Sociology
- A closer look at geographic data finds no correlation between generally happy locales and rates of suicide, according to research by CU 麻豆影院 and U of California Irvine.
- A team of wildfire practitioners and researchers鈥攊ncluding some from the 麻豆影院鈥攊s working across Colorado to better understand the human role in local wildfire mitigation.
- CU 麻豆影院 has joined more than two dozen colleges and universities worldwide that offer majors, minors or certificate programs in animals and society, which is also known as animal studies.
- Foreign-born less likely to receive treatment, manage conditions, CU 麻豆影院 researchers find
- Vanessa Roberts will perform her workshop and satirical lecture 鈥淎fropuff Lederhosen: Experience the Difference Humor Makes鈥 on Tuesday, Feb. 20, from 5-6:30 p.m., in the British & Irish Studies Room on the fifth floor of Norlin Library.聽
- A first look at the intersection of climate change and the relatively good health of new migrants鈥攐r 鈥渉ealthy migrant effect鈥濃 suggests that the changing climate might propel less-healthy people to migrate from Mexico to the United States.
- The U.S. decision to leave the Paris climate agreement provided some interesting data for scholars who study trends in the negotiations. One of those researchers is David Ciplet at CU 麻豆影院.
- Pushing for stronger policing instead of smarter policing might encourage unethical law enforcement tactics, CU 麻豆影院 scholar contends.
- David Pyrooz has interviewed hundreds of gang members, searching for insight into how some manage to avoid or escape what he calls "the snare" of gang life, while others succumb to it.
- Disaster preparedness is the focus of the next Social Sciences Today Forum at CU麻豆影院. The event, titled 鈥淒isasters: Can We Be Prepared?鈥 features three experts and is scheduled for Sept. 26, at noon in Old Main Chapel.