PRRH in the Media
Hurricane Maria
Interview with Nancy Alvarez, February 26, 2018. “Hurricane Maria: Nearly 3,000 new residents moved to Central Florida”, WFTV Channel 9 Eyewitness News, Orlando, Florida.
Interview with Nancy Alvarez, February 16, 2018. “UCF Knights help hurricane-devastated island”, WFTV Channel 9 Eyewitness News, Orlando, Florida.
Interview with Lourdes Del Rio, February 2, 2018. “¿Regresar o quedarse?: El dilema que vienen los puertorriqueños tras el paso del huracán María”, Noticiero Univisión, National Broadcast.
Puerto Ricans in Florida
ClickOrlando News, October 9, 2019 “UCF’s Puerto Rico Research Hub celebrates first anniversary in time for Hispanic Heritage Month”
Orlando Sentinel, September 27, 2019 “Census Bureau: Puerto Rican population in Orange, Osceola jumps 12.5% after Hurricane Maria.”
Orlando Sentinel, September 25, 2019 “Puertorriqueños en la UCF celebran herencia hispana con reveladoras cifras del crecimiento boricua en Florida Central”
Miami Herald Interview, August 21, 2019 “Could Puerto Rico’s moment be over? Leaders split on how to keep island in limelight”
Spectrum News 13 interview, July 29, 2019 “Questions Loom as Next Governor of Puerto Rico Still Unclear”.
South Florida Sun Sentinel Interview, July 26, 2019 “How the turmoil in the Puerto Rico affects Florida.”
News 13 Facebook Live Interview, July 25, 2019LIVE Q & A! Now that Puerto Rico’s Governor Ricardo Rosselló is stepping down what happens next?
Miami Herald interview, July 20, 2019 – “As embattled governor digs in amid scandal, Puerto Ricans prepare for more mass protests.”
El Nuevo Día article, April 17, 2019 “Buscan potenciar investigaciones sobre asuntos puertorriqueños en Florida.”
Orlando Sentinel, April 10, 2019 “Will 2020 census show Hispanic boom in Central Florida? Some fear funding, citizenship question could hinder count.”
Channel 9 Spectrum News, November 16, 2018 published article “USF Hosts Conference for Puerto Rican Families Post-Hurricane Maria”
Interview El Nuevo Día, Puerto Rican Newspaper, October 27, 2018 “Nace un centro para estudios puertorriqueños en la Florida”
Interview Orlando Sentinel, September 25, 2018 “Florida Republicans break with Trump on divisive issue of Puerto Rico statehood.”
Interview with WMFE 90.7 FM, August 30, 2018 “Puerto Rican Death Count After Hurricane Maria is More than 45 Times First Reported, According to Latest George Washington University”
Interview with Orlando Sentinel, August 10, 2018 “Florida candidates wading into Puerto Rico politics. Will it matter to voters from the island?
Podcast for the Orlando Sentinel, June 28, 2018. “PODCAST: Tracking Puerto Rican migration: Families, students forced to flee (Ep. 36)”.
Interview with Nadeen Yanes, May 30, 2018. “DNC national chairman rallies for Puerto Rican votes during midterm election. UCF professor studying economic, political impact of Puerto Ricans in Florida”. WKMG News 6, Orlando, Florida.
Interview with José Javier Pérez. March 20, 2018 ” Migración de boricuas a Florida impacta positivamente su economía”. El Nuevo Día, Puerto Rican Newspaper.
Stories
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Food
Kicking off this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration is Sociology Professor Fernando Rivera, Ph.D. director of the Puerto Rico Research Hub. Join Rivera as he shows […]
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Puerto Rico Research Hub Joins Global Network of Pandemic Social Research
What’s driving violent anti-Chinese discrimination in Nairobi, Kenya, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and what can be done to quell it? How are part-time theme park workers in […]
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Dr. Arturo Massol-Deyá – Political and Natural Disasters in Puerto Rico
To start off the New Year, the Puerto Rico Research Hub was proud to host the executive director of Casa Pueblo de Adjunta and faculty member at the Department of Biology of […]
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RISE Conference Returns For Second Year of Puerto Rico Awareness
The RISE 2019 conference, focused on raising the awareness around displaced communities in the wake of natural disaster, successfully wrapped up their second annual meeting […]
Insights From Abroad – Sustainable Solutions for Puerto Rico
Executive director of Casa Pueblo de Adjunta and faculty member at the Department of Biology of the University of Puerto Rico Mayagsuez Campus, Dr. Arturo Massol-Deyá discusses how renewable energy can solve Puerto Rico’s issues with an emphasis on disaster relief…
Puerto Ricans Could Be Important Voters In Florida, A Crucial Swing State
Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks to Dr. Fernando Rivera, founding director of the Puerto Rico Research Hub at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.
UCF researchers study the gender disparities in depression in elderly Puerto Ricans
The UCF Pegasus Review undergraduate research journal published undergraduate researcher Arnaldo Perez-Negron and faculty mentor Dr. Fernando Rivera study on the differences in depression in elderly Puerto Ricans…
UCF researchers analyze the phases of emergency management for Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
The UCF Pegasus Review undergraduate research journal published undergraduate researcher Jose Rivera and faculty mentor Dr. Fernando Rivera analysis on the four stages of emergency management for Hurricane Maria…
UCF researchers analyze the phases of emergency management for Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
The UCF Pegasus Review undergraduate research journal published undergraduate researcher Jose Rivera and faculty mentor Dr. Fernando Rivera analysis on the four stages of emergency management for Hurricane Maria…
“In Puerto Rico, protests signal citizens’ unrest amid leadership changes”
Director of the Puerto Rico Research Hub and professor Dr. Fernando Rivera discussed Puerto Rico’s leadership change as he was the guest columnist for the Orlando Sentinel…
UCF Researchers determine how many Puerto Ricans fled to Florida after Hurricane Maria
To ensure Hurricane Maria survivors have the housing, employment and health care services that they need here in Central Florida, organizations need to know how many came here and stayed…
Experts from UCF’s Puerto Rico Research Hub discuss post-Maria conditions in Puerto Rico at the UCF Summit
The University of Central Florida’s Puerto Rico Research Hub is presenting its research on the impact of Hurricane Maria to the public for the very first time…
UCF professor seeks to fill research gap as Puerto Rican community grows
Before 2017’s hurricane that forced thousands of Puerto Ricans to flee their homes and come to the state, University of Central Florida professor Fernando Rivera had already spent over a decade thinking about Puerto Ricans in Central Florida…
UCF inaugurating the Puerto Rico Research Hub next month
UCF inaugurating the Puerto Rico Research Hub next month. Fernando Rivera,UCF professor and Director UCF Puerto Rico Research Hub gives an insight in how the research hub was created…
UCF Establishes Research Hub For Puerto Rico
As Puerto Rico recovers from Hurricane Maria and evacuees from the island settle in Central Florida, the University of Central Florida has created a Puerto Rico Research Hub designed to identify solutions to challenges and issues affecting the community…
UCF Puerto Rico Research Hub seeks to address needs of growing community
While all eyes went to the Puerto Rican community after Hurricane Maria, Dr. Fernando Rivera, an associate professor at the University of Central Florida, had been studying the impact of the Puerto Rican community on Central Florida for years…
UCF Gives Update on Hurricane Maria Evacuees
Professors and student leaders from the University of Central Florida checked in on Central Florida’s Puerto Rican community a year after Hurricane Maria…
A center for Puerto Rican studies in Florida is born
The Central University of Florida established the Puerto Rico Research Hub to investigate and document the life of the Puerto Rican…