The Links is a monthly roundup of good reading, (still relevant) job and event links that have been posted on our website and social media in the last month.
Website news:
- Project teaches students wider application of computer sciences (Jan. 23, 2017)
- Richardson named Associate Director of CRC (Jan. 6, 2017)
- 2017 Spring Speakers Series
CRC in the news:
- A refocus on disaster recovery by Margaret Steen // Emergency Management (1.30.17)
- UNC Collaboratory set to begin research by Kirk Ross // Coastal Review Online (1.26.16)
Good reading:
- One of the last Obama-era climate reports had a troubling update about the rising seas by The Washington Post (1.23.17)
- Houstonians: Why does this happen every time it rains? by The Houston Chronicle (1.18.17)
- Breaking: Experimental hurricane wind maps take mystery out of arrival time by Palm Beach Post (1.18.17)
- Could Treated Sewage Be a Tool Against Sea-Level Rise? by The Associated Press (1.14.17)
- 2016: A historic year for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in U.S. by Climate.gov (1.9.17)
- UNC Chapel-Hill receives RAPID funding from NSF to study water quality in aftermath of Hurricane Matthew by UNC Institute for the Environment (1.5.17)
- Conditions that form hurricanes also protect U.S., study finds by The New York Times (1.4.17)
- 2017 Coastal Master Plan predicts grimmer future for Louisiana coast as worst-case scenario becomes best-case by The Advocate (1.3.17)
- Craig Fugate : A smarter way to fund disaster recovery in America by Tampa Bay Times (1.3.17)
- Study: Coastal NC officials not willing to prepare for sea level rise by WUNC (1.2.17)
- The push is on to improve tide forecasts for Hampton Roads by The Virginian-Pilot (12.31.16)
- How Flood Risk in U.S. Is Changing: Increasing in North, Decreasing in South by Insurance Journal (12.30.16)
- Challenge of sea level rise cuts across the aisle by Sun-Sentinel (12.28.16)
- An age-friendly response to Hurricane Matthew by The News & Observer (12.27.16)
- Mathews shoreline threatened while officials debate planning by Daily Press (12.28.16)
- More than $1 billion in Louisiana flood recovery funds released by federal government by The Advocate (12.23.16)
- HUD announces $177 million more in disaster relief funds for Texas by The Houston Chronicle (12.23.16)
Job, event and funding postings:
- Students needed for Saltwater Intrusion Project at UNC-Chapel Hill
- 3-year PhD Assistantship in Coastal Planning at University of Rhode Island
- NOAA 2017 Coastal Resilience Grants
- Summer undergraduate Research Fellowship at University of Rhode Island
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