Nov 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

Nov 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

Nov 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

Nov 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

Oct 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

Oct 26, 2006 CPC Fellow Barbara Laraia has been awarded funding for the Food Security and Feeding Strategies project which will identify modifiable risk factors associated with household food insecurity to inform intervention strategies to prevent overweight. The project is … Read more

Oct 26, 2006 Invasive plants and animals once foreign to the famous archipelago are eroding fragile landscapes and threatening species that have been aiding scientific discovery since Charles Darwin’s first voyage in 1835. The Ecuadorian government knows this, as do … Read more

Oct 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

Oct 25, 2006 Penny Gordon-Larsen, an assistant professor of nutrition at North Carolina, analyzed data on 5,000 young adults over 15 years. She found that a slightly overweight woman who walked two extra hours each week over 15 years gained … Read more

Oct 11, 2006 Kathleen Mullan Harris, a sociology professor at UNC Chapel Hill, said changes in social structures over the years have allowed dads to take on new roles. They’re now able to develop into more available, emotional and compassionate … Read more