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Extreme Events in the News
April 2011
Several new stories
have been added to the UB 2020 Strategic Strength on Extreme
Events: Mitigation and Response website.
Avoiding Outer
Space Collisions is Focus of Air Force-Funded Research by UB's Puneet Singla
Puneet Singla, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University at Buffalo, was
recently chosen to receive a prestigious Air Force Office of Scientific
Research award to develop more robust mathematical models to assess space
situational awareness. The highly competitive Young Investigators Research
Program award will fund Singla's research into
"Information Collection and Fusion for Space Situational
Awareness." Full story: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/12500
Religion,
Spirituality Affect Health after Collective Trauma
In a new study published in the current issue of the Journal of
Behavioral Medicine, researchers from the University of Denver, UB and the
University of California-Irvine report that after a collective
trauma—defined as a traumatic event that happens simultaneously to a large
number of people (9/11, in this case)—religiosity and spirituality
independently predict people’s health outcomes. The study, “The Distinct
Roles of Spirituality and Religiosity in Physical and Mental Health after
Collective Trauma: A National Longitudinal Study of Responses to the 9/11
Attacks,” was conducted by Daniel N. McIntosh, professor of psychology at UD; Michael J. Poulin, UB
assistant professor of psychology; and E. Alison Holman, assistant
professor of nursing science, UC-Irvine. Full
story: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/12405
Emergency
Mental Health Lessons Learned from Continental Flight 3407 Disaster
Trained mental
health responders to the Continental Flight 3407 disaster outside Buffalo
in 2009 share their lessons learned on mental health preparedness in an
article that appears in the current issue of Disaster Medicine and Public
Health Preparedness. Gregory G. Homish, PhD, assistant professor of
community health and health behavior at the University at Buffalo School of
Public Health and Health Professions and a specialist in emergency
preparedness, is first author. Full story: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/12325
Journal article: http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&AN=01273293-201012000-00011&LSLINK=80&D=ovft
Upcoming Events of Interest
University-wide Strategic Event Planning Retreat
May 11,
2011,University at Buffalo
A University-wide
planning retreat will be held in May to showcase the UB2020 eight Academic
Strategic Strengths, and to highlight the accomplishments of the different
strengths over the last four or five years.
Members of the Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC)
of the eight strategic strengths are invited to attend the planning
retreat. We also would like to hear
from all of you regarding any suggestions and ideas for the event. Please feel free to e-mail your
suggestions to Adel Sadek.
Probabilistic Analysis of Volcanic Hazards: Current
Methodologies and Vision for Future Efforts
May 16-19, 2011,
University at Buffalo
This workshop will
bring experts in modeling, computing, and statistical analysis together
with field scientists to provide a comprehensive assessment of the current
state of probabilistic volcanic hazard analysis. An additional outcome of
this conference will be to define priorities for future research that are
driven by the needs of stakeholders. Full story: http://volcanichazards.cas.buffalo.edu/hazardconference.html
Quake Summit 2011: NEES/MCEER Annual Meeting: Earthquake & Multi-Hazards
Resilience: Progress & Challenges
June 9-11, 2011,
Hyatt Regency Buffalo and Buffalo Convention Center
Quake Summit 2011 is
a combination of the annual meetings of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network
for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) and MCEER. The event will
feature nearly 100 presentations on the latest research in earthquake
engineering and multi-hazards resilience designed to engage researchers,
students and practitioners. Full Story: http://www.quakesummit.org
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Extreme Events in
the News is sent to UB faculty and staff
who have expressed an interest in the Strategic Strength on Extreme Events:
Mitigation and Response. We welcome and encourage you to alert us to news
items and announcements of interest. Please contact either
Adel Sadek, Acting Chair, 645-4367, asadek@buffalo.edu or Jane Stoyle Welch, MCEER, 645-5157, jestoyle@buffalo.edu to let us know about your activities.
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