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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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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.
Paul Delamater featured on CBS17 about vaccine plateaus
April 26, 2021Faculty Fellow Paul Delamater was recently featured on CBS17 discussing vaccination rates in NC. Both Delamater and Faculty Fellow Whitney Robinson were also interviewed for a piece in NC Health News about vaccine slow-downs.
Carolina Demography featured on NPR
April 26, 2021Carolina Demography’s Rebecca Tippett was featured on All Things Considered in an interview about the 2020 Census count and deployed troops.
Research on college students’ mental health featured on podcast
April 22, 2021First-year college students are reporting symptoms of depression and anxiety significantly more often than they were before the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The study is based on the experiences of 419 Carolina students, and reflects the … Read more
A public health prognosis
April 22, 2021Alyssa LaFaro, Endeavors, Monday, April 12th, 2021 Graduate student Rachel Woodul spent two years researching what might happen to hospital capacity during a pandemic. When COVID-19 arrived, she compared what her model — and others’ — got wrong to improve how … Read more