Karen Benjamin Guzzo named new director of the Carolina Population Center
Karen Benjamin Guzzo, PhD, has been named the new director of the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Most recently Guzzo served as professor of sociology at Bowling Green State University, where she was … Read more
Meet the Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellows elected in 2022
The Carolina Population Center’s Faculty Fellows elected seven UNC faculty members to join the CPC Fellows program in 2022. Miyuki Hino, City and Regional Planning Miyuki Hino is an assistant professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning and … Read more
Glen Elder and Lisa Pearce receive publication award
Gaps in screening leave many NC children at risk of lead exposure
State-level changes in health insurance coverage and parental substance use-associated foster care entry
NC’s fastest growing municipalities in Triangle and Brunswick
2022 Women’s Health Report Card
Distance of more than 50 miles to abortion facilities can be insurmountable barrier to access
At the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling that will overturn Roe v. Wade, the Court’s 1973 landmark decision which ruled that the Constitution protects a pregnant individual’s liberty to choose to have … Read more
Changes to nutrition assistance programs during COVID-19
Recent publications related to abortion
The May 2 publication of the leaked draft of the Supreme Court majority decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization indicates that the Supreme Court plans to explicitly overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. While the … Read more