Capturing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) in Survey Research

This course will provide participants with a broad overview of considerations and approaches for capturing sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). This includes examining the current best practices and approaches, and considerations for sampling and other key design considerations when researching these populations. The course is intended to give participants an opportunity to better understand... Read more »

2023 UCC Consulting Bootcamp

Join the Undergraduate Consulting Club (UCC) for a day of networking with 10+ firms and attend workshops to help you prepare for recruiting, interviewing, and consulting.  The day will be split into two tracks—an exploratory track for first-years/sophomores and a personalized networking track for juniors/seniors. Bootcamp is a great opportunity for learning about your interests... Read more »

Public Health Career Planning

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

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Gillings on the Ground Disaster Response Training Program (Week 1)

Gillings on the Ground (GoG), is a free, six-week virtual "mini-course" hosted by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Through weekly sessions with community partners and UNC faculty members, GoG helps participants develop the skills needed to work effectively with communities in disaster preparedness and response.

Interdisciplinary Nutrition Sciences Symposium

William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, 100 Friday Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Interdisciplinary Nutrition Sciences Symposium (INSS) is an annual translational nutrition science conference. This conference will build on the dialogue that began in their first three symposia to develop best practices for translational nutrition science and to generate ideas for proposals and collaborative projects, which will lead public health, therapeutic and clinical efforts to reduce obesity and its... Read more »

Strategies to Ensure the Completion of the Doctoral Dissertation

This workshop will present proven strategies for mapping out a dissertation completion plan in any discipline. Workshop participants will learn how to develop relational success with the dissertation chair and committee, identify and delimit the dissertation topic, undertake a disciplined approach to the review of literature and become familiar with the essential chapter development of... Read more »

Academic Publishing 101: From Idea to Article…and Beyond

Room 219 Davis Library 208 Raleigh St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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 »

Introduction to Focus Groups

Focus groups are commonly used to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs. This class will prepare prospective students to organize and moderate focus groups. Students will learn the most appropriate uses of focus groups, how to segment and recruit audiences, how to develop a moderator’s guide, and how to moderate focus groups. The class... Read more »

Introduction to Atlas.ti Part 1

This short course will demonstrate the capabilities of the PC version of ATLAS.ti (v 23), a qualitative analysis software program for coding and interpreting qualitative data. ATLAS.ti also provides numerous options for attaching memos and comments to text segments, documents, and codes. We will demonstrate how to import textual data, create and apply codes, write... Read more »

Active Shooter and Critical Incident Response Emergency Training

The Gillings School is hosting a Zoom training for Active Shooter and Critical Incident Response this Wednesday, from 2:30-3:30pm.  This training is lead by Sgt. James David of the UNC-CH Police Department.  Please register at https://unc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsceiorz0vGdZxdVyCycfV7ACsWLXPuJAH. We will also host an in-person training on Wednesday, October 11, from 10:00-11:00am in the Joan H. Gillings Auditorium,... Read more »

Introduction to MAXQDA

This course will cover the features of MAXQDA (version 2022), a software program that supports qualitative data analysis and helps users systematically code, evaluate, and interpret textual data. Its capabilities include coding, memo writing, matrix building, and diagramming. We will demonstrate importing data, applying codes, using demographic variables, running reports, generating analytic matrices and using... Read more »

Inclusive Excellence Open House

207 Rosenau Hall 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Come meet the Inclusive Excellence team! Join us for light refreshments, enter to win prizes and discuss new Inclusive Excellence initiatives with the team. Learn about upcoming events and ways you can help foster an inclusive environment at Gillings. Contact Gemma Herrera with questions.

Alumni Coffee Chat

230 Rosenau Hall (Mayes Center) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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Student Activities Fair

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

Join us for the Student Activities Fair. Meet all of the Gillings Student Organizations and find out how to get involved! Snacks will be available in the Atrium. Loco Pops will be provided by Gillings Advancement.