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Obituary: Betty Cogswell

May 18, 2019

Obituary for Betty Cogswell: 1930-2019 Burlington, NC Dr. Cogswell was a Faculty Affiliate of the Carolina Population Center beginning in 1971. In 1977, when the Center began the Fellows Program, Dr. Cogswell was elected as a Faculty Fellow and would … Read more

Demography Daze: May 13

May 7, 2019

May 7, 2019 The annual Demography Daze event is a collaboration between UNC’s Carolina Population Center and Duke University’s Population Research Institute. Demography Daze13 May 2019Carolina Population Center2002 Carolina Square  1-2:15: Bridget Goosby “It Takes a Village: What Interdisciplinarity and … Read more

CPC Fellow Harris elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

April 30, 2019

Apr 30, 2019 Kathleen Mullan Harris has received the prestigious honor of being elected into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Harris is a Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellow and is UNC’s James Haar Distinguished Professor of Sociology. The … Read more

Kathleen Mullan Harris awarded Population Association of America’s Irene B. Taeuber Award

April 25, 2019

Apr 25, 2019 Kathleen Mullan Harris, PhD, is the first Faculty Fellow at Carolina Population Center to receive the Population Association of America’s Irene B. Taeuber Award in “recognition of an unusually original or important contribution to the scientific study … Read more

CPC at PAA 2019

March 20, 2019

Mar 20, 2019 The Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America will be held April 10-13 at the JW Marriott Austin. Listed below are the sessions presented by CPC Faculty Fellows, postdoctoral scholars, predoctoral and undergraduate trainees, and staff … Read more

New website launched for exploring global tuberculosis (TB) data

March 20, 2019

Mar 20, 2019 WASHINGTON, DC-The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Mark Green, is launching a new tuberculosis (TB) data hub today in Washington, DC. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) is playing … Read more

The Depths of Despair among U.S. Adults Entering Midlife

March 20, 2019

Mar 20, 2019 The American Journal of Public Health has issued a publication by Carolina Population Center researchers entitled “The Depths of Despair among U.S. Adults Entering Midlife.” Utilizing Add Health Wave V data, this research explores health indicators such … Read more

CPC Scholar Gutierrez awarded RSF grant: The ACA and the Demography of the U.S. Criminal Justice Population

March 11, 2019

The Russell Sage Foundation has awarded a grant entitled “The ACA and the Demography of the U.S. Criminal Justice Population” to CPC Postdoctoral Scholar Carmen Gutierrez. Over the course of its two years of funding, the grant will support Gutierrez … Read more

North Carolina’s Leaky Educational Pipeline: Report maps NC postsecondary public education pipeline, identifies at-risk groups

February 28, 2019

UNC release issued on February 28, 2019 (Chapel Hill, N.C. – Feb. 28, 2019) – The fastest-growing jobs in North Carolina now require more education. A new report from Carolina Demography and the John M. Belk Endowment examines North Carolina … Read more

North Carolina’s Leaky Educational Pipeline: Report maps NC postsecondary public education pipeline, identifies at-risk groups

February 28, 2019

Feb 28, 2019 New demographic report will help guide the state’s path forward in improving education attainment in order to fill need for highly trained workforce UNC release issued on February 28, 2019 (Chapel Hill, N.C. – Feb. 28, 2019) … Read more