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Siega-Riz Wins Award
March 19, 2004Mar 19, 2004 Anna-Maria Siega-Riz, Associate Professor of Nutrition and Maternal and Child Health and CPC Fellow, has received the Center for Women’s Health Research Award for Excellence. It is awarded for the multidisciplinary research that best demonstrates the strength … Read more
Demographic Analysis Online Course
December 16, 2003Dec 16, 2003 This online course was developed for researchers, professors, students and any interested person as a tool for deepening basic demographic concepts. It was designed as a didactic guide useful in any basic demographic course. Because of its … Read more
Public Release of Chinese Health and Family Life Survey
October 3, 2003Oct 3, 2003 William Parish and Edward O. Laumann are pleased to announce the first public release of Chinese Health and Family Life Survey (CHFLS). The dataset is available for free, downloadable in several formats from the PRC website , … Read more
Three Fellows Receive Teaching Awards
September 26, 2003Sep 26, 2003 Congratulations to Barbara Entwisle, Paul Leslie, and Boone Turchi for receiving teaching awards. Barbara Entwisle received a Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction. Paul Leslie received the J. Carlyle Sitterson Freshman Teaching Award. Boone Turchi received a … Read more
New Book by CPC Staff Members
September 9, 2003Sep 9, 2003 John Spencer, Brian G. Frizzelle, Philip H. Page, and John B. Vogler recently published a book entitled Global Positioning System: A Field Guide for the Social Sciences. The book is a practical, step-by-step guide for social scientists … Read more
Population Reference Bureau Names New President
September 9, 2003William P. Butz, senior economist at RAND, and formerly an administrator at the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Science Foundation, was appointed president of the Population Reference Bureau on Aug. 22. He begins his duties October 15.
Former CPC postdoc, Robert Crosnoe, wins award
September 9, 2003Sep 9, 2003 Robert completed his Ph.D. at Stanford University in 1999 and spent the next two years as a post-doctoral fellow at the CPC, with Glen Elder as his preceptor. He recently received the award for Distinguished Contributions Early … Read more