The UNC Center for Global Initiatives is honored to host Pulitzer Prize–winning Pentagon correspondent for The New York Times and UNC alumna Helene Cooper, ’87, for a public lecture, “Gathering Global Stories.” Cooper will share how her experiences at UNC prepared her for a global career as a journalist covering international economics, trade, foreign policy,... Read more »
All Gillings School students, faculty and staff are invited to join this Culture of Health activity for a half-hour of calm breathing and mind decluttering. Come when you can and as you are. Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if you have any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule... Read more »
Join colleagues for a quick walk around the neighborhood. Meet at the Pittsboro Street entrance of McGavran-Greenberg Hall for this fun Culture of Health exercise opportunity. Bad weather? No problem. Leader Penny Slade-Sawyer will find an indoor route! Contact Penny with any questions at mps3@email.unc.edu. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health.... Read more »
A screening of ten uniquely Southern stories, portrayed by ten short documentaries… and projected onto the Morehead Planetarium dome to transport you from Atlanta to New Orleans to Eastern North Carolina and beyond! These films were produced by students in the UNC School of Media Journalism for Morehead Planetarium’s upcoming production about the South. Please... Read more »
Interested in public health? Global health? Health policy? USAID? UNICEF? RTI International? Ask Aaron Williams all your questions next Wednesday! RSVP online. Please contact Stephanie Forman with any questions.
Chris Bowers, doctoral student in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, will present this week's seminar in the department’s Spring 2019 series. Bowers’s talk is titled, “Where does it go?... Read more »
Students, faculty and staff are invited to join the Culture of Health team for free yoga classes. Beginners are welcome and mats are provided! Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if you have any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule one-one-one wellness appointments, find health recipes and see all... Read more »
Carolyn Audet, PhD, will present "Couples-based HIV care and treatment in Mozambique: Strategies to improve uptake and adherence to antiretroviral therapy."
Students, faculty and staff are invited to join the Culture of Health team for free yoga classes. Beginners are welcome and mats are provided! Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if you have any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule one-one-one wellness appointments, find health recipes and see all... Read more »
1789 Venture Lab is hosting a talk titled "Minority Entrepreneurship, The Gig Economy and the Changing (but STILL VERY necessary) role of Higher Education." Panelists include Bernard Bell, Doug Speight, Donita Privott, Ketura Parker, Terrance White and Joia Freeman with moderator, Dr. Omar Simpson. Following the talk and Q&A, the popular podcast Intelligently Ratchet (hosted by... Read more »
UNC will host its 6th annual UNC Clean Tech Summit on Thursday, February 28, 2019 – Friday, March 1, 2019 at UNC’s Friday Center. The event will highlight the latest... Read more »
HAVEN skills training is a training that provides students, faculty, staff and Post Doctoral Fellows with tools to be an ally to someone who has experienced sexual or interpersonal violence or stalking. The training emphasizes the importance of listening and connecting survivors to resources on campus and in the community. Please register online.
This week's biostatistics seminar will be presented by Nathan Kallus, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell Tech and Cornell University. Kallas will present a seminar titled "Confounding-Robust Policy Improvement." Abstract: Since observational data no matter how rich will have some unobserved confounding, methods for individualized decision making that assume unconfoundedness... Read more »
Refresh your interviewing skills and learn how to prepare for advanced interviewing techniques including critical behavioral, panel and case interviews. Review the dos and don’ts for interview situations and learn how to address the most difficult questions.
This knowledge-based conference will provide an in-depth review of evidence-based care of refugee patients and families to improve outcomes on their path towards better health and citizenship. The theme this year will be Challenges and Resilience. Keynote speaker, Dr. Emily Jentes, PhD, MPH, Domestic Team Lead for the Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health Branch of... Read more »
Health Policy Day will consist of Dr. DeSalvo's keynote address, a panel of North Carolina public health professionals and a discussion about how one local health system is addressing food access, housing and more. Lunch will be provided. This event is free and open to the public. This event is sponsored by Academy Health. Please... Read more »
