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The Natural Hazards Center has Postdoctoral Position open for applicants.  Please see the brief job description below, and click here for qualifications, expectations, and the application process. Applications are due November 5, 2018. The position can begin as early as January 1, 2019.  Position DescriptionThe Natural Hazards Center in the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of

Dr. Lori Peek, director, and Jennifer Tobin, of the Natural Hazards Center were highlighted in a recent Daily Camera article regarding disaster preparedness and K-12 schools.   Local schools had their preparedness for natural disasters tested with the 2013 floods and can offer lessons in responding, especially during the recovery phase. In a collaboration with the Federal Emergency Management

Dr. Larry Hedges, member of the Blueprints Advisory Board with CSPV, won the Yidan Prize, the largest award in education. The prestigious award includes a project fund of almost $2 million in addition to an equivalent cash prize. Congratulations to Dr. Hedges! Professor Larry HEDGES is one of the most influential applied statisticians in the

Op-ed in the NYT highlights CSPV and Blueprints.

Read about Robbee’s contributions to a study being “billed as being among the largest human genetics studies to date.”

Congratulations to Sharon Mihalic! On June 19, Sharon Mihalic’s long and distinguished career in the Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) was celebrated. She retires effective July 1, 2018. Sharon, a Senior Research Associate in the Program on Problem Behavior, has served as an Investigator, CO-PI or PI on major Federal and Foundation grants for 28

On April 12, 2018, Dr. Jane Menken lectured at the Fields Institue for Research in Mathematical Sciences in Toronto, Ontario for their Keyfitz lecture series in Mathematics and the Social Sciences.  The abstract is below, and please watch the video of the lecture by clicking here.  Abstract: Nathan Keyfitz was one of a very small group

IBS Environment and Society researcher Dr. Hannah Brenkert-Smith had her research featured in the University of Colorado Boulder Arts and Sciences Magazine in an article entiteld "To confront wildfire risk, experts get social" by Cay Leytham-Powell. Some of the article is featured below, for the full article, click here.  … For the community of Mountain Village

Every weekday during the academic year, more than 50 million children across the United States enter public school buildings. Many of these buildings are so dilapidated and poorly designed that children’s health and safety are at risk.

Stop the Violence by Christie Sounart Beverly Kingston (PhDSoc’05) directs CU Boulder’s Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV). Here she discusses preventive measures for children and mass shootings, and what needs to be done for the violence to end. Do you define violence the way the rest of us do? I use the