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TIME magazine features CPC Fellow Penny Gordon-Larsen in “Must Read” article
June 29, 2009Jun 29, 2009 CPC Fellow Penny Gordon-Larsen and her study on increased weight gain in couples who live together will be featured in TIME magazine's July 6th edition and is on the front page of Time.com as a "Must Read" article. Gordon-Larsen, Ph.D., an associate professor of nutrition at UNC, said that "married individuals are…
Research on weight gain in couples by CPC Fellow Penny-Gordon Larsen mentioned on NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!
June 22, 2009Jun 22, 2009 CPC Fellow Penny-Gordon Larsen, Ph. D., an associate professor of nutrition at UNC, and her research on increased weight gain in couples who live together were featured on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, a weekly comedy news-quiz program. The show, which was taped in UNC's Memorial Hall, ran this past weekend.…
Pregnancy guidelines co-author Dr. Anna Maria Siega-Riz, a CPC Fellow, mentioned in Associated Press article
June 16, 2009Jun 16, 2009 An article recently published by the Associated Press reports new pregnancy guidelines from the Institute of Medicine for how much weight women should gain during their pregnancy. CPC Fellow Dr. Anna Maria Siega-Riz, an associate professor of epidemiology and nutrition at UNC, is quoted in the article and is co-author of the…
CPC Fellow Halpern receives Faculty Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring
May 27, 2009May 27, 2009 CPC Fellow and Associate Professor of Maternal and Child Health Carolyn Halpern was awarded the Faculty Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring from the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Dean of the Graduate School, Steve Matson, presented the award to Halpern at the 2009 Doctoral…
CPC Fellow Siddiqi’s research on Canadian health care referenced in the news
May 20, 2009May 20, 2009 The research of Arjumand Siddiqi, CPC Fellow and assistant professor of health behavior and health education, was recently referenced in a news story about Canadian health care. The story says: "...Siddiqi and Hertzman write (and technology and helicopter salesmen should take note) that redistributing wealth within a society trumps spending more money…
CPC Fellow Guang Guo appointed Odum Distinguished Term Professor
May 20, 2009May 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. This is a five-year appointment.Congratulations to Guang for this achievement.
CPC Fellow Barry M. Popkin guest on WUNC’s The State of Things
April 30, 2009Apr 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 Popkin, author of "The World is Fat," joins host Frank Stasio to discuss the growing global…
CPC Fellow Popkin named Tar Heel of the Week by News & Observer
April 20, 2009Apr 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 story: "It's not entirely accurate to call Barry Popkin a flame-thrower, because he doesn't ignite…
CPC Fellow Jacqueline Hagan on C-SPAN
April 20, 2009Apr 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 Annapolis Book Festival which took place April 18 at The Key School in Annapolis, Maryland.…
CPC Fellow James H. Johnson, Jr. quoted in Triangle Business Journal
April 15, 2009Apr 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 in a Triangle Business Journal article about improving academic performance of at-risk children. An excerpt…