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Newsweek features CPC Fellow Popkin and his new book, “The World is Fat”
December 22, 2008Dec 22, 2008 Barry Popkin, CPC Fellow and Carla Steel Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition at UNC-Chapel Hill, was interviewed by Newsweek about his new book, The World is Fat. An excerpt from the article: "Two years ago, when Barry Popkin announced that more than a billion people worldwide were overweight--easily outnumbering the 800…
CPC Fellow Popkin interviewed by New York Times about proposed soda tax in NY
December 18, 2008Dec 18, 2008 Barry Popkin, CPC Fellow and Carla Steel Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition at UNC-Chapel Hill, was interviewed by Nicholas D. Kristof for an op-ed piece about New York's proposed soda tax. "Soft drinks are linked to diabetes and obesity in the way that tobacco is to lung cancer," says Barry Popkin,…
CPC Fellow Bollen elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science
December 18, 2008Dec 18, 2008 CPC Fellow Kenneth A. Bollen has been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The Herald-Sun announced this honor. "Bollen is the H.R. Immerwahr Distinguished Professor of Sociology and director of the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science. The association cited him for his "important work on latent…
CPC Fellow Jane Brown comments on teen media exposure in USA Today
December 3, 2008Dec 3, 2008 A new report on the effects of adolescent exposure to various forms of mass media was recently released. "The study provides overwhelming evidence of the importance of limiting children's use of media and teaching them to critically evaluate the ever-growing volume of text, images and sounds with which they are bombarded, says…
Research by CPC Fellows Rindfuss and Guilkey featured on UNC Global website
December 3, 2008Dec 3, 2008 CPC Fellows Ronald R. Rindfuss and David K. Guilkey collaborated on research about how the availability of child care impacts fertility in Norway. UNC Global features a story about this research on its website. The story, A Solution to the Shrinking Family, is posted here:http://global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=762&Itemid=94
The Jamaica Observer quotes CPC Fellow Sudhanshu Handa
December 2, 2008Dec 2, 2008 Poverty levels decreased in Jamaica last year, but could increase in the future. "Launched Wednesday, the 2007 Survey of Living Conditions (SLC), conducted by the PIOJ and Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), reported overall improvements in consumption and housing conditions and a decline in consumption inequality and gender-based consumption inequality. Poverty has…
CPC Postdoctoral Scholar Naomi Spence to be honored for her research
November 12, 2008Nov 12, 2008 Ten postdoctoral scholars at UNC Chapel Hill will be honored Wednesday, November 12. Each will receive $1,000 to assist them in their research. The event's keynote speaker will be UNC Chemist Joe DeSimone. Naomi Spence, who received her PhD in sociology from Florida State University in 2006 and works with CPC Fellow…
CPC Fellow Jacqueline Hagan quoted in Chicago Tribune
November 11, 2008Nov 11, 2008 In a Chicago Tribune article about illegal migrants traveling between Mexico and the United States, CPC Fellow Jaqueline Hagan offers insight into the role St. Toribio Romo, a Mexican martyr, and faith play in their migration experience. 'Jacqueline Hagan, whose upcoming book "Migration Miracle" features St. Toribio, said those considering migration are…
CPC Fellow Krista Perreira named a Russell Sage Visiting Scholar for 2008-2009
November 7, 2008Nov 7, 2008 Krista M. Perreira, CPC Fellow and Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will synthesize six years of research into a comprehensive book on Latino immigration to the American South. Focusing on what we can learn about "new" immigrant destinations, Perreira will assess the migration and…
CPC Fellow Jane Brown comments on study on consequences of TV sex for adolescents
November 4, 2008Nov 4, 2008 Jane Brown, CPC Fellow and James L. Knight Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, comments on a study in the latest Pediatrics. The study examined the effects of watching TV with sexual content on adolescent pregnancy. '"I don't find it surprising," says Jane Brown, who studies media and adolescent…