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CPC Fellow Guang Guo appointed Odum Distinguished Term Professor
May 20, 2009May 20, 2009 On the recommendation of the chaired professors in the department, Guang Guo has been approved by the College of Arts and Sciences as the Odum Distinguished Term Professor in the Department of Sociology, effective July 1, 2009. This is a five-year appointment.Congratulations to Guang for this achievement.
CPC Fellow Barry M. Popkin guest on WUNC’s The State of Things
April 30, 2009Apr 30, 2009 From the WUNC website:Fifty years ago there were 100 million overweight people in the world. That sounds like a lot, doesn't it? Well, it does until you learn that number has skyrocketed to 1.6 billion. Barry Popkin, author of "The World is Fat," joins host Frank Stasio to discuss the growing global…
CPC Fellow Popkin named Tar Heel of the Week by News & Observer
April 20, 2009Apr 20, 2009 CPC Fellow and Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition Barry Popkin was named Tar Heel of the Week by the News & Observer for the week beginning March 29, 2009. An excerpt from the news story: "It's not entirely accurate to call Barry Popkin a flame-thrower, because he doesn't ignite…
CPC Fellow Jacqueline Hagan on C-SPAN
April 20, 2009Apr 20, 2009 Jacqueline Hagan, CPC Fellow and author of the book Migration Miracle: Faith, Hope, and Meaning on the Undocumented Journey, took part in a panel on immigration that aired on C-SPAN. The panel was part of the seventh Annapolis Book Festival which took place April 18 at The Key School in Annapolis, Maryland.…
CPC Fellow James H. Johnson, Jr. quoted in Triangle Business Journal
April 15, 2009Apr 15, 2009 James H. Johnson, Jr., CPC Fellow, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Management, Sociology, and Public Policy, and Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center in the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise was quoted in a Triangle Business Journal article about improving academic performance of at-risk children. An excerpt…
CPC Fellow Guang Guo mentioned in Chronicle of Higher Education article about biocriminology
April 15, 2009Apr 15, 2009 Guang Guo, CPC Fellow and Professor of Sociology was mentioned in an article about biocriminology.An excerpt from the article: Even some biocriminologists question their field. Among them is Guang Guo, a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who has expertise in the biosciences that is rare…
CPC Fellow James H. Johnson, Jr. to moderate panel on “green” jobs
April 15, 2009Apr 15, 2009 James H. Johnson, Jr., CPC Fellow, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Management, Sociology, and Public Policy, and Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center in the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise will moderate the panel "Creating Jobs in North Carolina's New Green Economy" at the Sonja Haynes Stone…
CPC Fellow Jane D. Brown guest on WUNC’s The State of Things
April 13, 2009Apr 13, 2009 Despite a recent decline in the number of children born to teenagers in North Carolina, the rate of teenage pregnancies in this state is significantly higher than the national average rate of 42 percent.* Teen pregnancies cost taxpayers more than $300 million annually and the social costs are high as well. New…
Release: UNC receives Gates Foundation grant to help tackle reproductive health issues facing urban poor
March 30, 2009Mar 30, 2009 UNC receives Gates Foundation grant to help tackle reproductive health issues facing urban poorIssued by UNC News Services (March 30, 2009):http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/health-and-medicine/unc-receives-gates-foundation-grant-to-help-tackle-reproductive-health-issues-facing-urban-poor.htmlThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received more than $22 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a new project that aims to improve the reproductive health…
Affirmative action for minority students subject of commentary co-authored by CPC Fellow Margarita Mooney
March 24, 2009Mar 24, 2009 Margarita Mooney, CPC Fellow and assistant professor of sociology, has co-authored a commentary in the Chronicle of Higher Education on the use of race in higher education admissions. The essay, which is adapted from a forthcoming book, discusses critiques of the policy as well as results of the authors' research. To read…