Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence (CRC) researchers and students across several North Carolina universities will be leading three primary efforts in response to Hurricane Matthew. These include: 1) studying the impacts of Hurricane Matthew on eastern North Carolina communities; … Read more

At Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) in Charlotte, N.C., Coastal Resilience Center (CRC) Principal investigator Dr. Hang Chen is working to prepare the next generation of leaders in coastal resilience. Through her project, “Preparing Tomorrow’s Minority Task Force in Coastal … Read more

Tom Richardson has been named Associate Director of the Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence (CRC), effective Jan. 1. Richardson, who was previously Transition Director of the CRC, will be responsible for many day-to-day activities involved in managing the Center. He … Read more

Since Hurricane Matthew hit the Southeastern U.S. in early October, Coastal Resilience Center researchers have been working with affected states and communities to better withstand the next storm. In the days leading up to and during the storm, CRC researchers … Read more

The Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence (CRC), funded by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Office of University Programs, is funding one of the new federal actions last month as part of the Obama administration’s … Read more

The Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence (CRC) has joined a regional government partnership to aid the disaster recovery process in the Southeastern United States. The Southeast Disaster Recovery Partnership, which is run by the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association … Read more

  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) and the Department of Homeland Security Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence (CRC) have been recognized in the annual HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards, presented at the … Read more

Dr. Jennifer Horney believes that the quality of disaster recovery can be markedly improved with a well-designed, comprehensive and holistic pre-disaster recovery plan. Dr. Horney, of Texas A&M University, is the Principal Investigator on the Coastal Resilience Center project “Implementing … Read more

The Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence has started a blog, Coastal Resilience. The blog will include news and perspectives from CRC researchers and directors; stories from students in our education projects; and occasional collections of good reading, jobs and other assorted items … Read more

  Researchers at the Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence (CRC) have been working with hurricane forecasters and emergency response officials to track Hurricane Matthew as it made its way through the Caribbean and up Florida to the Carolinas earlier this … Read more