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SUMMARY:Carolina Science Cafe: What’s Going on with U.S. Childbearing?
DESCRIPTION:What’s Going on with U.S. Childbearing? And Should We Be Worried?\n\n\n\nAs birth rates in the U.S. and elsewhere have declined since the Great Recession\, there has been considerable concern among pundits and policy makers over the causes and consequences of low fertility. This concern has prompted a range of efforts to raise U.S. birth rates. In this talk\, Dr. Karen Benjamin Guzzo will give an overview of childbearing trends in the U.S.\, discuss why people are delaying or limiting childbearing\, and provide insights into the demographic\, economic\, and policy impacts of low birth rates. She will round out her talk by highlighting the current policies and efforts to raise birth rates in the U.S. and what they will – and will not – achieve. \n\n\n\n\n\nDesigned for adults\, Carolina Science Cafe is a free program that explores science topics making national and international headlines and offers the chance to meet the experts behind the work. This special program is hosted at Haw River Tap & Table in Carrboro on the first Tuesday of every month. Light appetizers are available for all attendees.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker\n\n\n\nDr. Karen Benjamin Guzzo is a family demographer and sociologist\, and she serves as Director of the Carolina Population Center. She is also a Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Guzzo’s research has been funded by multiple grants from the NICHD Population Dynamics Branch (PDB)\, the Office of Planning\, Research\, and Evaluation (OPRE) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services\, and the National Science Foundation (NSF).  \n\n\n\nDr. Benjamin Guzzo’s research has been covered in the Wall Street Journal\, The New York Times\, and Newsweek\, and she frequently appears as an expert on U.S. childbearing behaviors and decision-making in national media outlets. She is a member of the Population Association of America’s Board of Directors and chair of the American Sociological Association’s (ASA) Sociology of Population section. She has served as a Deputy Editor for Demography since 2017 and serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Marriage and Family\, Family Transitions\, and Journal of Family Theory and Review. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nView Dr. Guzzo’s Work\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarolina Science Cafe is produced by Morehead Planetarium and Science Center and sponsored by the UNC Chapter of Sigma Xi. \n\n\n\nYou do not need to register…just show up!
URL:https://moreheadplanetarium.org/calendar/carolina-science-cafe-us-childbearing/
LOCATION:Haw River Tap & Table\, 300 E Main St C\, Carrboro\, NC\, 27510\, United States
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SUMMARY:Teen Science Cafe: Neuronal Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Neuronal Resilience with Dr. Mohanish Deshmukh\n\n\n\nPlease join us at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center for December’s Teen Science Cafe! This month\, we welcome Dr. Mohanish Deshmukh\, Ph.D\, who will be sharing his work on how different types of cells control apoptosis (regulated cell death) and how this relates to the treatment and prevention of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. \n\n\n\n\n\nOpen to teens ages 13-18\, our monthly cafes include exciting activities\, engaging talks from expert speakers\, and even free food! Plus\, we cover a variety of different topics\, ranging from cell biology to deep space galaxies\, making it a one-of-a-kind spot for high school students to explore new ideas\, interact with each other\, and have fun!Doors will open at 6:00 pm for pizza and conversation. The cafe will start at 6:30 pm and wrap up around 7:30 pm. \n\n\n\n\nLearn more about Teen Science Cafe\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Dr. Deshmukh\n\n\n\nMohanish Deshmukh\, Ph.D. is a William R. Kenan\, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology and the Neuroscience Center at the University of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill. Mohanish received his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University\, conducted his postdoctoral research at Washington University and joined UNC as an Assistant Professor in 2000. \n\n\n\nMohanish’s lab studies the programmed mechanisms by which neurons survive and die. His lab also focuses on understanding neurodevelopmental disorders as well as developing therapeutic strategies for preventing neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease. \n\n\n\nMohanish received the Burroughs-Wellcome New Investigator Award in 2001. At UNC\, Mohanish was recognized with the Teaching Excellence Award (2004) and the Mentor of the Year Award (2012). He is currently the Co-Director of the UNC MD/PhD program. His lab’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule \n\n\n\n6:00 pm: Arrive and check in. We will gather inside the west\, main entrance of Morehead. \n\n\n\n6:00 – 6:30 pm: Pizza social. The pizza social will take place in our classrooms\, located on the 2nd floor. \n\n\n\n6:30 pm – 7:30 pm: Discussion & activities. Trivia will take place in the Science Stage. \n\n\n\nPlease Note: Depending on scheduled activities\, the program may end between 7:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m.
URL:https://moreheadplanetarium.org/calendar/teen-science-cafe-neuropathology/
LOCATION:Morehead Planetarium and Science Center\, 250 E Franklin St\, Chapel Hill\, North Carolina\, 27516\, United States
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