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How Northeastern is helping Caribbean communities combat climate change and extreme weather

With the help of a $1 million recently awarded federal grant, GRI and its GRRN island members, are partnering with three communities in Barbados and Dominica over the next two years to develop plans to respond to climate change and extreme weather events.

How a Cherokee Leader Ensured His People’s Language Survived

In this article by Michelle Cyca for History.com, Ellen Cushman, a faculty affiliate at GRI, and a member of the Cherokee Nation says syllabaries have an advantage over alphabets.

How Museums are Undertaking Preservation Tactics in the Face of Climate Change

In this resilience piece by GRI Outreach Coordinator, Shemilore Daniels, she looks at several of these institutions in different countries and examines what they have created in terms of disaster risk plans, resilience plans and projects that focus on restoration, sustainability, and community resilience.

African Digital Innovators: Turning plastic Waste Into Value; but Gaps Remain

In this article in The Premium Times Nigeria, Seun Kolade, a Global Resilience Research Network (GRRN) partner, he details a number of Africa initiatives that are transforming the plastic value chain into a smart, innovative and sustainable network to combat the Circular Plastic Economy.

Dr. Stephen Flynn on The Global Exchange podcast: Resiliency and its Importance for Democratic Stability

Colin Robertson speaks to GRI Founding Director Stephen Flynn about COVID-19 coordination in the United States and Canada, why resilience is more of an imperative now than in the past, disruptions as the...

Stephen Flynn Featured on ABC Sydney: Russia Striking Odesa Port Despite Grain Export Deal

Hours after Ukraine and Russian signed an agreement, Russian missiles hit the Black Sea port of Odesa. Dr. Flynn was featured on ABC Sydney where he noted it "remains to be seen if it (agreement) can work out" and...

Stephen Flynn in The New York Times: A deal between Ukraine and Russia aims to ease the global food crisis.

Dr. Stephen Flynn was interviewed by the NY Times today on Russia and Ukraine reaching their first publicly signed agreement to get grain out of blocked ports. But, how complex do...

Faculty Affiliate Sara Carr and students participate in Envision Resilience Challenge.

Professor Sara Carr and her Northeastern architecture studio recently participated in the Envision Resilience Challenge, envisioning designs.....

Worth the Risk: How to Microdose Bravery to Grow Resilience, Connect More, and Offer Yourself to the World

GRI Faculty Affiliate Dr. Kristen Lee's latest book, Worth the Risk: How to Microdose Bravery to Grow…

Probing Online Platforms For Discrimination No Longer A Federal Crime, Thanks To Northeastern Researchers

In a big win for computer scientists and other online researchers, the U.S. Department of Justice recently updated its official…

Resilient in name or nature?

Read More Leaders recognize cross-functional collaboration as integral to organizational resilience. But are they truly putting their money where their…

Stephen Flynn & Nadine Sanders on the baby formula crisis

Read More The U.S. baby formula shortage has reached a critical point. With the out-of-stock rate for baby formula topping…