The Cook Ross Everyday Bias Training will be facilitated by Kauline Cipriani, PhD, assistant dean for inclusive excellence. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of unconscious bias and how unconscious (implicit) biases develop, influence perceptions and decision making, and impact institutional diversity and inclusion efforts. Registration required.
This is a hands-on introductory workshop. Participants will create a basic survey, add display and skip logic, and use content validation, piped text, and embedded data. We will create a contact list for distributing survey invitations, and overview the elements of Survey Flow. We will create “chained” surveys to collect personal information from participants that... Read more »
The Minority Student Caucus will hold an interest meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 15 in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium from 5-6 p.m. Please contact minoritystudentcaucus@gmail.com with any questions.
Although graduate school teaches you many things, many Ph.D. students complete their dissertations having never been fully trained in academic publishing. How does academic publishing actually work? Where should you publish your research? How do you actually get papers accepted in strong academic journals? In this talk, we will discuss several major ideas in academic... Read more »
Dr. Aaron Salzberg, director of the Water Institute at UNC, will present on "Damned if You Do and Dammed if You Don’t – A Story of Politics, Water, and Denial (or was it the Nile?).” This talk is part of the ENVR 400 In-House Seminar Series.
Focus group interviews are commonly used for survey development, content development, and qualitative data collection to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs that affect behavior. An overview of the basics of focus groups supplemented with real examples and hands-on practice will highlight the most appropriate uses of focus groups, moderating focus groups, developing interview... Read more »
The Carolina Center for Public Service and other partners are hosting the Connect, Engage, Transform: Rural Community Partnerships conference to bring together stakeholders from North Carolina’s rural communities and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to highlight and encourage authentic, effective and sustainable collaborations for the public good. The conference will feature keynote... Read more »
This is a 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – 1/27, 1/28, 1/30). Stata part 1 will offer an introduction to Stata basics. Part 2 will teach entering data in Stata, working with Stata do files, and will show how to append, sort and merge data sets. Part 3 will cover how to perform... Read more »
This is a 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – 1/27, 1/28, 1/30). Stata part 1 will offer an introduction to Stata basics. Part 2 will teach entering data in Stata, working with Stata do files, and will show how to append, sort and merge data sets. Part 3 will cover how to perform... Read more »
This 2-day (1/29 & 1/31) course equips students to design, conduct, and critique mixed-method research. From a pragmatic perspective, we will explore the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of data collection methods, and evaluate strategies for combining them. We will focus on mixed-method research designs incorporating in-depth interviews, focus groups, participant observation, archival research,... Read more »
Matthew Price, doctoral student in environmental sciences and engineering, will present on "Studying the Impacts of Stormwater-Driven Fecal Contamination Dynamics in a Complex, Tidally-Influenced Recreational Receiving Water system." This talk is part of the ENVR 400 In-House Seminar Series.
Exploring the Impact of Structural Racism on Health: A Conversation About Race, Place and Preventing Violence Mighty Fine, MPH, CHES Director, Center for Public Health Practice & Professional Development at the American Public Health Association Wednesday, January 29 2-3 p.m. Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (Michael Hooker Research Center 0001) This presentation will explore... Read more »
This is a 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – 1/27, 1/28, 1/30). Stata part 1 will offer an introduction to Stata basics. Part 2 will teach entering data in Stata, working with Stata do files, and will show how to append, sort and merge data sets. Part 3 will cover how to perform... Read more »
This 2-day (1/29 & 1/31) course equips students to design, conduct, and critique mixed-method research. From a pragmatic perspective, we will explore the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of data collection methods, and evaluate strategies for combining them. We will focus on mixed-method research designs incorporating in-depth interviews, focus groups, participant observation, archival research,... Read more »
Environmental Sciences and Engineering's Distinguished Alumnus Award Presentation and Seminar Hua Wang, PhD, (PhD ‘97), Founding Dean of the School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University, Beijing; Founding President of the Chinese Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Seminar Title: New Developments in Environmental Governance in China
