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Event Series Activity: Just Walk!

Activity: Just Walk!

Entrance, McGavran-Greenberg Hall (Pittsboro St. side) McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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. The leader will find an indoor route! Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer with any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule one-one-one... Read more »

Event Series Activity: Yoga

Activity: Yoga

0003/0004 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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.

Event Series Activity: Mindful Relaxation

Activity: Mindful Relaxation

0003/0004 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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 with any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule one-one-one wellness appointments, find health... Read more »

Event Series Activity: Yoga

Activity: Yoga

0003/0004 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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.

Implementation Science Student Group Meet and Greet

Crossroads Restaurant, Carolina Inn

Attend the first meeting of the Implementation Science Student Group. This meet-and-greet coffee hour is a chance for students interested in learning more about implementation science to get to know others in the field and hear about implementation science projects underway at UNC. Students who are interested sharing about their work can sign up for... Read more »

Event Series Activity: Just Walk!

Activity: Just Walk!

Entrance, McGavran-Greenberg Hall (Pittsboro St. side) McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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. The leader will find an indoor route! Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer with any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule one-one-one... Read more »

Event Series Activity: Mindful Relaxation

Activity: Mindful Relaxation

0003/0004 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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 with any questions. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule one-one-one wellness appointments, find health... Read more »

Lunch with Chief Operating Officers

1789 Venture Lab 173 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC

What’s it like to work at a startup company? Find out by hearing from the people who actually do. This interactive lunch series gives you a chance to learn about the different professional roles at startups –what their days are like, what they’re responsible for and who they collaborate with. Through casual conversation and Q&A,... Read more »

Event Series “Let’s Talk About Race”: DOCSpeaks

“Let’s Talk About Race”: DOCSpeaks

Kirkland Auditorium, Koury Oral Health Sciences Building 385 S Columbia St., Chapel Hill, NY, United States

Dr. Jennifer Ho will present "Let's Talk About Race: The Culture, Significance and Intersectionality of Identity" as part of the DOCSpeaks Short Talks on Cultural Competence. Dr. Ho is a Professor and the Director of the Center for Humanities and the Arts (CHA) at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her work focuses on promoting the... Read more »

Discussion with Tolu Olubunmi

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

Join Tolu Olubanmi for a discussion titled, "Relentless: Making the Impossible Inevitable." Tolu Olubunmi is chief executive officer of Lions Write. She is also a global advocate for migrants, refugees and internally displaced people and is the campaign manager for #ActNow, a United Nations climate action campaign. Visit the website for more information. This event... 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 through solar-powered piped water systems." Learn more here. Please contact Dr. Howard Weinberg, howard_weinberg@unc.edu, if you have any questions.

Event Series Activity: Yoga

Activity: Yoga

0003/0004 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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.

Event Series Activity: Yoga

Activity: Yoga

0003/0004 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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.

Inclusive Excellence Action Plan Town Hall

133 Rosenau Hall (Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Kauline Cipriani, PhD Assistant Dean for Inclusive Excellence will lead a discussion of our Inclusive Excellence Action Plan, including recent accomplishments, immediate priorities and next steps. Please bring any comments or concerns you have about the plan. All are welcome! View latest version of the Action Plan.  Can’t attend in person? Feel free to share... Read more »

BIOS Seminar: Pragmatic Clinical Trials

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium (0001 Michael Hooker Research Center) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Susan Shortreed, PhD, will present "Improving the design of pragmatic clinical trials with real-world data" as part of the Biostatistics seminar series. Dr. Shortreed is a senior investigator at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute. Abstract Clinical trials embedded in health systems can randomize large populations by using automated data sources to determine trial... Read more »