The CU Population Center is hosting the 2025 Association of Population Centers meeting! Martha Bailey (UCLA Economics) will provide a talk on M-CARES, the Michigan Contraceptive Access, Research and Evaluation Study, on Thursday, October 23. Join us in room 150 for this special lecture! Talk is hosted by both CUPC and the Population Program at ... Read more
Title: "Three Wins, Three Reversals: US International Development and Migration Policy" About Cindy: Dr. Cindy Huang has over 20 years of experience leading humanitarian and global development efforts across government and non-profit sectors. She is currently a research professor at the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, as well as a ... Read more
About Jennifer: Dr. Jennifer Bailey is a Principal Research Scientist at the Social Development Research Group at the University of Washington. She leads a diverse and multidisciplinary team of researchers working together to understand factors that contribute to positive youth development and develop, test, and scale prevention and health promotion interventions. She is trained in Developmental Psychology ... Read more
About Fatima: Dr. Touma is an associate professor of sociology at CU Boulder. Her research focuses on population health, policy context, and migration. Broadly, she is interested in examining health patterns and trends in the United States across socio-political contexts. Fatima holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Date: November 14, 2025, (RSVP TBD) Time: 12 - 2 p.m. Location: Institute of Cognitive Science (ICS) – Hybrid (in-person & Zoom) Summary: Interactive training with Lee Shainis on simplifying language for accessible communication, applicable to our research, outreach, and community partnerships. Offered in conjunction with Institute for Cognitive Science and the CU Museum.
Title: "Leveraging Agent-Based Modeling and Machine Learning in Pursuit of Risk-Informed Decision Making for Communities Impacted by Tornado Hazards" Abstract: The frequency of natural hazards is increasing in the United States and worldwide, resulting in communities suffering from direct economic impacts and prolonged recovery periods. To address those consequences, community-level resilience studies are needed to ... Read more
Introducing Insights from the Institute of Behavioral Science, a free public lecture series that introduces our social and behavioral science research projects to the community. Our first lecture of the series will feature Scott Ortman, director of the Center for the Collaborative Synthesis in Archeology. He will discuss results from the Global Dynamics of Inequality ... Read more
About: Abby Córdova’s research examines the consequences of inequality and marginalization for democracy, integrating topics related to crime and violence, gender inequality, economic inequality, and international migration in the context of Latin America and the Caribbean. Her research seeks to identify public policies that can improve the well-being of disadvantaged citizens and in this way ... Read more
Title: "Research for a Safer Colorado: The CU Center on Crime and Justice" Speakers: David Pyrooz, IBS Fellow and Professor of Sociology at CU Boulder: Dr. Pyrooz received his Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Arizona State University in 2012, where he was a Graduate Research Fellow of the National Institute of Justice. His ... Read more
