Have you ever wondered how your physics class is heated? How the student union stays cool in the summer? Or even just what powers the lights in the library? These questions might not seem that interesting, but when you consider … Read more

CRC Advisory Board member Dr. John Cooper, who is Assistant Vice President for Public Partnership & Outreach and the Director of Texas Target Communities at Texas A&M University, discusses the role the CRC plays in helping provide educational opportunities for … Read more

Once a week for the first semester of my PhD program, I would commute from Raleigh to Chapel Hill and back on the public bus, since I didn’t have a car, to be able to attend Dr. Gavin Smith’s Planning for Natural … Read more

On Nov. 17-20, 2019, the Coastal Resilience Center sponsored five students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University to travel to New York for the University at Albany’s 2019 RISE conference. The conference’s theme centered on … Read more

Glossary: FIRM: Flood Insurance Rate Map | SFHA: Special Flood Hazard Area | CRS: Community Rating System | Substantial Damage   Local officials struggle with enforcing where and how people build in flood zones, due to a variety of factors. … Read more

Since 2015, the Coastal Resilience Center (CRC) partners have taught more than 50 courses and had more than 2,200 enrollments in supported courses. CRC students have opportunities to present their work at national conferences, to be part of unique summer … Read more

One of CRC’s 2019 Department of Homeland Security-supported Summer Research Team exchanges brought Dr. Michelle Dovil and students Tia Maxwell and Tenesha Washington to North Carolina State University. The participants share experiences from their work with coastal communities in North … Read more

  In addition to the Coastal Resilience Center’s  participation in the annual DHS Summer Research Team program, CRC researchers continued their CRC-sponsored summer exchanges in 2019, while also sending students to the 2019 Centers of Excellence Summit.   Winners at … Read more

  The Coastal Resilience Center (CRC) continued its annual summer exchange programs in 2019, matching faculty and students with research opportunities between May and August and participating in the 2019 COE Summit – winning second place in one student-centric event. CRC … Read more

The Coastal Resilience Center (CRC) is committed to increasing the representation of minority groups in the Homeland Security Enterprise (HSE), in emergency management, planning and engineering fields. To meet this goal, the CRC is partnering with four Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) … Read more