News
CPC Fellow Gray launches new project in Uganda about the links between soil degradation and rural poverty
September 12, 2012Sep 12, 2012 The research project is called “The Relationship between Soil Degradation, Rural Livelihoods, and Household Well-Being.” Clark Gray, Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellow and UNC-Chapel Hill Assistant Professor of Geography, is the project’s principal investigator. His research team … Read more
The Guardian features successful Kenyan cash transfer study by CPC Fellows Handa, Pettifor, Thirumurthy, and Halpern
September 12, 2012Sep 12, 2012 The Guardian’s story is: Kenyan study shows that cash-transfer payments reduce sexual risk: New research shows that cash payments reduce risky sexual behaviour and HIV infection among orphans and children. Read it here. The study was conducted … Read more
CPC Fellow Yang receives the Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty
September 11, 2012Sep 11, 2012 Yang Yang, Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellow, was awarded the Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty. The prize recognizes the achievements of outstanding junior tenure-track faculty or recently tenured faculty. Yang … Read more
American Sociological Association honors S. Philip Morgan with the 2012 Otis Dudley Duncan Award
August 20, 2012Aug 20, 2012 S. Philip Morgan and co-authors Jennifer Johnson-Hanks, Christine Bachrach and Hans Peter Kohler received the 2012 Otis Dudley Duncan Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Social Demography on Sunday. The award was presented to Morgan by the American … Read more
Obituary: J. Richard Udry
August 18, 2012J. Richard Udry, esteemed population studies scholar and Carolina Population Center’s Director from 1977 – 1992, died at his home on Sunday, July 29, 2012. He was 83. Dick Udry joined the UNC faculty as Associate Professor of Maternal and … Read more
UNC Professor & CPC Fellow Kalleberg wins award for his book, ‘Good Jobs, Bad Jobs’
August 17, 2012Aug 17, 2012 The Academy of Management selected Arne L. Kalleberg’s book for its annual George R. Terry Book Award. The book, ‘Good Jobs, Bad Jobs: The Rise of Polarized and Precarious Employment Systems in the United States, 1970s to … Read more
Global Health Policy blog features research by CPC Fellow Handa about using cash transfers to reduce HIV-related risky behaviors
August 16, 2012Aug 16, 2012 In a recent post on the Global Health Policy blog, Amanda Glassman and Denizhan Duran evaluate several programs that use cash transfers to reduce HIV-related risky behaviors among young people. Cash Transfers: Good for HIV/AIDS Too includes … Read more
Morgan named new director of UNC’s Carolina Population Center
August 1, 2012Aug 1, 2012 S. Philip Morgan, an internationally known sociologist and population scientist, has been named the new director of the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He will also become a UNC professor … Read more
Former CPC Director Tsui profiled in The Lancet’s family planning series
July 16, 2012Jul 16, 2012 The Lancet published an important series of articles on family planning in its July 14, 2012 issue. That issue also includes a profile of Amy Tsui who is “a scholar, an outstanding researcher, a leader in her … Read more
Add Health study: Being overweight years before pregnancy linked to bigger babies
July 6, 2012Jul 6, 2012 News story is cross-posted from the Add Health website here. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, UNC researchers have found that women who are overweight or obese years before becoming pregnant deliver babies … Read more