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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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Jane Brody quotes CPC Fellow Barry Popkin in New York Times
February 17, 2009Feb 17, 2009 In her column on the pros and cons of consuming artificial sweeteners, Jane Brody quotes Barry Popkin, CPC Fellow and Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition. Citing his recent article in the American Journal of … Read more
Review of CPC Fellow Barry Popkin’s book The World Is Fat appears in Washington Post
January 26, 2009Jan 26, 2009 This review discusses three books on the growing global obesity epidemic. “The world is fat, proclaims the title of Barry Popkin’s book — something we all know by now, and all recognize as a disaster. But what … Read more
Release: Rural N.C. county, N.Y. borough kick off largest ever long-term U.S. child health study
January 13, 2009Jan 13, 2009 Multimedia: To see a video related to this news release, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hwsjM40g8Y CHAPEL HILL – In many ways, Duplin County, N.C., and Queens, N.Y., are worlds apart. Duplin is rural, proudly southern and home to about … Read more
Chronicle of Higher Education highlights CPC fellow and sociologist Guang Guo’s work on genetics
January 7, 2009Jan 7, 2009 CPC Fellow Guang Guo’s research on how genes affect behavior appears in the cover story for the section “The Chronicle Review” in the January 9, 2009 issue of “The Chronicle of Higher Education.” Guo uses the CPC … Read more
CPC Fellow Elder honored with special issue of Research in Human Development devoted to his research
January 6, 2009Jan 6, 2009 The journal Research in Human Development recently published a special issue celebrating CPC Fellow Glen H. Elder, Jr‘s research on life course studies. Elder is a Research Professor of Sociology and Psychology at the University of North … Read more
Newsweek features CPC Fellow Popkin and his new book, “The World is Fat”
December 22, 2008Dec 22, 2008 Barry Popkin, CPC Fellow and Carla Steel Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition at UNC-Chapel Hill, was interviewed by Newsweek about his new book, The World is Fat. An excerpt from the article: “Two years ago, when … Read more