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How Police Departments are Facing COVID-19’s Impact on Public Safety

As the coronavirus continues to spread across the United States, 1.74M confirmed cases, 372K recovered, and 102K deaths according to…

How Pharmacists Are Stepping Up to Fight COVID-19

In just a matter of months, the spread of COVID-19 has reached pandemic levels. In addition, to the spread of…

How people and cities respond during and after major disasters | What’s New Podcast

How do people and cities respond during and after major disasters -- both natural and man-made? Dr. Stephen Flynn, Founding Director of the Global Resilience Institute, joined the "What's New" podcast to discuss what happens during the worst of times, and how the best of humanity sometimes emerges in our most stressful moments.

How one company is using balloons to help Puerto Rico bounce back

Since Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico one month ago, the island has been struggling to restore even the most essential services, including running water, electricity, and the transportation network. Exacerbating the situation is widespread cell network outages across the island, which prevents people from contacting loved ones outside Puerto Rico to confirm their well-being. Additionally – and perhaps more importantly – the cell network outages are hindering relief efforts.

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 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.

How is the US nonprofit sector facing COVID-19?

With over a million cases of COVID-19 across the globe, challenges are arising from the pandemic on a local, national, and global scale. The onset of the U.S. economic recession...

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How Is COVID-19 Affecting People’s Mental Health?

Coronavirus-induced anxiety and depression continue to exert a mental toll on U.S. residents, especially among young adults, even as rising…

How has COVID-19 Affected Health and Well-Being?

As COVID-19 is a new and unknown pandemic, there isn’t much certainty about it and comes with many questions and…

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How every internet user can help in stopping the internet from becoming the ‘web of profits’

Natural and man-made disasters each come with their own set of challenges, and can result in cascading impacts due to…

How Do You Move a Massive Ship and Broken Bridge? It Could Keep Baltimore Port Closed for Weeks

In this article by USA Today, Global Resilience Institute director Dr. Stephen Flynn weighs in on the bridge collapse in Baltimore.

How can the rest of the country prepare for wildfires like those in California?

Firefighters, legislators, and residents on the East Coast should watch carefully the way their California counterparts are dealing with wildfires tearing through the state. The combined forces that brought about the blaze are growing more and more present in the Northeast, said Stephen Flynn, founding director of Northeastern’s Global Resilience Institute.