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CPC Fellow Harris elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences
May 5, 2014May 5, 2014 Carolina Population Center Fellow Kathleen Mullan Harris has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Harris is the James E. Haar Distinguished Professor of Sociology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the Principal Investigator of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), a research project…
CPC Fellow Jagger contributes to a major global study that busts myths about forests and livelihoods
April 22, 2014Apr 22, 2014 The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) announced the results of a major global study that could "upend conceptions of how forests, people interact." CPC Fellow Pamela Jagger co-authored two of the five papers that are part of the research findings. Read an excerpt from the CIFOR news release: Now, in the…
CPC Fellow Bentley elected to the Consortium of Universities for Global Health board of directors
April 14, 2014Apr 14, 2014 Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellow Margaret E. Bentley was recently elected to the board of directors of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health. UNC's Gillings School of Global Public Health posted an announcement about this honor at http://sph.unc.edu/sph-news/bentley-elected-to-consortium-of-universities-for-global-health-board/.
Sessions by CPC researchers at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, May 1-3
March 7, 2014Mar 7, 2014 The Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America will be held May 1-3, 2014 at the Marriott Copley Place in Boston. Listed below are the sessions presented by CPC faculty fellows, postdoctoral scholars, predoctoral and undergraduate trainees, and staff members. The titles link to the session abstract on the PAA Annual…
CPC Fellow Adair awarded ASN’s Kellogg Prize for International Nutrition Research
March 3, 2014Mar 3, 2014 Linda Adair, PhD, nutrition professor at UNC's Gillings School of Global Public Health, has received the American Society of Nutrition's Kellogg Prize for International Nutrition Research. The award, sponsored by the Kellogg Company, is given to a member of ASN's International Nutrition Council who is actively engaged in research to benefit populations in…
Carolina Population Center Launches Carolina Demography to Help NC Communities Make Informed Decisions about Population Changes
January 27, 2014Jan 27, 2014 In October 2013, the Carolina Population Center launched a new service for communities throughout North Carolina. Called Carolina Demography, this program translates demographic data into specific, usable information about population change to inform decision making, planning, and program evaluation.Read the full story here.
USAID Awards UNC’s MEASURE Evaluation Project with Two Science and Technology Pioneers Prizes
January 17, 2014Two of fourteen Science and Technology Pioneers Prizes were awarded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Science and Technology to the MEASURE Evaluation project, implemented by the Carolina Population Center. The prize is awarded to projects and activities funded by USAID that apply science and technology to development challenges of…
British Medical Journal: UNC study finds numerous virgin births reported in US since mid-1990s
December 18, 2013Dec 18, 2013 UNC's Gillings School of Global Public Health issued an announcement about a new study by Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellows Amy Herring, Penny Gordon-Larsen, and Carolyn Tucker Halpern. The other authors are Samantha Attard, who is a graduate research assistant at the Carolina Population Center, and William Joyner. This is an excerpt…
WRAL News story features CPC research: Research suggests ‘megalopolis’ for NC in decades to come
December 10, 2013Dec 10, 2013 WRAL interviewed Rebecca Tippett, Director of Carolina Demography at the Carolina Population Center, about her research on housing projections through 2050. Read the story and watch the video that was broadcast on Dec. 9th via the links below. Research suggests 'megalopolis' for NC in decades to come Reported by Bruce Mildwurf: North…
CPC Fellow Melinda Meade has died
December 9, 2013Dec 9, 2013 Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellow Melinda S. Meade died November 19th at the age of 68. She became a CPC Faculty Fellow in 1979 and was a Fellow Emerita since 2009. She was a Professor Emerita of Geography at UNC-Chapel Hill. UNC's Geography department posted this announcement about her death. A memorial…