Duke faculty and students are working with colleagues in Nepal to give the country more warning before deadly earthquakes ...

A team of UB engineering students placed third in a recent national earthquake engineering design competition. The 2008 Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition, held last month during the annual ...

A severe earthquake is a terrifying disaster; only a few seconds of ground shaking can annihilate a vulnerable community. Most deaths occurring during an earthquake are the direct result of the ...

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If you’ve ever seen footage of enormous buildings swaying uncontrollably during an earthquake or actually felt the Earth opening under your feet, you would know just how terrifying an earthquake can ...

On Friday, James R. Harris — president of J.R. Harris and Company — gave a lecture in Sinclair Auditorium as part of the Fazlur R. Khan Distinguished Lecture Series. Harris addressed the community ...

The Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects won the competition to design the New Central Library in Christchurch, New Zealand, which will replace the old building damaged by devastating ...

The Nigerian Institution of Structural Engineers has raised concerns over Nigeria’s susceptibility to earthquake-related damage, identifying major cities ...