CNN: Reversing the course of the catastrophic earthquake is going to be a Herculean task, says Haitian doctoral student

Release Date: January 20, 2010 This content is archived.

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An opinion piece on CNN about decades of inadequate construction in Haiti and the role it played in the Caribbean island nation's earthquake devastation is written by Pierre Fouche, a Haitian citizen and UB doctoral candidate in earthquake engineering. The piece mentions the need for multihazard engineering, which it identifies as being a strength of UB and MCEER.

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