CHEER News
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Nyla Howell Wins Undergraduate Research Paper Award
Congratulations to Hub alumna Nyla Howell, who is the 2023 recipient of the Natural Hazards Center’s Annual Hazards and Disasters Student Paper Competition!
Recruitment Underway for February 2024 Ocean Video Game Jam
Recruitment is officially underway for the national climate change video game design competition hosted by Dr. A.R. Siders at the University of Delaware.
Undergraduate Summer Research Experience
Now Accepting Applications for the 2024 CHEER Summer Scholars Program. The CHEER Hub is seeking undergraduate scholars to join this interdisciplinary team.
Abbey Hotard Becomes TAMU’s First Marine and Coastal Management and Science Doctoral Graduate
Postdoctoral researcher Abbey Hotard is not just a newly minted Texas A&M alum; she is the first graduate of the university’s Marine and Coastal Management and Science (MCMS) doctoral program.
Ask an Expert: 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season
The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season came to a close on November 30. According to Dr. Brian Colle, the CHEER Hub’s hazards thrust leader and an Atmospheric Science Professor at Stony Brook University, these are four facts that made this past season worth noting.
CHEER Hub Awarded Funds to Host Climate-themed Game
CHEER Hub Member Awarded Funds to Host Climate-themed Video Game Jam in 2024. The funding will be used to host a video “game jam” and elevate women women in ocean, climate, and computer science fields.
This N.J. Town Erected Barriers to Hold Back the Sea. A Public Fight Erupted.
Dr. A.R. Siders, leader of the Hub’s government thrust and a core faculty member at the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center, offers a glimpse into the sort of conflicts between state and local government that likely to unfold more often in the age of climate change.
Former Summer Scholar is the Bill Anderson Fund’s Featured Fellow
This week, TyKeara Mims, a DrPH student studying epidemiology at Texas A&M University, is the Bill Anderson Fund’s Friday Featured Fellow.
UD Welcomes CHEER Hub’s Inaugural Cohort of Summer Scholars
The Hub hosted seven students representing six universities at the University of Delaware before they moved onto Eastern Carolina University for the latter half of the program.
Coastal Community Resilience
UD’s Disaster Research Center awarded $16.5 million to study interplay between resilience, equity and economic prosperity.
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