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Institute of Behavioral Science at CU Boulder
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Over half a century of leading edge social and behavioral science with broad impact.
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Not one but TWO great #BoulderReportingLab stories from IBS Fellow, Brian Keegan, Ph.D. this week! He unpacks election results from the #2025BoulderElections.

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#BoulderElections #CityofBoulder
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Join us for #SimplifyLanguage training from 2 - 4 p.m. in Jessor 155! Lee Shainis will walk us through more #accessible and #efficient communications for research, community outreach and more! Zoom option available.

RSVP and More Info: docs.google.com/forms/d/1B4a...

#accessiblecommunications
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Today at noon MT! New IBS Professor Cindy Huang will discuss launching #FeedtheFuture, the US #globalhunger and #foodsecurity initiative; resettling 75,000 #Afghans after the fall of #Kabul; and developing #USAID’s #economicresilience approach.

More info:

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October 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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We had a great discussion at our #Europe v. U.S. lecture this past Tuesday! Jovita Neliupšienė and Jean-Marc Lieberherr Monnet both presented on Europe's relationship with the U.S. under the #Trumpadministration.

Special thank you to our presenters, sponsors and faculty who made the talk happen!
October 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Our final #HispanicHeritageMonth Q&A features Miguel Cardozo, a #LifeSkills Training Implementation Coordinator with the #PreventionScience Program!

Miguel shares how his background and commitment to being a positive influence shape his holistic approach to research:

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#Resilience
October 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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As we conclude our recognition of #HispanicHeritageMonth, IBS is proud to highlight Raquel Villarreal Quijano's story. Raquel is a Bilingual Family Assessor in the Let's Connect Program out of our Center for Resilience + Wellbeing:

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#Resilience #Diversity #Community
October 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Continuing our #HispanicHeritageMonth celebration with Uriel Lomelí Carrillo! Uriel is research associate at the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence. His work looks at how culture and #masculinity intersect with #firearm #suicideprevention.

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October 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Continuing our #HispanicHeritageMonth celebration with Gustavo Pérez-Arrobo! Gustavo is a PhD student in #PoliticalScience at @colorado.edu and a graduate student associate in the Program on International Development.

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September 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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In honor of #HispanicHeritageMonth, we’re sharing Q&As with some of our Hispanic/Latinx IBSers!

Valentina Serrano Salomón is a #sociology PhD student at @colorado.edu. She is part of both the Population Program and @cupopulationcenter.bsky.social at IBS.

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Valentina Serrano Salomón smiles behind a graphic celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.
September 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Join us next Monday at noon for our IBS Flash Talks! Learn about current behavioral and #socialscience projects from our five research programs. This semester's flash talk topics include #immigration, #Indigenousrights, #publichealth, and #violenceprevention.

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September 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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September 8 at noon MT is our first IBS Speaker Series lecture for #Fall2025! Former #USAID advisor, Hayden Hawry, will discuss the untold story behind the #Mozambique #Gaza Province #HIV epidemic control. Zoom and in person, light lunch provided.

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September 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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IBS Fellow Amir Behzadan is our new Environment and Society Program interim director for the 2025-26 school year! Learn more about Amir and his plans for the director role below:

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August 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Visiting scholar Bárbara Nascimento Flores hosted two #Indigenous researchers from #Brazil this summer. They established the Center #Wayrakuna of #Indigenous Ancestral Sciences (CWIAS) at IBS.

Read more about their research and their experience at
@colorado.edu:

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August 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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A few moments from our Spring Social last week! We learned about our #gradstudent research, awarded some amazing staff and students, and met our newest IBS Fellows!
April 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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The Deep History of #HumanDevelopment in the US Southwest is happening now! Hear from lead archaeologists about major research developments in the field!

In Room 155 and via zoom, lunch available!

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#archaeology #southwest #history
April 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Today at noon MT! Angeline Letourneau is the #Hennebach Visiting Assistant Professor in #EnergyTransition and Society at the #Colorado #SchoolofMines. Lunch will be provided, and zoom options are available too!

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April 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Today at 1pm MT! Dr. Flores will share about her people, the Borum-Kren, and discuss how she and other activists are working for cultural and #territorialrecognition using historical #landmanagement practices that promote #biodiversity in #Brazil.

Join us in Jessor 155 or via Zoom!
April 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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The IBS Training Program's Spring Small Grant Award is due today! Apply here: lnkd.in/gy56PYBC.

#Gradstudent Savannah Lehnert was the fall small #grantaward recipient last year. See how she's using the $1,500 funds to fuel her research: lnkd.in/dN3jWQHA
April 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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What's the best way to come back from #springbreak? An IBS #SpeakerSeries talk of course! Kacper Gradon will discuss #disinformation #prevention and propose a new working group.

Today at noon MT in room 155 or via Zoom. Lunch provided. See you there!
March 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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We have some exciting grant award opportunities available, including two new awards!

Scan the QR code or visit ibs.colorado.edu/interdiscipl... to learn more!

#interdisciplinary #graduateopportunities #graduatestudent #behavioralscienc #socialscience #researchanddevelopment #grant
March 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Today is the day! For 24 hours, you can help advance social science research at IBS with Buffs All In!

Contribute to our research in #disasterpreparedness, #healthyouthdevelopment, #schoolsafety, #womenshealth, #mentalhealth, and more!

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March 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Learn about the op ed writing process from top IBS researchers, February 19 from 1-2 pm MT! From selecting timely topics to navigating the pitching process, this conversation will help you write an op ed that makes an impact.

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February 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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The IBS Speaker Series is back next week, February 3 with Brian King from @pennstateuniv.bsky.social. Come for the free lunch, stay for the #socialscience! Lecture begins at noon MT, Zoom option available.

#publichealth #geospatialdata

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January 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Only one week away from our Open House and Ribbon Cutting Event on Jan. 28! Come celebrate our new building name, the Richard Jessor Building, and learn about all 11 of our programs and centers, with program talks, a mock-tail bar, and time to meet our researchers!

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January 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Today was the last day of our phenomenal #studentassistant of three years - Lucas Gauthier.

We celebrated his incredible work ethic, dedication and passion at our holiday party last week. Lucas truly defines what it means to #BeBoulder.

Read more about Lucas here: lnkd.in/dXz7nEjK
December 18, 2024 at 12:16 AM