NU Online News Service, May 29, 2:37 p.m. EDT

The Fairfax, Va.-based Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI) announced recipients yesterday of its 2009 PERISHIP Dissertation Fellowships in hazards, risks and disasters, awarded to five doctoral program students.

Started in 2004, PERI said the fellowship is administered by a partnership between The Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado and with funding from Swiss Re and the National Science Foundation.

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