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Lori Peek Award & Grant

Sophia Syzek — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:33:56 +0000

Lori Peek Award & Grant Sophia Syzek Wed, 08/26/2026 - 10:33

Lori Peek received a $925,241 award from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation to support the Health and Extreme Weather Research Award Program through the Natural Hazards Center.

Lori Peek received a $1,000,000, 5-year grant from the National Science Foundation to support the CONVERGE facility, which advances participatory, problem-focused, solutions-based research in hazards and disasters.

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Laura Patterson's Film Shown at Denver Film Festival

Sophia Syzek — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:53:58 +0000

Laura Patterson's Film Shown at Denver Film Festival Sophia Syzek Wed, 12/10/2025 - 12:53

Laura Patterson screened her short film, “Silent Generation” at the 2025 Denver Film Festival. Dr. Patterson’s film explores the difficulties of aging alone, using a horror aesthetic to explore how tasks that used to be mundane and routine – like doing a load of laundry – transform into threatening and how people living alone become isolated, facing these challenges without societal support.

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David Pyrooz Mentioned on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Sophia Syzek — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:07:03 +0000

David Pyrooz Mentioned on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Sophia Syzek Thu, 07/31/2025 - 09:07

The main story on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver was devoted to law enforcement gang databases, which highlighted “On Gangs,” the book authored by David Pyrooz and his colleagues Scott Decker and James Densley. The 24-minute segment can be found here: https://youtu.be/rlR8d9JVWtQ

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Tara Streng-Schroeder is featured in a recent CU Arts & Sciences Magazine

Sophia Syzek — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:03:30 +0000

Tara Streng-Schroeder is featured in a recent CU Arts & Sciences Magazine Sophia Syzek Thu, 07/10/2025 - 09:03

Dr. Tara Streng-Schroeder (recent SOCY PhD graduate!) whose important work with survivors of sexual assault was featured in CU’s Arts & Sciences Magazine: /asmagazine/2025/07/02/supporting-survivors-sexual-assault-

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Lori Hunter was featured in "The Conversation"

Sophia Syzek — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:58:53 +0000

Lori Hunter was featured in "The Conversation" Sophia Syzek Thu, 07/10/2025 - 08:58

Lori Hunter was featured in the Conversation with her piece "The aftermath of floods, hurricanes and other disasters can be hardest on older rural Americans – here’s how families and neighbors can help"
https://theconversation.com/the-aftermath-of-floods-hurricanes-and-other-disasters-can-be-hardest-on-older-rural-americans-heres-how-families-and-neighbors-can-help-247691

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Lori Peek's recent Achievements

Sophia Syzek — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:10:19 +0000

Lori Peek's recent Achievements Sophia Syzek Wed, 07/02/2025 - 08:10

Lori Peek was featured in a recent video and story written by the Associated Press in advance of this year's Atlantic hurricane season, which began on June 1.
https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-season-disaster-weather-doge-fema-noaacd215947480de9099a53fe20669bb923
Lori Peek was quoted in a recent AP News story, "Join scientists as they drive into hailstorms to study the costly weather extreme." https://apnews.com/article/hailstorm-chaser-damage-severe-weather-tornado-4f9b0cf8dd088508ca2ddf40d01b6519
Lori Peek provided a briefing regarding the Third Assessment of Natural Hazards to dozens of federal agency representatives via the Science for Disaster Reduction Interagency Working Group.

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Musabber Ali Chisty has been selected as a Frédéric Bastiat Fellow

Sophia Syzek — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:08:11 +0000

Musabber Ali Chisty has been selected as a Frédéric Bastiat Fellow Sophia Syzek Wed, 07/02/2025 - 08:08

Musabber Ali Chisty has been selected as a 2025-2026 Frédéric Bastiat Fellow by the Mercatus Center at the George Mason University. This prestigious, competitive fellowship is awarded to outstanding graduate students who demonstrate exceptional potential in policy-relevant academic research. Over the course of the one-year program, fellows engage directly with Mercatus scholars, gaining insights into advanced policy analysis and contributing to critical discussions. As a Bastiat Fellow, Musabber will further develop his dissertation research, which examines cascading disaster preparedness, systemic resilience, and intersectionality within policy frameworks.

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Brigid Mark Recently Published her Third Year Paper

Sophia Syzek — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:01:47 +0000

Brigid Mark Recently Published her Third Year Paper Sophia Syzek Wed, 07/02/2025 - 08:01

Brigid Mark has just published her third year paper in Social Problems. She is grateful to activists, professors, and peers for providing important lessons and helping her learn how to publish and to work in relationship with an Indigenous-led social movement. The paper is called “‘Following Indigenous Leadership’: Addressing Power Inequalities Between White and Indigenous Activists in the Movement to Stop Line 3,” and recently won the inaugural Edward and Martha Greenberg Graduate Student Paper Excellence Award. The full article can be accessed via this link.

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Jillian Turanovic published two articles

Brigitte Koehn Sellinger — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 18:07:49 +0000

Jillian Turanovic published two articles Brigitte Koehn… Tue, 10/29/2024 - 12:07

Talaugon, Alyssa R. and Jillian J. Turanovic. “Childhood Exposure to Family Violence, Residential Instability, and Parental Incarceration: Compounding Household Adversities and Adolescent Delinquency.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. https://doi.org/10.1177/00224278241280903
Biro, Szilvia D. and Jillian J. Turanovic. “Violent Victimization in Emerging Adulthood and Its Longitudinal Impacts on Well-Being: A Study of Ever-Homeless Persons.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605241283

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Valentina Serrano Salomón co-authored an article published in Frontiers in Environmental Science

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:49:24 +0000

Valentina Serrano Salomón co-authored an article published in Frontiers in Environmental Science Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 09/10/2024 - 09:49

Valentina Serrano Salomón co-authored an article published in Frontiers in Environmental Science. The study partnered with neighborhoods located in the most polluted residential zip code in the U.S. to conduct community science air quality monitoring, highlighting the role of participants’ experiences in these efforts.

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