASCE 2025 International Coastal Engineering Award! UNC’s Dr. Rick Luettich Receives ASCE’sDownload
Join us on Tuesday March 25 for a virtual town hall hosted by Jackson State University. Topics will focus on preparedness, response, and recovery, in preparation for Mississippi spring weather.

Virtual Town Hall Meeting

March 18, 2025
Join us on Tuesday March 25 for a virtual town hall hosted by Jackson State University. Topics will focus on preparedness, response, and recovery, in preparation for Mississippi spring weather.
Building Bridges: Strengthening the Relationship Between Science and the Public

Building Bridges: Strengthening the Relationship Between Science and the Public

March 17, 2025
Join UNC, RENCI, and ACTS for a webinar on strengthening the relationship between science and the public on Thursday, March 20 at 12pm.
CRC researchers from Oregon State University, along with OSU students and University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez students taking part in the SUMREX exchange program, test the strength of a model structure in the OH Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory in the summer of 2018. Students from UPRM will return there this summer. Photo submitted.

FEMA National Training Education Division’s Higher Education Program College List

February 14, 2025
The Natural Hazards Resilience Certificate Program at UNC-CH is included in the College List at the FEMA National Training Education Division’s Higher Education Program.
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For Some Children, Hurricane Helene’s Ruin ‘Could Take Years to Get Over’

October 8, 2024
CRC Investigator Dr. Cassandra R. Davis is quoted in this New York Times article.
The Role of Non-profit Organizations in Assisting Marginalized Communities through Climate-induced Hazards

The Role of Non-profit Organizations in Assisting Marginalized Communities through Climate-induced Hazards

September 17, 2024
This report provides findings regarding how NGOs and governmental organizations support marginalized communities through a hazard, with a particular focus on communication methods.
A Landscape Study of Social Equity Data Needs

A Landscape Study of Social Equity Data Needs and its Access and Availability to Support the Disaster Resilience of Marginalized Communities

September 17, 2024
The purpose of this report is to provide evidence as to how local and federal agencies can improve measurement of outcomes for marginalized groups to help guide resilience and disaster recovery planning.
A Just Recovery – Weathering the storm in a Freedmen’s Town

A Just Recovery – Weathering the storm in a Freedmen’s Town: An exploration of residents’ cultural resilience through defiance

September 17, 2024
This report outlines a study that aimed to investigate how a historically Black community, the Freedmen’s Town of Ironton, has weathered consecutive climate hazards and to discover the strategies residents have used to maintain cultural resilience.
Rethinking Disaster Relocation Plans in the Gulf Coast

Rethinking Disaster Relocation Plans in the Gulf Coast

February 1, 2024
Fresh guidance on managing environmental risks and relocation efforts along the US Gulf Coast is being given by top hazard mitigation experts less than one month after Winter Storm Finn triggered tornado warnings throughout the entire region.
This Forecasting Tool is Taking America by Storm

This Forecasting Tool is Taking America by Storm

January 9, 2024
The most exciting new coastal storm tracking tool in the entire country is attracting considerable attention from a main branch of our military.