News
CPC Fellow Kathleen Mullan Harris Elected PAA President
July 27, 2007Jul 27, 2007 The Carolina Population Center is pleased to announce that Kathleen Mullan Harris, CPC Fellow and Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been elected President of the Population Association of America for 2009.
CPC Fellow Barry Popkin comments on diet soda consumption in NY Times
July 25, 2007Jul 25, 2007 People who drank more than one diet soda each day developed the same risks for heart disease as those who downed sugary regular soda, suggests a large but inconclusive study. ..."There's too much contradictory evidence that shows that diet beverages are healthier for you in terms of losing weight that I would…
CPC Fellow Barry Popkin research on overweight appears in news
July 19, 2007Jul 19, 2007 The number of overweight people in the world has overtaken the number of malnourished for the first time, with a billion people considered heavier than advised. ..."The reality is that globally far more obesity than under-nutrition exists," said professor Barry Popkin. This news item appears in "Overweight people now outnumber the hungry"…
Research by CPC Fellows Carolyn Halpern and Jay Kaufman appears in news
July 16, 2007Jul 16, 2007 When mothers suffer from depression, their children are more likely to develop behavioral problems -- but fathers can prevent this from happening, new research suggests. In a study that followed a large group of U.S. children over 10 years, researchers Jen Jen Chang, Carolyn Tucker Halpern and Jay S. Kaufman found that…
CPC Trainee Ashley Carse Awarded Fulbright Scholarship
July 13, 2007Jul 13, 2007 Ashley Carse, a doctoral student in anthropology and CPC predoctoral trainee, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for 2007-2008. He will research human-environmental problems in the Panama Canal Watershed from an ethnographic and historical perspective.
CPC Fellows Krista Perreira, Kathie Harris and Ken Bollen receive publication award
June 28, 2007Jun 28, 2007 Congratulations to CPC fellows Krista Perreira, Kathie Harris, and Ken Bollen whose publication "What Are We Measuring? An Evaluation of the CES-D across Race/Ethnicity and Immigrant Generation" has been selected as an honorable mention in the best publication category in the sociology of mental health from the Mental Heath Section of the…
CPC Fellow Philip Cohen comments on trends in mothers staying at home
June 19, 2007Jun 19, 2007 Mothers with the financial means have long had the choice to go back to work or stay home after the birth of their children. Today, however, more moms in all economic levels appear to be considering the stay home option - at least that's what some experts suspect when they point to…
CPC Fellow Andy Olshan receives grant to study head and neck cancers
May 30, 2007May 30, 2007 A grant from the Lance Armstrong Foundation to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will fund research on the experiences of head and neck cancer survivors, so that health professionals can effectively manage the impact of treatment on a patient's social, family and work roles. The three-year, $246,760 grant was…
CPC Fellow Entwisle Receives Funding to Research “Modeling Household Dynamics and Land Use”
May 17, 2007May 17, 2007 Barbara Entwisle, CPC Fellow and Director and Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received funding for the research project "Modeling Household Dynamics and Land Use." This research project uses an empirically informed agent-based simulation approach to examine the dynamic interrelationships among migration, household assets, and…
CPC Fellow Barry Popkin discusses soft drinks, beverages in news
May 16, 2007May 16, 2007 The 11-year-old patient showed a considerable amount of tooth decay since his last cleaning, prompting his dentist, Dr. Anjali Miranda, to take action: No more soda for the boy at home, and only an occasional soft drink when he eats out with his parents.... Barry Popkin [a professor of nutrition at the…