Cornell Population Program


The Cornell Population Program (CPP) serves as the intellectual hub for demographic research and training at Cornell University. The CPP supports demographic research relating broadly to three core themes: (1) families and children; (2) health behaviors and disparities; and (3) poverty and inequality. The CPP is a university-wide program serving 90 affiliates from 24 different departments and is administered through the Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center.

EVENTS
CPP/PAM Seminar: Jay Bhattacharya, Stanford - Sept. 10 CPP/DSOC Seminar: Uzi Rebhun, Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem - Sept. 17 CPP Seminar: Robert Plotnick, Univ. of Washington - Oct. 15

CPP IN THE NEWS		OPPORTUNITIES
Dan Lichter elected 2012 PAA President How poverty shapes the brain - The Globe and Mail Call it "self-injury," call it "cutting," but doctors need to recognize it - Los Angeles Times U.S. far from interracial melting pot - CNN.com Why is feeding the hungry so controversial? - AllAfrica.com Legislation won't close gender gap in sciences - New York Times		PAA Annual Meeting submission deadline - Sept. 17 CPP Grant Training Workshop - Sept. 24 Seed Grant funding available - Apply by Oct. 1 Employment Opportunities CPP Proseminar - Fall 2010 2011 PAA Annual Meeting - Mar. 31 - Apr. 2

RESEARCH
In January, CPP Graduate Student Affiliate Florio Arguillas took time out from writing his dissertation to investigate a region in the Philippines known for vote rigging and election violence. This investigation was motivated by an election-related massacre of 57 people, 34 of them journalists, in late November 2009. He and his collaborator, Joy Arguillas, found highly irregular census figures in the region, among them, figures indicating that the region is teeming with new, young voters (18 year-olds), and that some areas have no children under 15, for example. Exposing these irregularities was important and time-sensitive as the national elections in the Philippines and the decennial census are both occurring in May. Arguillas and Arguillas presented results at a brown bag at the Univ. of the Philippines Population Institute with full media coverage. Coverage of this story is viewable here.