Optimizing Data Collection and Creating Maps with Drones

This course is being offered in collaboration between the Odum Institute and the Center for Urban & Regional Studies. This course, led by the Carolina Drone Lab, will cover drone data collection, planning, and analysis. Attendees will be introduced to: mission planning, creating automated flights for data capture, processing software for drone imagery (Pix4dMapper), and... Read more »

Introduction to Qualtrics

This course will be offered ONLINE. It will not be recorded as there are in-class activities. This is a 4 hour course. Description: Qualtrics is a powerful browser-based web-survey tool. It... Read more »

Bangladesh at 50: Advances in Health

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

Dr. Mushtaque Chowdhury is the former Vice Chair of BRAC, the largest and among the most celebrated non-governmental organization globally. Previously, he was its Executive Director, founding Director of the... Read more »

Methods for Cross Cultural Research

This course will be offered online only. Attendance is required – this course will not be recorded. Methods for Cross-Cultural Research is a 2.5 hour short-course focused on designing and implementing social science research cross-culturally, with a particular emphasis on collecting interview data. In the face of increasing globalization, concerns for external validity, and the... Read more »

Every Brilliant Thing

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

Join PlayMakers Repertory Company + the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health for "Every Brilliant Thing," a special health and wellness initiative in partnership with Student Affairs at the University... Read more »

Dissertation Structure, Organization and Completion

The Dissertation Structure, Organization, and Completion workshop will focus on a pivotal aspect of doctoral degree completion, the dissertation proposal. Each component of the dissertation proposal defense will be discussed... Read more »

Student Survey Session

2308 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join us for 10-15 minutes to complete the student survey. Your valuable feedback will help us make Gillings a better place for students like you! Survey responses will remain confidential... Read more »

Second Annual Global Health Scholars Symposium

1131 Bioinformatics Building 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The second annual Global Health Scholars Symposium is scheduled for Friday, February 16, starting in Bioinformatics Room 1131. This is a hybrid event presented by the Institute for Global Health... Read more »

Intermediate Qualtrics

This course will cover topics beyond the scope of the Introductory to Qualtrics short course. We will take a deeper dive into Survey Flow features including embedded data, customizing the... Read more »

Finding Funding with the InfoEd SPIN Database

2308 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Unlock the potential for your research with the SPIN Database! Learn how to navigate the world's largest funding opportunities database. Learn to: - Customize searches for your investigative field or... Read more »