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Study: What is social media’s impact on college students’ mental health?

July 3, 2024

The Covid-19 pandemic had an unprecedented effect on college students’ mental health: symptoms like anxiety and major depression in young adults ages 18-25 increased significantly compared to before the pandemic.  A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill … Read more

New Data Release from Add Health

June 24, 2024

The following data are now available to Add Health contract researchers. Wave V Contextual Despair This contextual data set focuses on the social, political, and resource environment of Add Health respondents at the tract, county, and state level that are … Read more

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Study: Hiring pressures to diversify influencing patterns of discrimination in unexpected ways

June 3, 2024

In 2004, a pair of economists published a landmark study to measure discrimination in the labor market. In the study, the researchers applied to real job openings with fictitious applicants but change the applicant names to reflect a different gender or … Read more

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National Academy of Sciences elects Arne Kalleberg

May 20, 2024

On April 30, the academy announced the election of 120 new members and 24 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Election to membership in the academy is considered one of the highest honors … Read more

Postdoctoral opportunity measurement structural racism NIH funded grant

April 22, 2024

Please find below an exciting opportunity at University of Maryland for a postdoctoral fellow interested in working on a newly awarded NIH R01. The work is related to the measurement of structural racism and health inequalities. This time, we are … Read more

Senate bill introduced based on research of Global Food Research Program

April 22, 2024

Senators Sanders (I-VT) and Booker (D-NJ) introduced a Senate bill on childhood diabetes that was based on research from the UNC Global Food Research Program as well as Lindsey Smith Taillie’s testimony in the Senate last December. Taillie is a … Read more

CPC at PAA 2024

April 10, 2024

The Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America will be April 17-20, 2024 in Columbus, OH. Listed below are the sessions presented by CPC Faculty Fellows, CPC external faculty affiliates, postdoctoral scholars, predoctoral and undergraduate trainees, staff members and … Read more

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Gemayel receives Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Award

April 8, 2024

Predoctoral Trainee Georgina Gemayel received a Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Award. Gemayel is a MA/doctoral student in the department of Geography, advised by Clark Gray. Other recipients include Adriana Wisniewski (Biological Anthropology), advised by Amanda Thompson and Athena Owirodu, … Read more