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Aug 23, 2006 CPC Fellow Peter Uhlenberg has received the Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Award. The Distinguished Scholar Award honors a scholar in the field of aging who has shown exceptional achievement in research, theory, policy analyis, or who … Read more

Aug 16, 2006 There are now more overweight people in the world than those who have to go hungry, a conference of experts in Australia has heard. NI_MPU(‘middle’); Barry Popkin, a professor at the University of North Carolina, said that … Read more

Aug 14, 2006 American women earn substantially more money and narrow the long-standing gender gap in income if other women in their workplaces reach the ranks of senior management, according to a new national study presented here…. “The glass ceiling … Read more

Aug 10, 2006 “We’re seeing a very large proportion of children and adolescents who are quite heavy and aren’t moving much,” said Barry Popkin, a nutrition professor at the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina in … Read more

Jul 31, 2006 July 27, 2006  A new study suggests that city leaders aren’t capitalizing on the untapped real estate in southeast Raleigh. “Southeast Raleigh has a number of assets and opportunities,” said James Johnson, who is with the University … Read more

Jul 27, 2006 School officials are basing future needs on projected growth by demographer Dr. John Kasarda of the University of North Carolina. Kasarda predicts that the number of students in the Winnetka Public Schools system will increase from 2,116 … Read more

Jul 27, 2006 Duke University has named a prominent public health leader to head its Global Health Institute — Duke’s latest push to take a lead in fighting illness and disease around the world. “With Dr. Merson coming, I think … Read more

Jul 25, 2006 Beware the Devil’s candy July 24, 2006  Fat and carbohydrates are the accepted demons of dieters. So fixated have we become with these particular anti-slimming agents that excluding them is considered the only way to lose weight. … Read more

Jul 20, 2006 It doesn’t take a college degree to know Chapel Hill has plenty of smarts, says Councilman Cam Hill. … Among them is David Blau, a UNC professor of economics. For him, the school system played a central role. … Read more

Jul 20, 2006 It’s 3am and I’m at Inchon airport, South Korea. The place is packed with people arriving from everywhere in the world. After 14 hours in the air I’m trying to find an airline  representative for a hotel … Read more