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  • Calling all Authors! Palgrave Book Series

    Palgrave Studies in Disaster Science and Emergency Management provides state-of-the-art summaries of the field of disaster science and emergency management. The series aims to transfer evidence-based scholarship that enables researchers, practitioners, and students to impact science, practice, and policies. Each volume addresses social and global inequalities in an effort to reduce human suffering. The series…

  • BILPOC Faculty Initiative Hosts Symposium on Mental Health in Communities of Color

    BILPOC Faculty Development Initiative Faculty in front of a poster highlighting the organization. (Photo by Erin Frick) By Erin Frick  ALBANY, N.Y. (Oct. 17, 2024) — On World Mental Health Day, the University at UAlbany’s Black, Indigenous, Latinx and People of Color (BILPOC) Faculty Advancement Initiative and the Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities (CEMHD),…

  • New NSF research: PReparing Older Adults in risk Communication using Virtual Environments (PRO-ACTIVE)

    ESET researchers launch PRO-ACTIVE ESET lab is leading new research focusing on using virtual reality (VR) to reduce disaster vulnerabilities for older individuals and others who are disproportionately affected. The new study, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), will leverage the immersive experience of VR to test disaster theories and expand a new methodological…