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We’re excited to share that KOAA News 5 recently featured the upcoming 2nd Annual Greater Resilience Information Toolkit (GRIT) Conference in a news article! The conference, hosted by the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience at UCCS, is set for...
The Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience is excited to present the second annual GRIT Conference, GRIT 2025: Elevating Education, taking place on March 14, 2025, at the Ent Center for the...
The Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience recently received recognition in a KRDO/Telemundo feature highlighting our upcoming GRIT Conference. The segment, which aired on KRDO/Telemundo and featured Andrea Herrera, focused on the impactful work of the...
The Society for Chaos Theory, Psychology, and Life Sciences (SCTPLS) is an interdisciplinary organization that explores nonlinear dynamics in a wide variety of disciplines. SCTPLS is one of the oldest organizations dedicated to the advancement of...
Affiliates of the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience at UCCS attended the 40th annual ISTSS meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, from September 25th through 28th. ISTSS is an international organization of researchers and clinicians dedicated to...
The Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience is excited to share that our commitment to supporting mentors of human trafficking survivors has continued to grow. On October 3rd, 2024, Dr. Carrie Yeager led a training session for 21 dedicated mentors, focusing on...
In today’s world where resilience holds importance like never before, the emergence of the GRIT-e web application stands out as a tool for nurturing strength and resilience in individuals and communities alike. Designed to complement...
Dr. Emily Dworkin, Acting Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and Research Affiliate at the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Research at UCCS, was recently...
When considering topics for this Director’s Corner article, my thoughts kept returning to the two recent, major hurricanes that struck Florida in rapid succession during a two-week period. The last one, Hurricane Milton, struck south of...
Dr. Erika Felix, a clinical psychologist at the University of California Santa Barbara and Research Affiliate at the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience, has provided crucial insights into the psychological impacts of mass violence incidents (MVIs). Her work...