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CCPR @ PAA 2016 Meeting Washington, D.C.

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Looking to catch your favorite CCPR/UCLA affiliate at PAA Washington D.C.  this week? Here is a link and program list of CCPR @ PAA Enjoy the conference! https://ucla.app.box.com/CCPRatPAA2016  

Chris Dunkel-Schetter’s research is feautured in the UCLA Newsroom

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Chris Dunkel-Schetter's research is feautured in the UCLA Newsroom http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/women-with-impaired-stress-hormone-before-pregnancy-have-lower-birthweight-babies  

Rob Mare featured in the New York Times

Robert Mare's research on assortative mating and inequality was cited this past weekend in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/upshot/rise-in-marriages-of-equals-and-in-division-by-class.html

Robert Mare featured in NY Times

Professor Robert Mare highlights the fact that the sharp increase in assortative marriage mirrors income inequality in the United States. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/upshot/rise-in-marriages-of-equals-and-in-division-by-class.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0

Leonardo Bursztyn receives prestigious award

Leonardo Bursztyn received a 2016 Sloan Fellowship, an award given to early career scholars “whose achievements and potential identify them as rising stars, the next generation of scientific leaders,” from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/3-ucla-faculty-members-earn-2016-sloan-fellowships  

Leah Boustan received funding from the Russell Sage Foundation

Leah Boustan received funding from the Russell Sage Foundation to investigate the pace of cultural assimilation among European immigrants to the United States in the Age of Mass Migration, 1850-1920. http://www.russellsage.org/awarded-project/cultural-assimilation-during-age-mass-migration

Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez is featured in New York Times

Reverberations From a Rise in Mexico's Murder Rate Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/02/science/mexico-murder-rate-life-expectancy.html?_r=1

Janet Tomiyama is featured in LA Times

Study states that BMI mislabels 54 million Americans as 'overweight' or 'obese' http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-bmi-does-not-measure-health-20160204-story.html

Janet Tomiyama is featured in EurekAlert!

Tomiyama suggests that the BMI is not an accurate indicator of healthiness, as even obese people can be very healthy.   http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/uoc--dub020316.php