http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu The quake in Haiti came suddenly—but the results were predictable. At the moment it struck, scientists from the Earth Institute and other parts of Columbia University were in Port-au-Prince with a UN-sponsored project assessing how to reduce the nation’s obvious vulnerability to natural disasters. Learn more about what caused the quake and what is being done to help the people of Haiti recover from it. Sun, 19 May 2013 09:20:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/21/haiti_dialogue_katz/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/21/haiti_dialogue_katz/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:27:16 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34320 Haiti Dialog Series: Author Jonathan M. Katz joined the Haiti Research and Policy Program's dialogue series to discuss his new book and two years reporting on the Haitian recovery after the devastating 2010 earthquake. Katz argues within his book that the international aid money has become a missed opportunity to address core development challenges in Haiti and that the country remains equally vulnerable today as it did prior to January 10th, 2010.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/21/haiti_dialogue_katz/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/10/06/haiti-regeneration-initiative-team-resumes-research/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/10/06/haiti-regeneration-initiative-team-resumes-research/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:13:03 +0000 Elisabeth Sydor http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=7338 Post-earth quake, the project team for the Haiti Regeneration Initiative (HRI) resumes fieldwork in the Haitian countryside. Program coordinator Alex Fischer is interviewed. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/10/06/haiti-regeneration-initiative-team-resumes-research/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/04/supporting-continued-rebuilding-efforts-in-haiti/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/04/supporting-continued-rebuilding-efforts-in-haiti/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:05:03 +0000 Ivy Morgan http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=5289 The Countess Moira Charitable Foundation, longtime supporter of our Earth Clinic, has made a gift to support two projects in Haiti to improve crop yields through the use of test plots and agricultural extension training. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/04/supporting-continued-rebuilding-efforts-in-haiti/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/16/initiatives-to-help-haiti-recover/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/16/initiatives-to-help-haiti-recover/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:34:06 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=1720 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/16/initiatives-to-help-haiti-recover/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/15/an-underwater-landslide-then-a-deadly-wave/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/15/an-underwater-landslide-then-a-deadly-wave/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:18:19 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=2057 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/15/an-underwater-landslide-then-a-deadly-wave/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/05/haiti-quake-fault-comes-into-focus/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/05/haiti-quake-fault-comes-into-focus/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:10:01 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=1991 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/05/haiti-quake-fault-comes-into-focus/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/04/shipboard-researchers-image-haiti-earthquake-fault/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/04/shipboard-researchers-image-haiti-earthquake-fault/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:03:32 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=1964 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/04/shipboard-researchers-image-haiti-earthquake-fault/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/02/why-haiti-suffered-more-than-chile/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/02/why-haiti-suffered-more-than-chile/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:59:19 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=1935 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/02/why-haiti-suffered-more-than-chile/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/02/researchers-probe-bottom-off-port-au-prince/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/02/researchers-probe-bottom-off-port-au-prince/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:41:06 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=1931 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/02/researchers-probe-bottom-off-port-au-prince/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/01/earthquake-research-vessel-reaches-haiti-coast/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/01/earthquake-research-vessel-reaches-haiti-coast/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:22:01 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=1916 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/01/earthquake-research-vessel-reaches-haiti-coast/feed/ 0