May 20, 2009 On the recommendation of the chaired professors in the department, Guang Guo has been approved by the College of Arts and Sciences as the Odum Distinguished Term Professor in the Department of Sociology, effective July 1, 2009. … Read more

Apr 30, 2009 From the WUNC website: Fifty years ago there were 100 million overweight people in the world. That sounds like a lot, doesn’t it? Well, it does until you learn that number has skyrocketed to 1.6 billion. Barry … Read more

Apr 20, 2009 Jacqueline Hagan, CPC Fellow and author of the book Migration Miracle: Faith, Hope, and Meaning on the Undocumented Journey, took part in a panel on immigration that aired on C-SPAN. The panel was part of the seventh … Read more

Apr 20, 2009 CPC Fellow and Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition Barry Popkin was named Tar Heel of the Week by the News & Observer for the week beginning March 29, 2009. An excerpt from the news … Read more

Apr 15, 2009 Guang Guo, CPC Fellow and Professor of Sociology was mentioned in an article about biocriminology. An excerpt from the article: Even some biocriminologists question their field. Among them is Guang Guo, a professor of sociology at the … Read more

Apr 15, 2009 James H. Johnson, Jr., CPC Fellow, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Management, Sociology, and Public Policy, and Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center in the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise will moderate … Read more

Apr 15, 2009 James H. Johnson, Jr., CPC Fellow, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Management, Sociology, and Public Policy, and Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center in the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise was quoted … Read more

Apr 13, 2009 Despite a recent decline in the number of children born to teenagers in North Carolina, the rate of teenage pregnancies in this state is significantly higher than the national average rate of 42 percent.* Teen pregnancies cost … Read more

Mar 30, 2009 UNC receives Gates Foundation grant to help tackle reproductive health issues facing urban poor Issued by UNC News Services (March 30, 2009):http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/health-and-medicine/unc-receives-gates-foundation-grant-to-help-tackle-reproductive-health-issues-facing-urban-poor.html The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received more than $22 million from … Read more

Mar 24, 2009 Margarita Mooney, CPC Fellow and assistant professor of sociology, has co-authored a commentary in the Chronicle of Higher Education on the use of race in higher education admissions. The essay, which is adapted from a forthcoming book, … Read more