Apr 5, 2006 Dr. Alejandro Portes, Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Migration and Development at Princeton University, will be presenting: “The New Latin Nation: Immigration and the Hispanic Community of … Read more
Apr 3, 2006 Intergenerational dependent care will be the focus of Penn State’s 14th annual Symposium on Family Issues, October 5-6, 2006. “Caring and Exchange Within and Across Generations” will be addressed by 16 of the top scholars in … Read more
Mar 3, 2006 Users of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) are invited to submit abstracts for the seventh Add Health Users Conference, to be held July 17-18, 2006, in Bethesda, Maryland. The conference is … Read more
Jan 25, 2006 Data collection for the second wave of the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR) is now complete. This longitudinal extension of the NSYR is funded by a three-year $1,101,092 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. awarded to … Read more
Jan 25, 2006 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NIH News National Institutes of Health National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) http://www.nichd.nih.gov For Immediate Release January 11, 2006 CONTACTS: Robert Bock or Marianne Glass Miller bockr@mail.nih.gov … Read more
Jan 20, 2006 Dr. M.E. Hughes, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Duke University, will present “What Money Can Buy: Marriage, Material Aspirations, and Home Ownership in the United States” on Friday, January 27 from noon to 1 pm in Toy Lounge, … Read more
Jan 13, 2006 A study published in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine offers new insights into race/ethnic disparities in leading health indicators. Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health Project (Add Health) indicate increasing health risk and … Read more
Sep 29, 2005 The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has selected the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as one of six institutions nationwide – and the only institution in the South – to kick … Read more
Sep 22, 2005 William Kalsbeek, CPC Fellow and Professor of Biostatistics, was recently elected chair-elect for the section on Survey Research Methods for the American Statistical Association at its national meeting. For information about the Survey Research Methds section, visit … Read more
Sep 19, 2005 CPC Fellow and Professor of Nutrition, Barry Popkin has been awarded a 5-year grant from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health. “Diet, Activity, Obesity & the Built Environment Dynamics” is a longitudinal study … Read more
