NPR: NPR interviews UB student and faculty on earthquake in Haiti

NPR (national) interviewed one of Haiti's only earthquake engineers, Pierre Fouche, a UB doctoral student studying earthquake engineering in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, about the tragic earthquake in his home island. Haiti's buildings, he said, were poorly constructed and simply were not able to withstand the forces of an earthquake. NPR's science reporter Chris Joyce also interviewed UB's Andre Filiatrault, director of MCEER. The story has aired on a number of NPR affiliates, as well, including WBUR in Boston and KPCC in Southern California.