Event Series ESE Breakfast Social

ESE Breakfast Social

Armfield Atrium, Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering for a breakfast social in the Atrium.

Sustainable Development Goals: ENVR 400 In-house Seminar

235 Rosenau Hall Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Felix Dodds, an adjunct professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, will present this week’s seminar in the department’s Fall 2019 series. Dodds’s talk is titled, "Everything You Wanted to Know About Sustainable Development Goals But Had No-One to Ask." Learn more here. Please contact Dr. Howard Weinberg, howard_weinberg@unc.edu, if you have any questions.

UNC Water and Health Conference

Bringing together research with policy, practice and networking events. The 2019 Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy, organized by the Water Institute at UNC, will explore drinking water supply,... Read more »

Solar-powered Water Systems: ENVR 400 In-house Seminar

235 Rosenau Hall Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Meghan Miller, a doctoral student in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, will present this week’s seminar in the department’s Fall 2019 series. Miller’s talk is titled, “Energizing communities... Read more »

Gut Microbiota: ENVR 400 In-house Seminar

235 Rosenau Hall Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Liang Chi, a doctoral student in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, will present this week’s seminar in the department’s Fall 2019 series. Dodds’s talk is titled,"How Gut Microbiota... Read more »

What’s Wrong With Slurs?

105 Caldwell Hall Caldwell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Please join the Parr Center for their third headliner of the 2019-2020 series, Robin Jeshion, professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California. She specializes in the philosophy of language and mind. Recently she has been writing about slurring terms, attempting to understand to what extent audiences and social structures are incorporated in their... Read more »

Solar-powered Water Systems: ENVR 400 In-house Seminar

235 Rosenau Hall Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Meghan Miller, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, will present this week’s seminar in the department’s Fall 2019 series. Miller's talk is titled, "Energizing communities... Read more »

Event Series Elsevier Contract Town Hall Meeting

Elsevier Contract Town Hall Meeting

214 Davis Library 208 Raleigh St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Elsevier Town Hall Meeting Dates The University Libraries is now in renewal negotiations with Elsevier, the world’s largest publisher of scholarly journals. The contract expires on December 31. The University seeks an agreement that is affordable and sustainable and that is consistent with both Faculty Council Resolution 2019-8 and the University’s open access policy. You... Read more »

Iran’s Wicked Water: Problems + Politics

Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

In this seminar, Kaveh Madani, a former deputy head of Iran’s Department of Environment, overviews the major drivers of Iran’s water resource problems and shares his observations during his service as the Deputy Vice President of a country that is under strong international and domestic pressure.

2nd Annual Gillings Showcase

1303 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join us for the 2nd Annual Gillings Faculty Research Showcase from 1:30-3:30 PM in 1303 McGavran-Greenberg Hall. Various renowned professors from the Gillings School of Global Public Health will be... Read more »

Event Series ESE Breakfast Social

ESE Breakfast Social

Armfield Atrium, Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering for a breakfast social in the Atrium.

Event Series Elsevier Contract Town Hall Meeting

Elsevier Contract Town Hall Meeting

214 Davis Library 208 Raleigh St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Elsevier Town Hall Meeting Dates The University Libraries is now in renewal negotiations with Elsevier, the world’s largest publisher of scholarly journals. The contract expires on December 31. The University seeks an agreement that is affordable and sustainable and that is consistent with both Faculty Council Resolution 2019-8 and the University’s open access policy. You... Read more »

H.A. Tyroler Alumni Award Lecture 2019

1301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall (Michel A. Ibrahim Seminar Room) McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

David J. Ballard, MD, MSPH, PhD, FACP is the 2019 Herman A. Tyroler Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient. Dr. Ballard is an adjunct professor in Health Policy and Management and is... Read more »

Understanding Antisemitism as a Form of Hate

Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Kenneth S. Stern, director of Bard College’s Center for the Study of Hate, will give a talk titled “Understanding Antisemitism as a Form of Hate” on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 5:30 p.m. in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium in the FedEx Global Education Center. For 25 years Stern was the American Jewish Committee’s expert on antisemitism.... Read more »