News

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

Mar 24, 2009 CPC Fellow and the Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition Barry Popkin discusses the environmental impact of consuming red meat. “‘We’ve promoted a diet that has added excessively to global warming,’ Popkin said in an … Read more

Mar 19, 2009 An interview with Barbara Entwisle about the National Children’s Study is now available on iTunes. Entwisle, Carolina Population Center Director and Fellow, is the principal investigator of the National Children’s Study in North Carolina. She was interviewed … Read more

Mar 19, 2009 Carolina Population Center Fellow and Director Barbara Entwisle was interviewed about the National Children’s Study on WCOM’s Radio In Vivo show. Entwisle, Carolina Population Center Director and Fellow, is the principal investigator of the National Children’s Study … Read more

Mar 12, 2009 Carolina Population Center Fellow Philip N. Cohen has received the Best Article Award 2009 from the Sex and Gender section of the American Sociological Association. His article “Working for the Woman: Female Managers and the Gender Wage … Read more

Mar 10, 2009 Two articles recently published in the New York Times and the Washington Post quote CPC Fellow Glen Elder on the effects of economic recessions on children. Elder discusses his research on children growing up during the Great … Read more

Feb 17, 2009 In her column on the pros and cons of consuming artificial sweeteners, Jane Brody quotes Barry Popkin, CPC Fellow and Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition. Citing his recent article in the American Journal of … Read more

Jan 26, 2009 This review discusses three books on the growing global obesity epidemic. “The world is fat, proclaims the title of Barry Popkin’s book — something we all know by now, and all recognize as a disaster. But what … Read more

Jan 13, 2009 Multimedia: To see a video related to this news release, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hwsjM40g8Y CHAPEL HILL – In many ways, Duplin County, N.C., and Queens, N.Y., are worlds apart. Duplin is rural, proudly southern and home to about … Read more

Jan 7, 2009 CPC Fellow Guang Guo’s research on how genes affect behavior appears in the cover story for the section “The Chronicle Review” in the January 9, 2009 issue of “The Chronicle of Higher Education.” Guo uses the CPC … Read more