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Anni Magyary wears a lime green collared shirt, a statement necklace and hoop earrings.

Women’s History Month Feature: Anni Magyary

Our next Women’s History Month Feature is with Anni Magyary! Anni joined IBS and CU Boulder in July of 2019. She works as a Proposal Analyst/Outreach Specialist for the CU Population Center and the Health and Society Program. What do you like most about your position at IBS? Magyary: So many things! I really enjoy assisting

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Sharon Dewitte wears a white lab coat and holds a skull with both hands. She stands near a desk.

Secrets from the Grave: A Portrait of Sharon Dewitte

Professor of anthropology and faculty/fellow of the Institute of Behavioral Science, Sharon Dewitte, was recently featured in the Coloradan Alumni Magazine. Author Lisa Marshall shares how Dewitte’s research helps us learn more about pathogens, their effects on the body, and the structural inequalities that historically led some groups to be more vulnerable to pathogens than

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Photo of Lori Hunter at the Jessor Lecture in September 23. Kate Cagney, director of the Institute for Social Research and professor of sociology is to the left of Lori. In the center and to the left of Lori is Jason Boardman, interim director of the Population Program. Next to Boardman is Dick Jessor and Jane Jessor on the far right.

Women’s History Month Feature: Lori Hunter

Next up in our Women’s History Month celebration is Director of IBS, Lori Hunter! Lori shares about her history with IBS and CU Boulder, her vision for IBS, and hints at an exciting event for IBSers in the works. _______ When did you join IBS? Hunter: I came to CU Boulder in 2000, after four

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A river runs through a tall bridge with arches, reminiscent of Roman aqueducts. Across the river is a small English village. People are in the river on small canoes.

New insights into the Roman Empire uncovered in an English village ruin

In recently published research, Scott Ortman, director of the Center for the Collaborative Synthesis in Archaeology and associate professor of anthropology, and John Hanson, associate professor of Roman archaeology and art at the University of Oxford, have uncovered a new population estimate for the ancient city of Silchester. Now a ruin, Silchester was a Roman-era village in south-central

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Two boys in Bangladesh harvest flowers.

Impact of early childhood health interventions in Bangladesh felt by future generations

Tania Barham, associate professor of economics, along with coauthors Brachel Champion, Gisella Kagy and Jena Hamadani, published a new paper examining the effects of the Maternal and Child Health and Family Planning Programme (MCH-FP) implemented in Bangladesh. Results showed children who experienced MCH-FP had greater height and improved cognition. Remarkably, these benefits spanned generations. The

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Angela Branson holds a camera and is looking at us. In the background, it is springtime in Vail, Colorado with bright green foliage everywhere and a road winding into the trees.

Women’s History Month Feature: Angela “Angie” Branson

Happy International Women’s Day from IBS! In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re interviewing some of our amazing IBS staff. Up first is Senior Program Manager, Angela Branson! Branson joined IBS in September 2022 and helps manage the Health and Society Program, the Population Program, the Program on International Development and the CU Population Center. 

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Daniel Simon, Ryan Masters new study shows institutional failures increased suicide rates

A new CU Boulder study sheds light on the national upward trend of suicide rates. Authors Daniel Simon, doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology and IBS research affiliate, and Ryan Masters, associate sociology professor and director of the Population Program, examined suicide data from 1997 to 2017. They found two institutional bodies contributing to suicide

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Participants from the workshop. Left - Right, first row: Jane Menken, Christina Misunas, Julie Skeldon, Amanda Stevenson, Zoe Bergman, Abby Humphreys, Sara Yeatman, Lindsay Cannon Left - Right, second row: Austin Fitzgerald, Katie Massey Combs, Hoeyun Kwon, Paige Schoonover, Raeven Chandler, Leslie Root, Asha Hassan, Selena Anjur-Dietrich, Leah Koenig, Anna Crawford, Brooke Whitfield On screen: Zoom participants

Success of abortion research methods workshop reflects shift in demography, fertility research 

Abortion research grapples with more questions than answers. And that’s no surprise. Fertility research as a whole inhabits only a small niche in demography and population studies and received limited attention after the “population bomb” panic in the mid-20th century. However, after the 2022 Dobbs decision, interest in abortion has grown significantly. Assistant Research Professor at

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Loving Black family bonding with their son while playing fun games on the sofa at home.

Pamela Buckley and Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development Cited as Top Clearinghouse Research

Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development was cited in a Lund Report article as one of the top clearinghouses in prevention research. The article features Principal Investigator of Blueprints, Pamela Buckley. Buckley shares how complicated it can be in determining which prevention programs work, but that clearinghouses like Blueprints help translate the evidence to support users in

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