Apr 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 … Read more

Apr 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 … Read more

Mar 30, 2009 UNC receives Gates Foundation grant to help tackle reproductive health issues facing urban poor Issued 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.html The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received more than $22 million from … Read more

Mar 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 … Read more

Mar 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, … Read more

Mar 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

Mar 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

Mar 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

Mar 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

Feb 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