NEWS
November 18, 2009
-Dr.  Brody Accepts Appointment to Mitchell Endowed Chair. More...

November 3, 2009
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November 2009
-Jennifer Feagins joins team as undergraduate research assistant and NSF REU.

September 2009
-Dr. Samuel Brody name CTBS Director.
-Dr. Wes Highfield joins the team as Research Scientist.
-Josh Gunn joins team as Graduate Student Researcher.

August 2009
-Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center (HRRC) and CTBS form a collaborative research partnership and a branch office of HRRC is established in Galveston.
-Environmental Planning and Sustainability Research Unit (EPSRU) is co-located within CTBS & HRRC.

2008
-SSPEED partners with CTBS.

July 9, 2007
-CTBS is on the NEWS!
The Center for Texas Beaches & Shores (CTBS) is featured on the Galveston County Daily News. More...

May 10, 2007
-Bill Merrell, Bill Seitz and Tanveer Islam from the CTBS participated in the annual Texas Hurricane Conference organized by the Governor's Division of Emergency Management (DEM) held at the Galveston Island Convention Center from 8-10 May, 2007. A 90-minute workshop entitled "Galveston Future: Developing a Disaster Resilient Community" was presented by Dr. Merrell on behalf of the CTBS.

May 8, 2007
-Two papers were presented at the SSPEED (Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters) Conference by Bill Merrell and Bill Seitz co-authored with Tanveer Islam and Sam Brody.

April 2006
-Dr. Merrell heads up the first Center for Texas Beaches and Shores business meeting.