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IBS Center for Resilience + Well-Being awarded $900,000 grant to reduce youth health disparities

The Center for Resilience + Well-Being has been awarded a $900,000 grant by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Their aim is to build the capacity of families and communities to reduce health disparities for underserved youth ages 3-17 impacted by violence. The Center will establish sustainable implementation of culturally-relevant, trauma-responsive, evidence-based interventions

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Dr. Katie Massey Combs

Youth in child welfare system lack access to birth control

CU Boulder Today interviewed Katie Massey Combs, Research Associate at the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence in the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, to ask about her research on the accessibility and knowledge of contraceptive use among youth in the child welfare system. Learn more about the

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A collection of "Hello My Name Is" nametag stickers, with different names written in, like Vivian, Tom, Jen, and Tyler.

What’s in a Name?

There’s a famous saying among computer scientists that one of the two hardest problems in their field is how to name things. They’re certainly not the only ones. In fact, I’d be surprised if there’s a single person in IBS who hasn’t had to struggle with a naming convention. Variables in code, folders on the

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Jim Dykes and Josh Goode departures

It’s impossible for me to overstate the impact that Jim and Josh have had on CRS and IBS over the past several years.  Under Jim’s leadership, the CRS team expanded to gain dedicated desktop support and server administration, including hiring most of the current team. Thanks to his vision, guidance, and mentorship, CRS’ combined expertise

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Lori Hunter

Dr. Lori Hunter named director of Institute of Behavioral Science

The University of Colorado Boulder has named Dr. Lori Hunter director of its Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS), which applies leading edge social and behavioral science to inform and influence policies and actions with a national and international impact. Hunter, who joined CU Boulder and IBS in 2000, is a professor of Sociology and faculty fellow in IBS’s Research

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Ryan Masters

US life expectancy still falling, Native Americans hardest hit

“With the wide availability of vaccines in the United States, there was a lot of optimism that 2021 would look better than 2020,” said co-author Ryan Masters, an associate professor of sociology and IBS Affiliate. “That did not happen. The U.S. didn’t take COVID seriously to the extent that other countries did, and we paid a

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IBS Research Development Awards

IBS and CU Population Center (CUPC) are excited to announce the winning proposals for Research Development Awards/Seed Grants. We had a total of 9 applications between the two funding calls and were able to fund almost $79,000 in awards using IBS, CUPC, and Program funds.  The IBS Research Development Awards were open to all CU faculty

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Statement on Preventing School Violence

Like the rest of the nation and world, we are devastated to learn of the loss of 19 children and two teachers to school violence at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas. Each time a tragic attack happens, our research group is asked, “How can we prevent things like this from happening? What should we do

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Beverly Kingston

Can we avert the next mass shooting?

CU Boulder Today interviewed Beverly Kingston, director of CU’s Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, to ask if we can avert the next mass shooting. Learn more about the research on school violence, what’s going on, and what we can do to prevent it, in CU Boulder Today.

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