The Natural Hazards Center is happy to announce a brand new Web site designed to better display all the great content we collect and create on a regular basis—and that includes when you visit on your phone or tablet! Among the changes, you’ll find brand new online layouts for the Observer and DR that highlight
Ten years ago, funded by the National Science Foundation, John O’Loughlin and Gerard Toal organized a representative survey of 2,000 Bosnians, asking face to face how they felt about the Dayton Peace Accords and ethnic separation. Last month, 20 years on, they asked 3,000 people the same questions, again face to face.
A new study, led by University of Colorado Boulder researcher David Pyrooz, finds no evidence of a widespread surge in total, violent or property crime in large U.S. cities in the aftermath of the highly publicized police shooting of Michael Brown. But the research does show the overall rate of robberies across the country has increased, as has the murder rate in certain cities.
A central aim of the CU Population Center is to provide early support for innovative, collaborative projects with the potential to substantially advance understanding in one of CUPC’s central research themes: migration and population distribution, health and mortality, and/or environmental demography. This year, four outstanding projects were supported – combined, they represent a variety of
Dan Simon, a Sociology graduate student affiliated with the CU Population Center, is co-author on this article recently accepted for publication. Houle, Jason N., Fenaba Addo, and Daniel H. Simon. “Young, Black, and (Still) In the Red: Parental Wealth, Race, and Student Loan Debt.” Forthcoming, Race and Social Problems
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jimi adams’ guest commentary in the Denver Post Opinion shares interesting insight and valuable scientific observation on this important topic.
Amanda Barrientez and David Pyrooz took part in an panel hosted by the Gang Reduction Initiative of Denver (GRID), a network of federal, state, and local governmental agencies, local businesses, schools, and community-based, grassroots, and faith-based organizations that has been in operation since 2010. GRID is a comprehensive model organized around prevention, intervention, suppression, and community mobilization. The
Amanda Barrientez (SOCY DEPT) has received a $1,000 graduate student award from the Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences (CARTSS) to fund her dissertation research investigating the traumatic life histories of men who were previously involved gang members and are currently incarcerated.
CSPV’s independent fact-finding report examining the events and circumstances leading to the 2013 fatal shooting at Arapahoe High School and offering recommendations for improvements in school safety is featured and discussed extensively …
