Stata Online
This is an online 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – 2/2, 2/4, 2/5). Stata Part 1 will offer an introduction to Stata basics. Part 2 will teach entering... Read more »
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Gillings Game Night
Gillings Game Night Event Series is a virtual social hour hosted by Natiaya Neal, Student Affairs Events Manager. Please register to receive the zoom links. All winners will receive newly... Read more »
Gentle Yoga
Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
Text Analysis Using R
This 3-day workshop will introduce participants to the basics of text analysis in R. Participants will develop the skills and understanding necessary to collect text data from a variety of sources, including websites and APIs. Participants will gain practical skills for completing their own analyses using text as data. Basic to intermediate knowledge of programming... Read more »
Dr. Barbara Rogoff presents Learning as a Cultural Process: Insights from Mayan Families
The Carolina Consortium on Human Development is pleased to welcome Dr. Barbara Rogoff as the next presenter in their Spring 2021 Series on Culture & Developmental Science: Considering Context, Culture and Intersectional Approaches. On Feb. 8 at 2-3:15 p.m., Dr. Barbara Rogoff will present "Learning as a Cultural Process: Insights from Mayan Families." This lecture... Read more »
Introduction to Qualtrics
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. Participants will create a contact list for distributing survey invitations, and overview the elements of Survey Flow. Participants will create “chained” surveys to collect personal information that is stored... Read more »
Elon Innovation Challenge
All majors welcome (engineering students were some of the winners last year). The challenge: Identify a problem affecting a small business, start-up or nonprofit due to the pandemic and create a solution. The Grand Prize is $5000. Second is $2500. This challenge is all virtual and involves two rounds of videos. Apply directly to Elon... Read more »
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: The Legacy of Reconstruction and the Rise of Jim Crow
In case you missed it, watch the webinar recording. This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School faculty and staff inclusive excellence training requirements. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. Emmy... Read more »
Self-Care and Activism
The UNC Counseling & Psychological Services Multicultural Health Program would like to invite BIPOC-identified graduate students to attend their Spring 2021 monthly workshop series. The first workshop on "Self-Care and Activism" will be held on Feb. 10 at noon. You can register for any or all workshops this semester online.
Estimates of Relative Pathogen Releases from Sanitation Technologies in Tamil Nadu, India
All are invited to the weekly ESE In-House Seminar Series, which continues virtually on Feb. 10, at 12:20 p.m. with Dr. Musa Manga presenting “Estimates of Relative Pathogen Releases from Sanitation Technologies in Tamil Nadu, India.” The series asks speakers to tailor their presentation for a general audience so that all participants benefit. For more... Read more »
Wind Down Wednesday – Mental Fitness Series
Wind Down Wednesday is a virtual mental fitness series created to help students to maintain a healthy school-life balance. Join professionals in Public Health and Mental Health invited by Associate Dean for Student Affairs Charletta Sims Evans to coach current students on keeping stress and anxiety low during the semester. Jan. 27: Radical Self Care... Read more »
Data-Adaptive Regression Modeling in High Dimensions
Dr. Ashley Petersen's research focuses on developing methods in the area of statistical learning, and in building flexible and interpretable data-adaptive models that are useful in modern settings with large numbers of covariates. She develops methods for the analysis of calcium imaging data. As a member of the Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core of the Masonic... Read more »
Structures of Inequality: Moving Forward on the Rural-Urban Divide and Access to Health Care
This lecture qualifies for 1 hour of credit toward the annual Gillings School faculty and staff inclusive excellence training requirement. In the fall, Honors Carolina kicked off an ongoing examination of systems of inequality with a series of programs on structural racism. This semester, they will turn attention to related questions of bias and discrimination.... Read more »
Home Environments for Wellness Book Club and Peer Support Pod
Our home environment plays an important role in our overall well-being. Let’s reassess the state of our home environments and create more inspired spaces that support our mental health and wellness. We’ll learn about some common themes in design and wellness, read a book that will guide us through our individual home assessments and share... Read more »
The Perils of PFAS
Linda S. Birnbaum, PhD, DABT, ATS is the former Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the National Toxicology Program (NTP). As a board-certified toxicologist, Birnbaum served as a federal scientist for 40 years. Register online. For questions, please contact Rhoda Cerny.