Natural Hazards Center News

The scholarship committee has announced Denboy Kudjira as the most recent recipient of the Mary Fran Myers Scholarship. Learn more about him!

Save the date for the next Making Mitigation Work webinar to learn more about how the risk index can be used to visualize risk for communities.

Get details on how to submit an abstract for consideration in our poster session at the 46th Annual Natural Hazards Workshop. Those attending can also submit a Research and Practice Highlight to let others know what they’re working on.

Natural hazards researchers can conduct more effective and just extreme events research by recognizing and planning for common ethical considerations.

We’re excited to announce Chauncia Willis of the Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Management will give the keynote address at the 46th Annual Natural Hazards Workshop in July.

Center Director Lori Peek was recently chosen by the American Sociological Association Section on Environmental Sociology as the recipient for the Fred Buttel Distinguished Contribution Award.

Learn more about the newly released Mitigation Matters Report and Research Brief series, designed to assist and inform mitigation decision makers with planning and response.

Save the date for the next Making Mitigation Work webinar to see about how communities worldwide are implementing mitigation.

The Natural Hazards Center is proud to have contributed to this National Academies Social Expert Action Network (SEAN) report about evacuation and sheltering during pandemics.

Learn about our 2021 Workshop theme and take part in the planning—we're accepting session ideas until March 29!