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Meet the Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellows elected in 2022

The Carolina Population Center’s Faculty Fellows elected seven UNC faculty members to join the CPC Fellows program in 2022. Miyuki Hino, City and Regional Planning Miyuki Hino is an assistant professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning and an adjunct assistant professor in the Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program at the University of…

Glen Elder and Lisa Pearce receive publication award

Gaps in screening leave many NC children at risk of lead exposure

State-level changes in health insurance coverage and parental substance use-associated foster care entry

NC’s fastest growing municipalities in Triangle and Brunswick

2022 Women’s Health Report Card

Distance of more than 50 miles to abortion facilities can be insurmountable barrier to access

At the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling that will overturn Roe v. Wade, the Court’s 1973 landmark decision which ruled that the Constitution protects a pregnant individual’s liberty to choose to have an abortion. The decision will create a patchwork of abortion laws in the US, with…

Changes to nutrition assistance programs during COVID-19

Recent publications related to abortion

The May 2 publication of the leaked draft of the Supreme Court majority decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization indicates that the Supreme Court plans to explicitly overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. While the draft opinion is not yet final 26 states are likely or certain to ban abortion…

A triple Tar Heel: Alexis Dennis