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Dr. Sanders on Why Flood Modeling Should Avoid “Bathtub” Models

Dr. Sanders on Why Flood Modeling Should Avoid “Bathtub” Models

by Maureen Purcell | Dec 23, 2024 | Flood, Media, Press Coverage, Research

In a response to increased and more hazardous flood events in recent years, Dr. Brett Sanders, Blum Center flood risk researcher, and several co-authors published a commentary article in the journal Earth’s Future, a publication of the American Geophysical...
Dr. Morgan Advises Las Vegas Community on Preventing Trafficking during 2024 Grand Prix

Dr. Morgan Advises Las Vegas Community on Preventing Trafficking during 2024 Grand Prix

by Maureen Purcell | Nov 27, 2024 | HT, Media, Press Coverage

Dr. Kelsey Morgan, anti-trafficking researcher at the Blum Center and CEO of EverFree, spoke to local news outlets in advance of the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix. Large events such as these are, unfortunately, spaces where vulnerable folks in the community can become...
Dr. Robinson on the Big Business of Human Trafficking

Dr. Robinson on the Big Business of Human Trafficking

by Maureen Purcell | Nov 27, 2024 | HT, Media, Press Coverage, Research

Dr. Angela Robinson offered insight into the economic drivers of human trafficking in a recent article published by Dr. Kelsey Morgan (UCI | EverFree) for Fast Company , noting that human trafficking is a big business – the second largest and fastest growing...
Reflections on the 16th UN Biodiversity Conference

Reflections on the 16th UN Biodiversity Conference

by Maureen Purcell | Nov 22, 2024 | Blog, Environmental Peacebuilding, Planetary Health, Research

By Stephanie Martinez, UCI Blum Center PhD student Last month, I had the exciting opportunity to represent the Blum Center at the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP16). While COPs such as this are at the center of my studies, I’d never had the...
Dr. Morgan – 2024 Non-Profit Visionary

Dr. Morgan – 2024 Non-Profit Visionary

by Maureen Purcell | Nov 3, 2024 | HT, Media, Press Coverage

Dr. Morgan was spotlighted by the LA Times as a 2024 Orange County Visionary in the non-profit sector for her leadership and research on anti-human trafficking and survivor support through her non-profit EverFree and partnership with the UCI Blum Center. Read the LA...
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