News
CPC Fellow James Johnson Quoted in Charlotte Observer
December 28, 2006Dec 28, 2006 N.C. population surges into nation’s top 10 Continuing waves of newcomers from the Northeast and other regions boosted both Carolinas in the ranks of the nation’s most populous states in new U.S. Census Bureau data being released … Read more
CPC Fellow Harris Receives Funds to Study Parental Incarceration and Adolescent Health
December 18, 2006Dec 18, 2006 Kathleen Mullan Harris, CPC Fellow and Gillian T. Cell Distinguished Professor of Sociology at UNC, has received funds from the American Bar Association to investigate parental incarceration as part of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health … Read more
CPC Fellow Barry Popkin Quoted in NY Times Article on Changes in Portion Size
December 8, 2006Dec 8, 2006 Along with the American waistline, the American plate and portion size have grown too. A study at Rutgers University supports earlier research that people today eat bigger servings than they did 20 years ago. A 1994 informal … Read more
CPC Fellow Leslie Awarded NSF Funding for HSD Collaborative Research Project
December 7, 2006Dec 7, 2006 CPC Fellow and UNC Professor of Anthropology, Paul W. Leslie, has received funding for the project “HSD Collaborative Research: Dynamics of Parks as Agents of Change in Eastern and Southern Africa.” This research project will examine the … Read more
CPC Fellow Jay Kaufman Named Fulbright Scholar
November 27, 2006Nov 27, 2006 Two University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty – an epidemiologist studying adverse birth outcomes and a scholar of American cultural engagement with Islam – have been named 2006-2007 Fulbright Scholars. Dr. Jay Kaufman and Dr. … Read more
CPC Fellow Glen Elder Comments on Children of the Depression in Gainesville Times
November 14, 2006Nov 14, 2006 Sociologist Glen Elder Jr., author of “Children of the Great Depression,” said journalists wrote then of a lost generation. They had it wrong. “Resilience,” Elder said recently, “was the central theme coming out of that period.” To … Read more
CPC Fellow Peggy Bentley Named Paul C. Rogers Society Ambassador
November 2, 2006Nov 2, 2006 Margaret “Peggy” Bentley, UNC School of Public Health Associate Dean of Global Affairs, professor of nutrition, and CPC Fellow, has been chosen to serve as an Ambassador in the Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research … Read more
CPC Fellow Glen Elder’s research on women and divorce appears in the news
November 1, 2006Nov 1, 2006 Women may give up more than a husband by divorcing–they may also lose some of their good health, according to a study by Iowa State University. The study, spanning 10 years, focused on what happens to rural … Read more
Dr. Samuel Preston Presents CPC’s Distinguished Lecture, Nov. 3
October 30, 2006Oct 30, 2006 Dr. Samuel Preston, Fredrick J. Warren Professor of Demography and Dean, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, will present the CPC Distinguished Lecture “Sex Mortality Differentials in the United States: The Role of Cohort Smoking … Read more
CPC Fellow Barry Popkin weighs in on the value of drinking water in USA Today
October 26, 2006Oct 26, 2006 When you are trying to lose weight, it’s easy to change the beverages you drink, says Barry Popkin. “It doesn’t matter if you drink bottled water or tap water: Just drink more water. It’s a powerful way … Read more