News Articles
A New System for Disaster Research
American Scientist, June 2022
How Disasters Are Redefining the High School Experience
Teen Vogue, May 31, 2022
One Million Have Died From COVID in the U.S. Experts Wonder How This Seems Normal
ABC News, May 12, 2022
Study to Determine Why Some Homes Burn, Others Still Standing in Marshall Fire
CBS Denver, May 12, 2022
How Did This Many Deaths Become Normal?
The Atlantic, March 8, 2022
“It could happen tomorrow:” Experts Know Disaster Upon Disaster Looms for West Coast
USA Today, March 2, 2022
Engineers Deploy Drones to Survey Marshall Fire, Gather Lessons for Future Disasters
CU Boulder Today, February 15, 2022
Lessons From Lyons: Will Marshall Fire Victims Rebuild or Move On?
Denver Post, January 18, 2022
If You Really Listen, Survivors and Emergency Responders Will Tell You What They Need
CU Boulder Today, January 13, 2022
Biden Consoles Residents in Fire-Ravaged Colorado
New York Times, January 7, 2022
Remains Found, Yet Most People Escaped Colorado Fire
AP News, Janurary 6, 2022
Partial Remains Found After Colorado Wildfire as Authorities Search for 2 Missing People
USA Today, January 5, 2022
Colorado Residents Ponder the Road Ahead After Wildfires
The New Tork Times, Janurary 2, 2022
Fleeing Disaster is Hard. Climate Change is Making it Harder
Wired, September 1, 2021
What Happens When Americans Can Finally Exhale
The Atlantic, May 20, 2021
Meet Gen C, the Covid Generation
CNN, March 11, 2021
What Kids Can Do: Paying Attention to Children’s Capacities in the Pandemic
Social Science Research Council, February 25, 2021
A Disaster Expert Died Two Days Before he was Set to be Vaccinated. Here’s How to Honor Him
The Washington Post, February 17, 2021
Why Americans are Numb to the Staggering Coronavirus Death Toll
The Washington Post, December 21, 2020
Prof Seeks Avalanche of Ideas to Help Prevent Disaster
CU Boulder Today, December 14, 2020
How Promising is the Vaccine News if People Won't Take It? | Opinion
Newsweek, December 8, 2020
In Public Health, Personal Responsibility Message Touted by Boulder County, Others has Mixed Success
Daily Camera, December 5, 2020
Empathy Could Stop This Pandemic
Elemental, November 16, 2020
Boulder, Colorado Wakes up to the Threat of Worsening Wildfires
National Geographic, October 26, 2020
Multiple Disasters Strain Response Systems, Slow Recovery, and Deepen Inequity
DirectRelief, October 7, 2020
A Failure of Empathy Led to 200,000 Deaths. It Has Deep Roots
The Atlantic, September 22, 2020
Who Helps Out in a Crisis?
The New York Times, July 14, 2020
The Coronavirus Disproportionately Affects Latinos and Blacks in Denver, but Experts Aren’t Sure Why
Denverite, May 1, 2020
Forget 'Social Distancing.' The WHO Prefers we Call it 'Physical Distancing' Because Social Connections are More Important Than Ever
CNN, April 17, 2020
Even as COVID-19 Poses Huge Challenges to Responders, the Risks for Natural Disasters are Rising
Discover, April 8, 2020
COVID-19: A ‘Transformative’ Moment for Social Science
CU Boulder Today, April 2, 2020
Officials Weigh Whether to Open Community Tornado Shelters Amid the Coronavirus Crisis
The Washington Post, March 26, 2020
Is ‘Social Distancing’ the Wrong Term? Expert Prefers ‘Physical Distancing,’ and the WHO Agrees
The Washington Post, March 26, 2020
CU Boulder Natural Hazards Center Focused on Coronavirus Challenge
Boulder Daily Camera, March 19, 2020
One Gathering Not Canceled in Honolulu: A Conference on Risk Management
Hawaii News Now, March 11, 2020
How Portland’s Earthquake Preppers Are Planning for the Worst
Citylab, December 18, 2019
CU Boulder Expert: Disasters Going to Become More Frequent, More Intense
Boulder Daily Camera, December 4, 2019
The Climate is Changing, but Our Disaster-Response System Isn’t Keeping Up, Experts Say
The Washington Post, October 5, 2019
Women and Men Found to Respond Differently in Disasters
Reuters, September 23, 2019
CU Boulder Researcher Helps Show Disparity in Disaster Response by Gender
Boulder Daily Camera, September 22, 2019
When Natural Disaster Strikes, Men and Women Respond Differently
CU Boulder Today, September 19, 2019
Grant Writing Boot Camp Pays Off for Social Sciences
Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine, June 11, 2019
CU Boulder Hazards Center Lands $3M Grant to Support Natural Disaster Research
Boulder Daily Camera, January 3, 2019
$3M Center to Support Rapid-Response Research of Natural Disasters
CU Boulder Today, December 27, 2018
America’s Deathtrap Schools
New York Times, April 7, 2018
Lori Peek of the Natural Hazards Center Discusses Effects of Disasters on People
Emergency Management, June 30, 2017
Larger Disasters ‘Inevitable,’ Says New Natural Hazards Center Director
CU Boulder Today, March 15, 2017
Radio, Podcasts, and Broadcast News
One Million COVID Deaths - A Grim Milestone for the U.S.
The Recount, May 6, 2022
Natural Hazards Center and CONVERGE, University of Colorado Boulder Disaster Zone Podcast, September 7, 2021
What Is Crisis Leadership and Can it lead us out of the Chaos?
EM Weekly with Todd De Voe, December 3, 2020
Understanding the Societal Impacts of COVID-19
University of Colorado Leeds School of Business COVID-19 Webinar Series, April 24, 2020
Disasters Deconstructed
Podbean, April 20, 2020
WHAAAT?! Festival; Gender and Natural Disasters; New Campus Murals
Radio 1190, KVCU-AM, Boulder, September 30, 2019
CU Study: Men, Women Handle Disasters Very Differently
CBS4 News, Denver, September 19, 2019
Interdisciplinary Natural Hazards Research with Lori Peek of CONVERGE
DesignSafe Radio, January 15, 2019
Climate Reports Finds Natural Disasters are Getting Worse; Where Will They Hit Hardest?
NewsChannel 5, Nashville, November 30, 2018
Children and Disasters
The Measure of Everyday Life, February 28, 2018
Other Media
PRiMO Keynote Speaker Dr. Lori Peek, Director of the Natural Hazards Center
Pacific Risk Management 'Ohana
Improving the Disaster Recovery of Low-Income Families
The Urban Institute, 2019
Hazards Center Research Associate Receives Research Scholar Fulbright Award
CU Institute of Behavioral Sciences, June 9, 2017
Mental Health and Conditions in Refugee Camps Matter when Rohingya Living in Bangladesh Consider Returning to Myanma
Humanitarian Practice Network, May 10, 2021