Student-led disaster symposium
begins Friday at Texas A&M

The Disaster Recovery & Redevelopment: Interdisciplinary Student Research Symposium will explore relevant new research in rapidly developing field of disaster recovery and redevelopment. The two-day event, set for Oct. 6 – 7, was organized by the Urban and Regional Sciences Student Organization at the Texas A&M College of Architecture.

The event begins Friday, Oct. 6 at the Donald Houston Building, located at the corner of Raymond Stotzer Parkway (University Drive) and Discovery Drive at Texas A&M’s Research Park. On Saturday, Oct. 7, the symposium moves to the Langford Architecture Center.

A total of 32 student research presentations will focus on the natural and built environments, social and economic vulnerability, public policy, resource management, design and (re)development, physical planning; and other related topics.

Symposium speakers include Dr. Shirley Laska, director of the Center for Hazard Assessment and Response and Technology at the University of New Orleans; Ty Symroski, director of growth management for Monroe County, Florida; and Dr. Walter Gillis Peacock, director of the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center at Texas A&M University.

A reception dinner is set for Friday evening at the Langford Architecture Center. Symposium participants will also tour Texas Engineering Extension Service’s Disaster City.

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Registration is $30. More details and online registration are available on the College of Architecture's Office of Continuing Education Web site: http://archone.tamu.edu/conted/ or by contacting Dolores Gonzales at 458-0102 or e-mail dgonzales@archone.tamu.edu.