Sociology
- The National Science Foundation has granted Boulder $3 million to develop a new center that will bring together social scientists, natural scientists and engineers to conduct rapid-response research of natural hazards.
- Five professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have won the 2018 Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award.
- A closer look at geographic data finds no correlation between generally happy locales and rates of suicide, according to research by Boulder and U of California Irvine.
- A team of wildfire practitioners and researchers—including some from the University of Colorado Boulder—is working across Colorado to better understand the human role in local wildfire mitigation.
- Boulder has joined more than two dozen colleges and universities worldwide that offer majors, minors or certificate programs in animals and society, which is also known as animal studies.
- Foreign-born less likely to receive treatment, manage conditions, Boulder researchers find
- Vanessa Roberts will perform her workshop and satirical lecture “Afropuff Lederhosen: Experience the Difference Humor Makes” on Tuesday, Feb. 20, from 5-6:30 p.m., in the British & Irish Studies Room on the fifth floor of Norlin Library.
- A first look at the intersection of climate change and the relatively good health of new migrants—or “healthy migrant effect”— suggests that the changing climate might propel less-healthy people to migrate from Mexico to the United States.
- The U.S. decision to leave the Paris climate agreement provided some interesting data for scholars who study trends in the negotiations. One of those researchers is David Ciplet at Boulder.
- Pushing for stronger policing instead of smarter policing might encourage unethical law enforcement tactics, Boulder scholar contends.