Every office has experienced it. One person contracts a cold, and before you know it the entire group is coughing and reaching for the tissues.
Every office has experienced it. One person contracts a cold, and before you know it the entire group is coughing and reaching for the tissues.
Posted:
5/19/2016
The Carolina-Duke rivalry is arguably one of the greatest, but when it comes to academics, the two are often close collaborators and good friends. Only ten miles apart, faculty often share expertise and research with one another (despite what shade of blue they think is best).
Posted:
5/15/2016
Rough Childhoods Have Ripple Effects for Baboons
Unhealthy lifestyle, medical care only partly to blame for similar trends in humans.
To view the complete story on Duke Today, click here
To view the complete story on Duke Today, click here
Posted:
4/20/2016
Bryce Bartlett, a PhD candidate in sociology and trainee in the demography of aging, along with his coauthor, Cyrus Schliefer received an award at the Population Association of America's 2016 annual meeting for their poster: "
Posted:
4/17/2016
Assistant Research Professor Daniel Belsky has been named a Jacobs Foundation Early Career Research Fellow for 2016–18. Fellowships are internationally competitive, and awarded to the most highly talented and innovative scholars working on issues related to child and youth development.
Posted:
3/23/2016
Researchers Have Collected Data On Twins, Tracking Measurements From Birth Through Adolescence. The Dataset Serves As A Treasure Trove For Geneticists And Social Scientists. Read the full article
Posted:
3/10/2016
The Duke-UNC Social and Biological Determinants of Health Working Group wrapped up the fall semester with their second meeting on December 7th.
Posted:
12/06/2015
The 23rd Annual National Symposium on Family Issues – Boys and Men in African American Families is aimed at contributing to the continuing dialogue on promoting the potential of Black boys and men, with a focus on the role of family. The 2015 symposium takes place October 26-27, in State Colleg
Posted:
10/25/2015
With support from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the Office of Behavioral Science and University of Colorado Population Center are hosting the 6th annual conference entitled Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences.
Posted:
10/21/2015
A September NBER working paper by Randall Akee, E. Jane Costello, and colleagues describes the power of cash to offset poverty's effects on child personality and behavior.
Posted:
10/11/2015