Dear colleagues:
To ensure consistent visibility for the establishment of all new centers, the provost and acting vice chancellor for research and innovation formally announce new research centers when they are authorized. In accordance with this process, we are announcing a newly established center below.
We are today announcing that the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä has established The Center for Resilience + Well-Being (CRW) to develop science-based programs that help schools and families build safe, nurturing environments and experiences in supportive relationships that develop the social and emotional skills and well-being of adults and youth to promote resilience, now and in the future.
The new center will advance the interdisciplinary and collaborative research mission of its parent unit, the Institute of Behavioral Science, which focuses on problems of societal concern. Monica Fitzgerald, PhD, and senior research associate, will serve as the center’s director.
The CRW aims to:
- Develop and test universal prevention programs and interventions that promote trauma responsive environments and supportive adult-youth relationships to increase resilience and positive outcomes for youth, families, educators, schools and communities;
- Increase access for youth and families to evidence-based, trauma-informed and culturally responsive programs and interventions; and
- Advance the Institute of Behavioral Science’s interdisciplinary and collaborative research mission focusing on problems of societal concerns.
The center will pursue its objectives through a range of novel initiatives including: the CRW’s National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative’s Community Treatment and Services Center with Mental Health Partners and Affiliate Treatment Services Adaptation Center for Schools; Let’s Connect® for Families; Resilience In Schools & Educators (RISE); the Community Collective for Youth + Family Resilience; and the CRW’s local, national, and international training and consultation services.
A recently-awarded $900K grant for the Community Collective for Youth and Family Resilience and Violence Prevention is illustrative of the center’s collaborative, community-based approach. The project seeks to build the capacity of families and communities to reduce health disparities for underserved youth impacted by violence through collaboration between ²ÊÃñ±¦µä, the Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence, Mental Health Partners, Boulder Housing Partners and Ariel Clinical Services.
Establishment of centers at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä
²ÊÃñ±¦µä centers are single or multidisciplinary units organized to conduct research, scholarship and creative work, education and/or leadership and service activities.
Centers are typically organized around the investigation of a specific theme, issue, project or policy topic, but often encompass interdisciplinary work spanning a number of academic fields. Centers generally have collaborative intent, and an annual operating budget that is, in part, fiscally independent of academic units.
The establishment and reauthorization of centers is administered by the Research & Innovation Office (RIO) on behalf of the university. The dean or director (or their designee) of the parent unit–the college, school, institute, etc. responsible for oversight of a center–recommends the establishment of the proposed center to the acting vice chancellor for research and Innovation. RIO ensures that all proposals for new centers are reviewed and approved by University Counsel and the Office of Budget & Fiscal Planning prior to authorization. Those that do not satisfy the review process will not be approved.
Russ and Massimo
Russell Moore
Provost
Massimo Ruzzene
Acting Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation