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  • Dr. John Renne featured in NewPublicHealth.org blog
    UNOTI Director Dr. John Renne has been featured in NewPublicHealth.org, a public health news and discussion forum from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that explores the intersection between transportation, health and quality of life. NewPublicHealth caught up with Dr. Renne at the American Public Transportation Association's annual meeting (held earlier this month in New Orleans), to discuss the economic impacts and other community benefits of continued investment in rail passenger transportation in the region.
  • New book addresses lessons learned from Katrina and Rita
    Six years after Hurricane Katrina and we've learned some lessons the hard way here in New Orleans. Now, all over the world people are using those lessons to better prepare themselves for natural disasters. And they can learn more from the new book, "Resilience and Opportunity: Lessons from the US Gulf Coast after Katrina and Rita." Contributor and UNO Professor of Planning and Urban Studies, Doctor John Renne, talked to Eyewitness Morning News Monday about the book.
     

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Dr. John Renne featured in NewPublicHealth.org blog

Oct 12 2011

UNOTI Director Dr. John Renne has been featured in NewPublicHealth.org, a public health news and discussion forum from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that explores the intersection between transpo... (Read More)

New book addresses lessons learned from Katrina and Rita

Aug 30 2011

Six years after Hurricane Katrina and we've learned some lessons the hard way here in New Orleans. Now, all over the world people are using those lessons to better prepare themselves for natural d... (Read More)

Urban Planning Student Wins Prestigious Graduate Fellowship

Mar 30 2011

March 30, 2011 University of New Orleans master’s in urban and regional planning student Max Williamson is the recipient of a 2011 Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship. The fellowship... (Read More)

Panel Discussion On Emergency Preparedness

Feb 18 2011

February 18, 2011 John Renne, a University of New Orleans professor of planning and urban studies, will participate in a panel discussion entitled “Five Years Later: Improvements in Emergenc... (Read More)

UNO Professor Pens Editorial In Australia's Top-Selling National Newspaper

Jan 21 2011

January 21, 2011 University of New Orleans professor John Renne published a guest editorial on the topic of disaster recovery in The Australian, the top-selling national newspaper in Australia... (Read More)