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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

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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Nadine Finigan-Carr
IBS/Prevention Science Program Speaker Series: Nadine Finigan-Carr
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