Natural Hazards Center News

Lori Peek, director of the Natural Hazards Center, will present the next installment of the Institute of Behavioral Science Public Lecture Series with her talk, “Beyond Vulnerable Victims: How Kids Can Help During Disasters."

The University of Colorado Boulder's Research & Innovation Office (RIO) announced the inaugural Sustainability Research Initiative (SRI) Research Fellows cohort, which includes Natural Hazards Center director Lori Peek. This fellowship will serve as a year-long incubator designed to bring together CU Boulder researchers from across academic units, disciplines and career stages to imagine, collaborate and conduct research in new ways.

Learn more about specific historic disasters that have shaped the trajectory of the hazards and disaster field in this new webinar series.

A new Natural Hazards Center project, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), seeks to understand how Colorado populations with limited-English proficiency—specifically Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese speakers—receive, perceive, and respond to emergency information about extreme weather events.

There are many ways to contribute to the 51st Annual Natural Hazards Workshop. Join us for a virtual Q&A session on December 9, 2025 to learn more!

The Natural Hazards Center—with funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation—has launched the Health and Extreme Weather Research Award Program, which is designed to address gaps in knowledge about the health risks and consequences associated extreme weather events.

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.