Current News
Cynthia Osborne and Colleagues Publish Findings about Family Structure Transitions and Maternal Well-being
Posted: Feb 10, 2012
Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study, the authors find that both the type the timing of family structure transitions may influence maternal well-being
PRC Researchers Explore Link between Educational Attainment and Adult Mortality in the United States
Posted: Feb 10, 2012
PRC graduate Jennifer Karas Montez and PRC faculty Robert Hummer and Mark Hayward publish important study on education-mortality link in current issue of Demography.
Ronald Angel Receives Award for Excellence in Research on Aging
Posted: Feb 4, 2012
Ronald Angel is the winner of the 2012 Pearmain Prize from the Roybal Institute on Aging at the University of Southern California.
Kate C. Prickett Receives Two Paper Awards
Posted: Jan 25, 2012
PRC Trainee Kate C. Prickett received two awards at the 2011 Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting.
Leticia Marteleto Shows that Educational Disadvantages Associated with Race Still Persist in Brazil Despite Improvements
Posted: Jan 19, 2012
Despite notable improvements in educational levels and opportunity during the past three decades, disadvantages associated with race still persist in Brazil, according to new research to be published in Demography.
PRC's Health & Mortality Research Lab Featured on CoLA's Website
Posted: Dec 16, 2011
Professors Hayward, Hummer and Umberson run research lab meetings to foster graduate students' work in health disparities.
Population Research Center Awarded Texas Reproductive Health Policy Evaluation Grant
Posted: Nov 28, 2011
A team of researchers at the Population Research Center, led by Professor of Sociology and PRC Faculty Research Associate Joseph Potter, has been awarded a three year, $1.9 million grant to study the impact of legislation affecting reproductive health enacted during the 2011 Texas Legislative Session.
PRC Alumnae Publish ASR Paper on Decision-Making
Posted: Nov 10, 2011
Jenny Trinitapoli ('07) and Sara Yeatman ('08) address how young adults in Malawi think about AIDS and childbearing.
REU student, Olivia Healy, awarded Best Undergraduate Paper at 2011 Southern Demographic Association meeting
Posted: Oct 24, 2011
Olivia Healy, 2011 REU student, received the award for outstanding undergraduate paper at the annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association held in Tallahassee, Florida.
