In the News

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Coastal Resilience Center projects and people in the news:

• Levees Improved by UNC Researcher Succeed Against Hurricane Ida by Elise Mahon, UNC Research (9.13.21)

• Tens of millions of people have been moving into flood zones, satellite imagery shows by Tik Root, The Washington Post (8.4.21)

• CRC releases Scorecard videos, collaborates on DHS report by UNC Research (5.18.21)

• News Release: DHS S&T Selects 2021 Minority Serving Institutions Summer Research Teams by DHS S&T Public Affairs (5.17.21)

• News Release: DHS S&T Selects 2021 Minority Serving Institutions Summer Research Teams by DHS S&T Public Affairs (5.17.21)

• Faculty-student team evaluates storm surge prediction methods using artificial intelligence by Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (May 2021)

• Emergency officials encourage the community to be hurricane ready by Stacia Strong // WITN (5.10.21)

• DesignSafe Radio: Using models to protect our costs from storm surge, with Clint Dawson by DesignSafe Radio (4.12.21)

• NOAA’s upgraded forecast system will help OBX predict hurricanes with greater accuracy by Jeff Hampton // The Virginian-Pilot (3.31.21)

• NOAA’s weather forecasting system just got a huge upgrade by Alex Fox // Smithsonian Magazine (3.31.21)

• Spotlight: Philip Berke, Research Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by FEMA Region 3 (3.31.21)

• National Weather Service prediction models gets upgrade by Stacia Strong // WITN (3.29.21)

• What does it take to build back better? Ask FEMA by Leslie Kaufman // Bloomberg News (3.29.21)

• Major upgrade to NOAA’s weather computer model will improve forecasting by T.J. Del Santo // WPRI (3.22.21)

• Computing Advances, AI make waves for flood software at DHS by Kate Macri // GovernmentCIO Media (3.16.21)

• Big flood insurance rate changes are coming to NC. Will they be fair? by The Editorial Board // The Charlotte Observer (3.14.21)

• Severe Weather Preparedness Week underway by Stacia Strong // WITN (3.9.21)

• S&T awards Minority Serving Institutions $446K for Summer Research Projects by DHS Science & Technology Directorate (2.24.21)

• Breaking systemic barriers: Being Black in the aquatic sciences and related fields by Lauren Pharr // North Carolina Sea Grant (2.24.21)

• Surging rates: North Carolina could be facing years of rising flood insurance premiums by Gareth McGrath // The Fayetteville Observer (2.22.21)

• CRC announces spring 2021 speakers series by UNC Research (2.11.21)

• American Planning Association publishes Planning Advisory Service (PAS) Memo: Building Resilience through Plan Integration by FEMA Region III // Forward Recovery newsletter (January 2021)

• Building resilience for storm-battered NC by Alyssa LaFaro // Endeavors (1.21.21)

• Building resilience through plan integration by Joseph DeAngelis, AICP, Johamary Pena, Alexsandra Gomez, Philip Berke, Jaimie Masterson, AICP // American Planning Association (January-February 2021)

• Berke rejoins Institute to lead Center for Resilient Communities and Environment by UNC Institute for the Environment (December 2020)

• Philip Berke on planning for resilient communities (podcast) by waterloop (12.14.20)

• CRC enters sixth year of projects by UNC Research (12.11.20)

• A FORCE for good! by Jessamin Straub, Knauss Fellow // NOAA Sea Grant (November 2020)

• UNC marine scientists examine our record breaking hurricane season by Stacia Strong // WITN (11.13.20)

• UNC researchers receive NSF grant to study extreme weather events with interdisciplinary approach by Alyssa LaFaro // UNC Research (11.2.20)

• In back-to-back hurricanes, Louisiana National Guard calls on predictive model by Ben Conklin // ESRI (10.27.20)

• Zeta is downgraded on the way to the Gulf Coast by Henry Fountain // The New York Times (10.27.20)

• ERDC researchers use numerical modeling to assist with hurricane preparations by Carol C. Coleman // US Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (10.23.20)

• Rick Luettich on hurricane science, impacts, and resilience (podcast) by waterloop (10.20.20)

• Predicting the intensity of hurricanes by Rosemary Connelli // The Block Island Times (10.15.20)

• Frontera on the front lines during record hurricane season by UT Research Showcase (10.12.20)

• Westerly pilot study helps develop new models to predict storms’ impacts on infrastructure by Cynthia Drummond // The Westerly Sun (10.7.20)

• LSU partnerships improve hurricane storm surge forecasts for Louisiana, nation by LSU Office of Research & Economic Development (10.2.20)

• Storm surge expert explains danger of slow-moving storms with heavy rain by Jamie Boll // WBTV (9.17.20)

• Hurricane Sally’s fierce rain shows how climate change raises storm risks by Henry Fountain and John Schwartz // The New York Times (9.16.20)

• UNC-Chapel Hill experts available to discuss hurricane season by UNC News (9.16.20)

• Storm surge models show Hurricane Laura bringing catastrophic levels of water to Gulf Coast by Stacia Strong // WITN (8.26.20)

• American Planning Association adopts Scorecard tool developed by CRC researchers by The Resilient Nation Roundup // FEMA (8.25.20)

• Climate change and the challenge of community relocation by Matt Shipman // NC State University News (8.25.20)

• Scientists explain how hurricanes are tracked by Stacia Strong // WITN (7.31.20)

• Dr. Michelle Dovil discusses pandemic’s disproportionate effect on communities of color by Amplify This! Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion In Disaster Management podcast (7.23.20)

• Meet the participants: Michelle Dovil, Ph.D., Tia Maxwell and Tenesha Washington by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (July 2020)

• Darien Williams: Chronicling Black resilience to disaster by Sofia Tong // MIT News (6.24.20)

• 2020 hurricane season may include up to 19 storms by Alyssa LaFaro //UNC Research (6.18.20)

• Three Towns/Three Rivers by UNC-TV/Longleaf Productions (6.17.20)

• Inside UNC Research: Preparing for the unexpected by UNC Research // Inside Research (6.11.20)

• Student Spotlight: Shaleen Miller by Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (6.9.20)

• ENC braces for active hurricane season in the tropics by WITN (6.3.20)

• New UNC-Chapel Hill center helps prepare North Carolina for increasing environmental threats by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (6.1.20)

• A resilient North Carolina: Preparing our state for hurricanes by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (6.1.20)

• Simulations indicate heightened risks when pandemic and hurricane season overlap by Rensselaer News (6.1.20)

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