Winter Commencement
Dean E. Smith CenterWinter Commencement will be held at 2 p.m. on December 15 at the Dean E. Smith Center. For full details, visit the UNC Winter Commencement page.
Winter Commencement will be held at 2 p.m. on December 15 at the Dean E. Smith Center. For full details, visit the UNC Winter Commencement page.
The Cook Ross Everyday Bias Training will be facilitated by Kauline Cipriani, PhD, assistant dean for inclusive excellence. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of unconscious bias and how unconscious (implicit) biases develop, influence perceptions and decision making, and impact institutional diversity and inclusion efforts. Registration required.
On Friday, January 10, the Add Health Team will present “Add Health Wave V: New Directions, New Data” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2019-2020 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. The... Read more »
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. We will create a contact list for distributing survey invitations, and overview the elements of Survey Flow. We will create “chained” surveys to collect personal information from participants that... Read more »
The Gillings School's Culture of Health invites you to a celebration for a healthy new year. There will be free healthy dietary information and snacks! Plus walking maps and information on Culture of Health classes. Tuesday, January 14 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Armfield Atrium (Michael Hooker Research Center) Questions or suggestions? Email mps3@email.unc.edu.
The NC Oral Health Collaborative: Innovations in Partnerships will present an Oral Health Lunch & Learn with Zachary Brian, DMD, MPH. January 14, 2020 1101F McGavran-Greenberg Hall 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. Please RSVP to Leah Devlin by Jan. 10.
The MedUNCedoos is the a cappella group for the UNC Allied Health Sciences, including UNC School of Medicine, health professions schools and grad programs! No experience is necessary to audition.... Read more »
The Minority Student Caucus will hold an interest meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 15 in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Auditorium from 5-6 p.m. Please contact minoritystudentcaucus@gmail.com with any questions.
Do you or your friends have an innovative idea and are ready to turn it into a prototype? UNC’s annual two-week Makeathon (Jan. 26-Feb. 9) accelerates teams’ innovative ideas into physical and digital prototypes. Teams will have special access to on-campus maker spaces, app labs, workshops, and expert mentors to design, reiterate, and enhance their... Read more »
As we start another successful semester of classes, the Gillings Audiovisual (AV) Services team will hold classroom technology orientations to familiarize users with room operations. AV staff will provide overviews and demonstrations on how to use the media equipment in four levels of classroom spaces. These orientations are set up primarily for instructors, teacher assistants and program... Read more »
As we start another successful semester of classes, the Gillings Audiovisual (AV) Services team will hold classroom technology orientations to familiarize users with room operations. AV staff will provide overviews... Read more »
Get tips and tricks for resume-writing with Camille Mason, Career Services Coordinator. Thursday, January 16 5-6:15 p.m. 230 Rosenau Hall (Mayes Center)
Implementation Science Student Group (ISSG) leadership team would like to invite you to join our spring coffee hour meeting which you will learn more about Implementation Science, share interesting research ideas and build up a network in the field of Implementation Science. We will host this event at the Backbar (TOPO) on January 16 from... Read more »
Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour training course designed to give members of the public key skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing... Read more »
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... Read more »
As we start another successful semester of classes, the Gillings Audiovisual (AV) Services team will hold classroom technology orientations to familiarize users with room operations. AV staff will provide overviews and demonstrations on how to use the media equipment in four levels of classroom spaces. These orientations are set up primarily for instructors, teacher assistants and program... Read more »
Myron Cohen, the Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Health and Medical Affairs; the Yeargan-Bate Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Epidemiology; and the Director of the Institute for... Read more »
As we start another successful semester of classes, the Gillings Audiovisual (AV) Services team will hold classroom technology orientations to familiarize users with room operations. AV staff will provide overviews and demonstrations on how to use the media equipment in four levels of classroom spaces. These orientations are set up primarily for instructors, teacher assistants and program... Read more »
Coming Full Circle: 30 Years of Advancing the Field of Nutrition During Pregnancy Save the date and join us for a lecture event with Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD, alumna and former professor and associate dean at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Siega-Riz is dean and professor of the School of Public Health... Read more »
A conversation with Nandita Mani and Sarah Wright about the cost of scholarly information and the implications for UNC-Chapel Hill. In February, the University of California canceled its contract with Elsevier due to unacceptable license terms and subscription costs. Elsevier is the world's largest publisher of scholarly journals. The terms by which it sells content to... Read more »
The Hurricane Simulation is in partnership with the Office of Interprofessional Education and Practice Student Executive Committee. The simulation will be followed by small group discussions with other health professional... Read more »
Interested in expanding your peer network? Check out GradMinds! The goal of GradMinds is to provide an environment for brainstorming, learning, accountability, support, and to sharpen your skill sets for future professional endeavors. Through GradMinds, participants will have the opportunity to be a part of an interdisciplinary peer network, get access to useful resources and... Read more »
Dr. Aaron Salzberg, director of the Water Institute at UNC, will present on "Damned if You Do and Dammed if You Don’t – A Story of Politics, Water, and Denial... Read more »
Despite the known benefits of early autism diagnosis, the average age in the U.S. is still around 4 years old. Research suggests that rural children may be diagnosed later than... Read more »
Implementation Science Student Group (ISSG) will host a Fireside Chat and presentation on using implementation theory to drive practice and evaluation in the Ghana Obstetric Triage Implementation Project. The chat... Read more »
Tickets for the MLK Memorial Lecture and Awards Ceremony, to be held Jan. 22, 7-9 p.m. at Memorial Hall, are now available. Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, author, radio host and Georgetown University sociology professor, will deliver the keynote and the Unsung Heroes Awards and MLK Scholarship Awards will be presented. Dr. Dyson’s pioneering scholarship has... Read more »
Focus group interviews are commonly used for survey development, content development, and qualitative data collection to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs that affect behavior. An overview of the basics of focus groups supplemented with real examples and hands-on practice will highlight the most appropriate uses of focus groups, moderating focus groups, developing interview... Read more »
Dr. Peter D. Hoff is a Professor of Statistical Science at Duke University and is visiting Biostatistics to talk about "Smaller p-values and shorter confidence intervals via information sharing." Learn more: https://pdhoff.github.io/
Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour training course designed to give members of the public key skills to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. This is a two-part training and takes place Friday, January 17th for the first part and Friday, January 24th for the... Read more »
The Carolina Center for Public Service and other partners are hosting the Connect, Engage, Transform: Rural Community Partnerships conference to bring together stakeholders from North Carolina’s rural communities and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to highlight and encourage authentic, effective and sustainable collaborations for the public good. The conference will feature keynote... Read more »
Joseph Rodriguez, PhD Investigator, NIEHS Epigenetics and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory / Single Cell Dynamics Group Gene regulation is complex, involving the coordination of hundreds of proteins, including chromatin remodelers, enhancer RNA and chromosome looping. The estrogen response has served as a model of gene regulation due in part to its rapid and extensive induction.... Read more »
Rachel Margolis will present “The Effects of Gender Equality-Focused Parental Benefits on Union Stability” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2019-2020 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series. Rachel Margolis is an associate professor in the sociology department at the University of Western Ontario, where she has worked since her PhD in Demography and Sociology from the University... Read more »