This article was originally published in the Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine. You can view the original article here. Article by: Clay EvansPresident 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 USAID.“The amount
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,
Empowering local governments with forestry decisions can help combat deforestation, but is most effective when local users are actively engaging with their representatives, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder-led study.
University of Colorado professor Keith Maskus has been named the chief economist for the the U.S. Department of State. Keith is a professor of distinction in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Director of the Program on International Development at IBS. He is beginning a two-year appointment in Washington, D.C., this month.
David Pyrooz, assistant professor of sociology at CU Boulder, has won the 2016 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of criminology by someone who has received his or her graduate degree within five years.
The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado Boulder has received a five-year $5.9 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand its youth violence prevention work in two Denver neighborhoods.
Robbee Wedow, Jason Boardman, and colleagues have published an article on gender, genetics, and weight identity in Social Science & Medicine. Their research findings are also discussed in detail in CU Boulder Today.
