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High and Rising Working-Age Mortality in the US: A Report From the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
May 10, 2021In March, a report issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine revealed that young and middle-aged adults (25-64 years old) in the U.S. have been dying at higher rates since 2010. High and Rising Mortality Rates Among Working-Age Adults says that rising death rates are striking working-age Americans, whose risk of dying…
Innovative online grocery store model takes nutrition research to a new level
May 10, 2021May 6, 2021 By Courtney Mitchell Researchers have developed a new online store that can be used for testing the impact of different policies and interventions on consumers’ purchasing behavior. Lola’s Grocery was designed to have the look and feel of a typical modern online grocery. Users can search for a bag of organic Gala…
Yong Cai appears on NPR
May 3, 2021Faculty Fellow Yong Cai appeared on Morning Edition to discuss China's 2020 Census.
Carolina Demography: 2020 Census News Coverage
April 29, 2021The U.S. Census Bureau released the first look at the results from the 2020 Census on Monday, April 26, 2021. Our applied demography group, Carolina Demography, analyzed the release on both the web and on Twitter. Rebecca Tippett, Carolina Demography's director, also appeared in the following news outlets: Chapelboro.com WFDD The Associated Press EdNC ABC11…
Census 2020: NC gains a 14th seat in the House of Representatives
April 29, 2021This piece was originally published by Carolina Demography. By Rebecca Tippett, 4/26/21 The U.S. Census Bureau just released the first look at the results from the 2020 Census. The U.S. population is now 331,449,281. The nation grew by 22,703,743 or 7.4% since 2010. This represents the second slowest decade of growth on record, just after…
CPC at PAA 2021
April 29, 2021The Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America will be virtually held May 5-8. Listed below are the sessions presented by CPC Faculty Fellows, postdoctoral scholars, predoctoral and undergraduate trainees, and staff members. All times listed here are in CENTRAL TIME. (The conference is being virtually held from St. Louis.) The PAA virtual conference…
Whitney Robinson quoted in The Atlantic
April 28, 2021Faculty Fellow Whitney Robinson was interviewed in The Atlantic for Sarah Zhang's piece on COVID-19 and children.
Fellow Handa interviewed in CQ Researcher
April 26, 2021CQ Researcher freelance correspondent Zarrín Caldwell interviewed Faculty Fellow Sudhanshu Handa about direct-payment aid programs.
Predoctoral trainee wins $25,000 for composting business
April 26, 2021Predoctoral Trainee Mallory Wolfe Turner writes, “The business venture I have co-founded with Kirstie Moore, LocalRoots Compost, was selected as one of 15 $25,000 winners for the Victoria’s Secret Pink with Purpose Project. LocalRoots Compost leverages the combined buying power of local restaurants to secure low prices on compostable food ware, and then incentivizes restaurant…
Fellows Yang and Mullan Harris featured in Nature
April 26, 2021A research highlights piece in Nature featured Yang Claire Yang and Kathleen Mullan Harris' recent study examining obesity's racially skewed rise.