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Changes in ecosystem of humans and land in Eastern and Southern Africa are focus of CPC study
December 18, 2009In the iconic landscape of East Africa where lions roam across a vast green plain, the native people have named it Siringet, meaning “endless plains where the land meets the sky.” But for Tanzania's Maasai tribe, the Siringet, much of what is now known as the Serengeti National Park, no longer stretches towards the horizon.…
NSF’s IGERT website features research by CPC Fellow Leslie and Predoctoral Trainees Baird and Miller
December 7, 2009Dec 7, 2009 Research by CPC Fellow Paul Leslie and CPC Predoctoral Trainees Timothy Baird and Brian Miller is featured on the National Science Foundation's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) website: http://www.igert.org/highlights/145. The interdisciplinary research project explores the impacts of ecological policies and practices on humans and animals in several Eastern and Southern…
Science Daily announces new research by CPC Fellow Glen Elder about mentorship of disadvantaged teens
November 6, 2009Nov 6, 2009 A new study in Sociology of Education has found that when a teacher mentors a disadvantaged student, the student's odds of attending college nearly doubles. For all teen students, having an adult mentor means a 50 percent greater likelihood of attending college.The study's lead author is Lance Erickson, now a sociology professor…
CPC Fellow Philip M. Cohen featured in WRAL-TV story about mothers during the recession
November 5, 2009Nov 5, 2009 Philip N. Cohen, faculty fellow at the Carolina Population Center and UNC associate professor of sociology, is featured in a news story on WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh) discussing mothers in the current recession. Cohen is quoted in the text of the story and also appears in the accompanying video.The recession has put increased pressure…
Nature story features CPC’s National Children’s Study vanguard center in Duplin County, NC
November 4, 2009Nov 4, 2009 The NIH-funded National Children's Study was the focus of an article that appeared today in Nature. The reporter, Meredith Wadman, visited the NCS vanguard center in Duplin County, NC to learn about the study. The Carolina Population Center implements the study in Duplin County and in four other counties in North Carolina.…
Cross-cultural study of wealth and inequality appears in Science; CPC Postdoctoral Scholar David Nolin among research team
November 2, 2009Nov 2, 2009 Science has published a landmark cross-cultural study of the intergenerational transmission of wealth, and how such transmission can lead to persistent inequality in small-scale societies. The project, organized by economist Sam Bowles (Santa Fe Institute) and anthropologist Monique Borgerhoff Mulder (UC Davis), drew on the combined research of anthropologists working in 21…
Durham Herald-Sun announces groundbreaking new research by CPC Fellow Philip N. Cohen about international and domestic adoption
October 30, 2009Oct 30, 2009 Philip N. Cohen, faculty fellow at the Carolina Population Center and UNC associate professor of sociology, and Rose M. Kreider, Ph.D. of the U.S. Census Bureau, have published the first national study on disability rates among internationally adopted children.The study, which appears in the November issue of the journal Pediatrics, found that…
The State of Things (WUNC) reports on African-American Economic Summit, Nov. 1-2; CPC Fellow William A. Darity is a co-organizer
October 30, 2009Oct 30, 2009 WUNC radio program The State of Things reported on the upcoming African-American Economic Summit, a free event being held November 1-2 at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University. Carolina Population Center Fellow William "Sandy" Darity is a co-organizer and will present the morning of November 2.The free public summit will discuss the current…
america.gov features study by CPC Fellows Kasarda and Johnson about economic impact of Hispanics in NC
October 15, 2009Oct 15, 2009 Carolina Population Center Fellows John D. Kasarda and James H. Johnson, Jr. studied the economic impact of the growing Hispanic population in North Carolina. Their findings were featured in a recent news story by america.gov, an information source developed by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs. Vying for…
UNC receives nearly $2.2 million to study nutritional supplements to protect HIV-positive mothers and their infants in Africa
October 6, 2009Oct 6, 2009 UNC News Services issued a research brief about this project:http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2964/71/For immediate release: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Do nutritional supplements, fortified with micronutrients and essential fats, protect the health of HIV-positive women and their infants after weaning? Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) will analyze data from a…