October–December

Population Council Promotes James E. Sailer to Director of Corporate Affairs (21 December)

The Population Council Standardizes on Crystal Reports Server XI International
The nonprofit research organization relies on a mid-market business intelligence solution from Business Objects to enhance financial oversight (13 December)

The Council’s John W. Townsend Honored for Excellence in Research by the US Agency for International Development
Townsend, director of the Council's Reproductive Health program, received the 2006 Marjorie Horn Operations Research Award (12 December)

Population Council Welcomes Distinguished Attorney and Philanthropist Henry L. King to Its Board of Trustees (8 December)

Population Council Selects Kenneth L. Payne as Chief Financial Officer (8 December)

Building a Better Microbicide
Gift advances Population Council’s HIV-prevention product development (28 November)

Saving Lives in Ghana: Can Public–Private Partnerships Help?
The Population Council teams up with pharmaceutical companies and the Ghanaian government to give remote villagers access to life-saving drugs (16 November)

Fifth International Symposium on Intrauterine Devices and Systems for Women’s Health Draws Eminent Audience
On 27 and 28 October 2006, more than 185 professionals gathered in New York City to attend a symposium presented by the Population Council in cooperation with UNFPA. (9 November)

Ian Askew Appointed Director of the Council’s Reproductive Health Operations Research Program, FRONTIERS (2 November)

Council Biomedical Scientist Chuen-yan Cheng is Conducting Research on a Male Contraceptive Candidate, Adjudin.
When injected into rats, this experimental drug prevents sperm cells from maturing properly. (31 October)

What Do Female Doctors Know That Their Patients Don't?
Intrauterine contraception is a preferred family planning method of American female obstetrician/gynecologists. The intrauterine system Mirena® was co-developed by Council biomedical scientists. (25 October)

The Council's India office sponsored Programming for Young People: New Evidence on Young People's Situation and Needs. Council researchers presented  findings from studies on financial illiteracy, power imbalances, and sexual health. (9 October)

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July–September

Immigration Likely to Transform the Cultures and National Identities of Western Countries, says British Demographer
The Council's Population and Development Review published an examination of immigration's impact on ethnic and racial composition in the United States and Western Europe. (25 September)

¿Habla Español? Children of Latin American Immigrants May Not
The Council's Population and Development Review has published a study countering the belief that English is seriously threatened as the dominant language in America. (13 September)

John W. Townsend Hired for the Second of Three New Population Council Directorships
The Population Council announced a new leader for its reproductive health program: John W. Townsend. (28 August)

New Population Council Book Explores the International Political Dimensions of the Population Explosion
The demographic transformation of the world in the 100 years from 1950 is explored in The Political Economy of Global Population Change. (9 August)

Council Presents HIV and AIDS Findings at the XVI International AIDS Conference
Researchers shared findings at nearly 40 Council-affiliated sessions during AIDS 2006. (3 August)

First of Three New Council Directorships Filled by NIH Veteran Wendy Baldwin
The Population Council announced today that Wendy Baldwin, Ph.D. has assumed the leadership of the organization’s new Poverty, Gender, and Youth program. (27 July)

Antares Announces Development Agreement with the Population Council
The Council signed an agreement with US-based Antares Pharma, Inc. to begin work toward developing a contraceptive gel for women. (24 July)

Population Council Promotes Patricia C. Vaughan to Corporate Officer
The Council's board of trustees elected general counsel Patricia C. Vaughan to a corporate officer position (13 July)

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April–June

Dispatches from the Front Lines of HIV Prevention Research
Biomedical, social science, and public health researchers from the Population Council are integral to the planning of Microbicides 2006. This international meeting is taking place in South Africa, 23–26 April. (6 April)

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January–March

Aging, Poverty, and Unwanted Sex Are Topics to Be Discussed at Upcoming Academic Summit
The Council will be well-represented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, with staff presenting new findings during more than 20 conference sessions. (13 March)

Council Journal Publishes Forecast on Trends in Global Hegemony Over the Next 50 Years
Author/scholar Vaclav Smil looks at the long-term trends affecting the future of the major protagonists on the world stage: Europe, Japan, Russia, China, the Muslim world, and the US. (11 January)

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