CU Population Center (CUPC) at the University of Colorado Boulder is currently recruiting two postdoctoral fellows with expertise in population-environment research, to start August 2020. The initial term of appointment is one year, but reappointment for a second year is possible, subject to performance evaluation.CUPC, housed in the Institute of Behavioral Science, is a national
With CU's record-setting $631 million in research funding, CU Boulder Today highlighted the work that Lori Peek has done with CONVERGE here within the Natural Hazards Center at IBS. Congrats! Read the whole article here.
Melissa Villarreal, IBS graduate student in the Natural Hazards Center, was highlighted in an article in CU Boulder Today about her research on how gender influences ways in which men and women respond differently to natural disasters. The article that Melissa and co-author Michelle Meyer (Texas A&M) wrote was published in the journal Disasters. Melissa
Jason Boardman and Lori Peek both received the 2019 Outstanding Postdoctoral Mentor Award from the University of Colorado Office of Postdoctoral Affairs. Ryan Reeves of the Research and Innovation Office explained that the office “typically only awards one, but both nominations were so compelling that the review panel elected to award them both.” Jason was nominated by
Dr. Beverly Kingston was recently interviewed on CU’s Brain Waves podcast in an episode titled “Mass shootings: What science says about an American epidemic”. Dr. Kingston is the Director of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence PBPYD Program on CU Boulder’s campus. She shared what types of behavioral patterns may indicate a
One of IBS's former students, Robbee Wedow, is featured heavily in two New York Times pieces, one Opinion piece and one written for the Science section. Robbee is currently a research fellow at the Broad Institute of M.I.T. and Harvard, and a research fellow in the department of sociology at Harvard. The NYT pieces highlight
The Boulder Daily Camera published an article titled "CU Boulder center knows how to prevent violence, but it's not simple," highlighting the work of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) here at IBS. Beverly Kingston and Bill Woodward are quoted heavily in the article, citing various ways that CSPV studied school
Recently, Lori Peek was interviewed on CU's Brain Waves podcast focusing on natural disasters. She discussed the increase of frequency and intensity of natural hazard events that have been happening in more recent history. Give a listen to what Lori had to say about this and also the vulnerable populations who are more affected by
Robbee Wedow, a former IBS and Sociology graduate student at CU Boulder now at Harvard University, was awarded the Matilda White Riley Early Stage Investigator Award from the Natural Institutes of Health (NIH). This notable award is named after Matilda White Riley who was a renowned scientist known for her contributions to the behavioral and
John O'Loughlin, IBS researcher and Geography professor here at CU Boulder, was highlighted in an article posted by CU Boulder Today. The CU Boulder Today article discusses his recent study that was published in the journal Nature.
