Cornell Population Center


The Cornell Population Center (CPC) serves as the intellectual hub for demographic research and training at Cornell University. The CPC supports demographic research relating broadly to three core themes: (1) families and children; (2) health behaviors and disparities; and (3) poverty and inequality. The CPC is a university-wide program serving 90 affiliates from 24 different departments and is housed in the College of Human Ecology. Daniel T. Lichter is CPC Director. Erin Oates is CPC Program Administrator.

EVENTS
CPC Seminar: John M. Abowd, Cornell University - Feb. 3 CPC Seminar: Joe D. Francis, Cornell University - Feb. 10 CPC Seminar: Douglas A. Wolf, Syracuse University - Mar. 2

CPC IN THE NEWS		OPPORTUNITIES
On outdoor experience and environmental values - The New York Times Study: Blacks and whites intermarrying more in the U.S. - TIME The (not so) Roaring '20s - The New York Times Do programs that pay people to lose weight really work? - The Washington Post IQ isn't set in stone - National Public Radio Barriers to finding work proving hard to overcome for disabled man - Chicago Tribune		Frank H.T. Rhodes Postdoctoral Fellowship. Screening of applications begins February 1, 2012. Send letters of recommendation to Erin Oates (eo73@cornell.edu). CPC Student Demography/Population Reading Group

RESEARCH
The CPC is honored to receive Atlantic Philanthropies' generous endowment to fund post-doctoral fellows in honor of former Cornell president, Frank H. T. Rhodes. The first Frank H.T. Rhodes Post-doctoral Fellowship was offered to Bongoh Kye (BK), who came to Cornell University in August 2010. BK completed his Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles and studied with Robert Mare, Judith Seltzer, and Cameron Campbell. His dissertation, titled Population Change and Social Mobility in South Korea, explored fertility decline in South Korea and the impacts of differential demographic behaviors on educational mobility. BK's research examines how differences in demographic behaviors such as marriage and childbearing contribute to the reproduction of social inequality. Professors Kelly Musick, Department of Policy Analysis and Management and Stephen Morgan, Department of Sociology will be BK's mentors while in residence.