by Maureen Purcell | Oct 15, 2024 | HT, Media, Press Coverage, Research
Dr. Kelsey Morgan, UCI Blum Center’s anti-human trafficking and survivor support expert (and CEO of EverFree), was honored last week as a Distinguished Alumni from the School of Social Ecology! The award recognizes Dr. Morgan’s longstanding and passionate...
by Maureen Purcell | Sep 18, 2024 | Flood, Media, Press Coverage
How do local planners and government agencies make decisions to prevent flood damage in their communities when the existing data might not be accurate any more? Dr. Brett Sanders, flood researcher with the Blum Center, offers some insight into this critical question...
by Maureen Purcell | Aug 20, 2024 | HT, Media, Press Coverage, Research
Dr. Angela Robinson was recently a guest on an episode of Orion Talks, a podcast hosted by the Orion Policy Institute, to share her research on human trafficking. Dr. Robinson spoke about the participatory research methods used in the Blum Center anti trafficking work...
by Maureen Purcell | Aug 20, 2024 | HT, Media, Press Coverage, Research
The Freedom Lifemap, co-created by Dr. Kelsey Morgan (Everfree; Blum Center) and Dr. Angela Robinson (Blum Center), was featured as a segment on CNN’s Freedom Project. In the video, Dr. Morgan talks about the need that the Freedom Lifemap fills for survivors of...
by Maureen Purcell | Aug 20, 2024 | Flood, Press Coverage, Research
Blum Center flood expert Dr. Brett Sanders co-authored a recent article in Nature Communications exploring a novel technique for understanding floods in cities. The team applied a new analytical approach, borrowed from physics, to understand flood hazard variation...
