Natural Hazards Center News

Two decades after Hurricane Katrina, the storm still looms large in our national memory. The disaster and the long recovery that followed influenced a generation of researchers, historians, journalists, and artists. This selection of podcasts, films, books, and journal articles offers a wide variety of personal stories and detailed analyses of Katrina's legacy in science, politics, and emergency management.

As communities across the nation grapple with this harrowing summer of flooding, the Natural Hazards Center offers resources that can support research and its applications to improve operational forecasts and warnings, minimize property damage, reduce injuries and deaths, and ultimately contribute to the collective good.

Natural Hazards Center graduate research assistant Musabber Ali Chisty was recently awarded a CU Engage graduate fellowship to do community-based disaster research with coastal communities in his home country.

As communities across the continental United States and the Caribbean brace for another turbulent year of hurricanes in the Atlantic basin, the Natural Hazards Center had compiled resources that can help with preparation, response, and recovery.

Brigid Mark, graduate research assistant at the Natural Hazards Center and data manager for the Social Science Extreme Events Research network, was recently named a National Science Foundation (NSF) Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students (INTERN) awardee.

Natural Hazards Center Graduate Research Assistant Brigid Mark is ending the spring semester strong, earning a number of honors from across the University of Colorado Boulder for her scholarship and activism on campus.

The Natural Hazards Center is pleased to announce Connie Yu and Jonathan Eaton as the winners of the 2025 Student Paper Competition.

The latest round of Weather Ready Research invites previously funded scholars to extend and translate their research findings, published data, or instruments into new tools, technologies, or trainings to communicate about extreme weather. Check out these upcoming projects!

In response to an outbreak of devastating tornadoes across the Midwest and Southeast U.S. earlier this month, the Natural Hazards Center compiled research reports with lessons learned from past tornadoes as well as a list of funding opportunities, tools, and other resources for researchers.

The Natural Hazards Center is pleased to introduce Dana Murray, Oluwaseun Olowoporoku, and Mohammad Newaz Sharif as the recipients of the 2025 Mary Fran Myers Scholarship.