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CPC Fellow Guang Guo mentioned in Chronicle of Higher Education article about biocriminology
April 15, 2009Apr 15, 2009 Guang Guo, CPC Fellow and Professor of Sociology was mentioned in an article about biocriminology.An excerpt from the article: Even some biocriminologists question their field. Among them is Guang Guo, a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who has expertise in the biosciences that is rare…
CPC Fellow James H. Johnson, Jr. to moderate panel on “green” jobs
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 will moderate the panel "Creating Jobs in North Carolina's New Green Economy" at the Sonja Haynes Stone…
CPC Fellow Jane D. Brown guest on WUNC’s The State of Things
April 13, 2009Apr 13, 2009 Despite a recent decline in the number of children born to teenagers in North Carolina, the rate of teenage pregnancies in this state is significantly higher than the national average rate of 42 percent.* Teen pregnancies cost taxpayers more than $300 million annually and the social costs are high as well. New…
Release: UNC receives Gates Foundation grant to help tackle reproductive health issues facing urban poor
March 30, 2009Mar 30, 2009 UNC receives Gates Foundation grant to help tackle reproductive health issues facing urban poorIssued by UNC News Services (March 30, 2009):http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/health-and-medicine/unc-receives-gates-foundation-grant-to-help-tackle-reproductive-health-issues-facing-urban-poor.htmlThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received more than $22 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a new project that aims to improve the reproductive health…
Affirmative action for minority students subject of commentary co-authored by CPC Fellow Margarita Mooney
March 24, 2009Mar 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, discusses critiques of the policy as well as results of the authors' research. To read…
CPC Fellow Barry Popkin comments on red meat consumption in news
March 24, 2009Mar 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 interview." (Johnson, C. K. (2009). Study: Lots of red meat increases mortality risk, Associated Press…
CPC Director Entwisle talks about National Children’s Study on WCOM’s Radio In Vivo show
March 19, 2009Mar 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 in North Carolina. She was interviewed by Radio In Vivo host Ernie Hood. Listen to…
Interview with CPC Director Entwisle about National Children’s Study now on iTunes
March 19, 2009Mar 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 just prior to the launch of the study's data collection activities in Duplin County, N.C.…
CPC Fellow Cohen wins Best Article Award from American Sociological Association
March 12, 2009Mar 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 Gap" appeared in the October 2007 issue of the journal. Matt L. Huffman of the…
CPC Fellow Glen Elder appears in NY Times, Washington Post
March 10, 2009Mar 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 Depression. 'The older children were better able to understand the hardships, and to get outside…