The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the University of New Orleans organized the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) in 2005 in partnership with many national and Gulf Coast area organizations and individuals. HDMB was awarded the Award of Merit for Leadership in History, and is the largest free public archive of Katrina and Rita with over 25,000 items in the collection. Read More.
More than 100 different nations are represented in Delgado's ESL program, which is the largest one in Louisiana. The students' experiences in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina offer insight into the international reaction to the flooding and subsequent problems.