Center for Resiliency

Committed to Research

Serving Our Community

Welcome to the Center for Resiliency

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Every piece of our communities defines disaster and resilience from their own unique experiences and perspectives. Our communities are made up of local government, nonprofits, industry, business, healthcare, and community groups that are also made up of real people with real needs and real challenges of disaster. As a part of the Southeast Texas community, and in support of the Lamar University mission, the Center for Resiliency strives to provide service, outreach, and education for improved resilience to disaster through community-based research and service to uncover the needs of each part of the community in supporting the community system when adversity is at its highest. Our goal is that the work we do can be applied in the Southeast Texas community and serve as an example to communities across the Gulf Coast region, from Texas to Florida, for increased community resilience to disaster.

Brian D. Williams, Executive Director 

 Brian D. Williams, Executive Director
 Lamar University| Center for Resiliency

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"it must be foolishness or madness to intervene in systems that people depend on without knowing how the systems work and how they will react" (Dombrowsky, 1998,29)

Lamar Research By The Numbers

46

Subawards FY25

100

Students Involved In Research FY25

45

Publications 

Center for Resiliency Highlights

Lamar University earns prestigious R2 classification

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Lamar University has earned the prestigious R2 designation, a classification for institutions with high research activity, as recognized by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

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Amy E. Smith launches a podcast

Dance Unscripted

Amy Elizabeth's new podcast

Dance Unscripted is a podcast, YouTube channel, and blog here to talk all things dance: creative research, pedagogical practices, choreography and dance making, and more. Read More

Support from Center for Resiliency project in July 2025
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STEM Resiliency Camp opens doors for local students

STEM Resiliency Camp opens doors for local studentsMiddle and high school students from across Southeast Texas got a hands-on introduction to college life this week at Lamar University’s (LU) free STEM camp, a five-day program designed to spark interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Read More

City of Orange, Lamar University launch a new flood monitoring program

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LU Moment: LU Partners to Implement Community Flood Watch Program

 

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Community Workshop Highlights

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Smart Storm Backpack

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Community Resiliency Showcase

Southeast Texas Counties We Serve

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