IBS News

The Boulder Daily Camera published an article titled "CU Boulder center knows how to prevent violence, but it's not simple," highlighting the work of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) here at IBS. 

Beverly Kingston and Bill Woodward are quoted heavily in the article, citing various ways that CSPV studied school shootings and how the best preventative measures focus on adaptive change instead of technical solutions. 

Research shows that approximately 40% of school shooters are traumatized, 30% are psychotic, and 30% are psychopathic.  

Each type [of individual who has made a specific threat of violence] requires different management or treatment.
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Recently, Lori Peek was interviewed on CU's Brain Waves podcast focusing on natural disasters.  She discussed the increase of frequency and intensity of natural hazard events that have been happening in more recent history. Give a listen to what Lori had to say about this and also the vulnerable populations who are more affected by natural disasters. Lori's interview is a great overview of what the Natural Hazards Center has been studying and she also highlights practical lessons learned for responding to natural disasters.  

The podcast finishes with other interviews about how to gather better information about tornados in order to
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Robbee Wedow, a former IBS and Sociology graduate student at CU Boulder now at Harvard University, was awarded the Matilda White Riley Early Stage Investigator Award from the Natural Institutes of Health (NIH). This notable award is named after Matilda White Riley who was a renowned scientist known for her contributions to the behavioral and social sciences at the NIH. The NIH celebrates Dr. Matilda White Riley’s legacy through this annual award. Beginning in 2016, the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences (OBSSR) started to recognize up and coming scientists by introducing a competition for peer-reviewed articles by
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John O'Loughlin, IBS researcher and Geography professor here at CU Boulder, was highlighted in an article posted by CU Boulder Today.  The CU Boulder Today article discusses his recent study that was published in the journal Nature.