This is an exerpt from a New York Times article. A link to the full article can be found at the end. Deconstructing the 'Ferguson Effect"By Shaila DewanIt was a narrative that resonated with law-and-order advocates after the long August of 2014, when unrest followed the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. The
During the 2017 Consortion of Social Science Associations Science (COSSA) Policy Conference & Social Science Advocacy Day, held in Washington D.C. on March 29th-30th, IBS Director Myron Gutmann presented Colorado Senator Cory Gardner with the Distinguished Service Award. According to COSSA, this award “recognizes leaders who have gone above and beyond to promote, protect, and advance the social and behavioral science
The Center for Resilience and Wellbeing in Schools at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Institute of Behavioral Science was launched October 1, 2017 with a five-year $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration as a part of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. The
The following is an exerpt from an article originally published in CU Boulder Today. A link to the full article can be found at the bottom of the page. By: Lisa Marshall In the days following 9/11, frightened college students across the country gathered around TVs to get a sense of what was happening in
Stefanie Mollborn's book, Mixed Messages: Norms and Social Control around Teen Sex and Pregnancy, has just been released by Oxford University Press. See https://global.oup.com/academic/product/mixed-messages-9780190633288?lang=en&cc=us. A writeup of the book recently appeared in CU's Arts and Sciences Magazine: http://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2017/02/28/lets-not-talk-about-sex. Here is an exerpt from the A&S Magazine Writeup: "In the small, rural Ohio town where Stefanie
This article was originally published in the Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine. You can view the original article here. Article by: Clay Evans President John F. Kennedy signed the Foreign Assistance Act in 1961, for the first time separating federal budgets for defense and non-defense spending and creating the U.S. Agency for International Development, or
This article was originally published by CU Boulder Today. You can read the full original article here. By: Lisa Marshall Seasonally-influenced changes in a mother’s environment and diet can have a profound impact on levels of beneficial sugars in her breast milk, in turn altering the bacterial makeup of her baby’s gut and shaping his
The History of the Death Penalty in Colorado, a new book written by Michael Radelet and published by the University Press of Colorado, was featured recently in The Denver Post, in an article entitled "Regional books: The death penalty, terrorism and treason." The author of the piece, Sandra Dallas, praised Radelet's ability to engage his readers, saying "In
(Article originally published by the Daily Camera) Mental Health Partners and the University of Colorado's Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence have been awarded a $2 million grant to bolster services for Boulder and Broomfield county children and families that have experienced some form of trauma. The five-year grant, awarded by the National
Data released by the National Center for Science and Education Statistics and published by the Consortium of Social Science Associations ranks the University of Colorado Boulder as 19th in the nation for Federal Social and Behavioral Science Research and Development. This data represents the combined federal research and development expenditures for social sciences, psychology, law, communications,
