After a period of declining health, Dr. Richard Lee (Dick) Simpson passed away in his sleep on December 30.   The son of Donald Dake and Lottie Lee Simpson, he was born in Chevy Chase, Maryland and graduated in 1946 from … Continued

As sociologists, we appreciate that people and groups can construct different meanings for statues like the one known as “Silent Sam.” But the historical record on that statue is not in dispute. It was placed on the UNC campus as a symbol of … Continued

On the cusp of Ron Rindfuss’s retirement, the Carolina Population Center and Department of Sociology celebrated his many contributions to sociology, demography, and UNC at a recent event. The celebration also marked the launch of the Ronald R. Rindfuss Sociology … Continued

Allison Aiello (Department of Epidemiology) and Robert Hummer (Department of Sociology) are the principal investigators of CPC’s new NICHD-funded training program, “From Biological to Social Processes: Interdisciplinary Training in Life Course Research.” The National Institutes of Health has called for … Continued

With colleagues from Public Policy and Geography, Professor Barbara Entwisle has been awarded a US$4.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation Partnerships in International Research and Education (PIRE) program. The grant titled “Confronting Energy Poverty: Building an Interdisciplinary Evidence … Continued

To promote academic exchange and collaboration between Fudan and UNC, a delegation from UNC Sociology (Kenneth (Andy) Andrews, Arne Kalleberg, Jacqueline Hagan and Yong Cai) visited the School of Social Development and Public Policy at Fudan University in Shanghai China … Continued

Congratulations to Jacqueline Hagan who has been appointed Kenan Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her central research area is international migration, with a special focus on migration between the United States and Latin … Continued

Elizabeth Frankenberg joins UNC as Professor of Sociology and Director of the Carolina Population Center. She is a distinguished sociologist and demographer whose scholarship focuses on family, health, natural disasters, public policy, and well-being. Frankenberg has directed major longitudinal studies … Continued

Howard Aldrich will receive the ASA’s Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award at the 2017 Meetings in Montreal. Howard joins UNC faculty member Everett K. Wilson who won the first award in 1980. Throughout his career, Howard has been a dedicated … Continued

Born in Dresden, Germany in 1926, Henry Landsberger was part of the Kindertransport that evaculated nearly 10,000 mostly Jewish children to England from German-controlled lands just prior to the start of World War II.  For the next ten years, he … Continued