Terry McCabe, director of the Environment and Society Program was elected to be a 2020 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellow. He was elected due to his tremendous contributions to anthropology and his reseaach studying people's ability to adapt to arid rangelands in East Africa. AAAS fellows are elected each year by their peers
The Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) is inviting all University of Colorado faculty and research staff to apply for the 2020-2021 research development awards. Preference will be given to teams that include current IBS Fellows and staff, and that engage with questions represented by one of the five IBS programs. IBS has earmarked dedicated funds for
Lori Peek, Director of the Natural Hazards Center, received $419,940 in supplemental funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to advance the efforts of the NSF-supported CONVERGE facility headquartered at the Natural Hazards Center. This funding will allow the CONVERGE research team to develop and launch two additional online training modules – the first
A new article from the Conversation, written by IBS’s own John O’Loughlin, has come out with recent opinions from local residents on the decades-long conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Conflict has been central to the lives of residents still in this region. Even with the recent ceasefire that occurred on October
On October 15th a new research study came out from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showing how unselfish and voluntary leaders are more likely to mobilize support for environmental management within their own communities. Lead author of the study Krister Andersson, Director of the Center for Governance of Natural Resources, and contributing
Lori Peek, Director of the Natural Hazards Center, dicusses the need to prepare for natural disasters wherever you may be. This comes from the numerous fires in California and Colorado during the summer and the most recent Cal-Wood fire that broke out in Northwest Boulder county last week. You can read more about the importance of evacuation planning in
Dr. Lori Peek, Director of the Natural Hazards Center (NHC) in the Institute of Behavioral Science, was interviewed for a CU Boulder Today article focusing on the long term effects of cumulative natural disasters on families and children's physical and mental health. The article highlights Peek’s research study on the victims of Hurricane Katrina and
On September 17th the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) and Colorado Department of Education (CDE) released a report showing nearly 50,500 students took at least one dual enrollment course during the 2018-19 academic year. This was an increase of nearly 4,700 students from 2017-18, or a 9.2% jump in dual enrollment participation overall. This
As many IBS friends and colleagues know, we have two changes in leadership on an interim basis this academic year. First, Myron Gutmann is on a 9-month sabbatical (August 2020-May 2021), working mostly on research and staying within Boulder for the time being. Stefanie Mollborn is serving as the Interim Director for IBS. Stefanie can
More than half a century after the Civil Rights Movement and despite its achievements, race and ethnicity are unfortunately still among the most important categories that define how people are differentially perceived and treated in the United States and beyond. As members of the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder,
