Black Wave: How Networks and Governance Shaped Japan’s 3/11 Disasters

4003 FedEx Global Education Center

Black Wave illuminates two critical factors that had a direct influence on why survival rates varied so much across the Tōhoku region following the 3/11 disasters and why the rebuilding process has also not moved in lockstep across the region. This lecture will be presented by Dr. Daniel Aldrich from the UNC Department of Asian... Read more »

“I am a Racist, I am an Anti-Racist”: DOCSpeaks

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

Evan Askin, MD, will present "I am a Racist, I am an Anti-Racist" as part of the DOCSpeaks Short Talks on Cultural Competence. Dr. Askin is a professor of Family... Read more »

Fall 2019 Pre-Med Deans Panel

Great Hall, Frank Porter Graham Student Union 3103 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Pre-Med? Looking to learn more about what it takes to get into MD or DO programs? Carolina Pre-Med Association and Alpha Epsilon Delta are hosting Deans from UNC, ECU, Campbell,... Read more »

Nutrition Coalition Presents: Susan Kitchen

2305 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Susan Kitchen, owner of Race Smart, is a Sports Certified Registered Dietitian, USA Triathlon Certified Level II Endurance Coach, IRONMAN Certified Coach, accomplished endurance athlete, and published author—dedicated to helping... Read more »

Health Professions HEED Award Celebration

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

The Insight Into Diversity Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award recognizes colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. UNC Gillings was one... Read more »

Challenges in Developing Learning Algorithms to Personalize Treatment in Real Time

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

This Biostatistics Seminar features Susan A. Murphy, PhD, Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Professor of Statistics and of Computer Science, Harvard University. Dr. Murphy is a UNC... Read more »

World AIDS Day

3206A Frank Porter Graham Student Union 3103 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

World Aids Day Events and Activities: Free HIV Testing Services: 10am- 3pm Union 3rd Floor: 3206 A/B * HIV Testing is a 20 minute test with no needles provided by... Read more »

Public Health Thank You Day

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

Public Health Thank You Day is happening Monday, November 25! This is a great chance to thank the professionals who work to protect, promote and ensure the health of our communities. The day also offers an opportunity to educate our... Read more »

Happy, Healthy Holiday Eating Lunch & Learn

2518 Frank Porter Graham Student Union

Learn tips and tricks to lighten up your holiday menu without sacrificing taste, celebration or tradition. A healthy holiday lunch will be provided by The Picnic Basket Catering. This free... Read more »

Jingle Bell Jog

Student Recreation Center 153 Country Club Rd., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Jingle Bell Jog is a 2.7 mile fun run or 1.5 mile walk open to all UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and staff. With over 500 participants in previous years, the event... Read more »

DOCSpeaks: Social Media or Anti-Social Media – an Exploration of Civility, Culture and Trust

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

DOCSpeaks is hosting short talks on cultural competence. These events are open to all. Event topic: "Social Media or Anti-Social Media – An Exploration of Civility, Culture and Trust” with Deb Aikat, MA, PhD When: 1:05 p.m. – 1:25 p.m., Dec. 9 (Monday) Where: Kirkland Auditorium, UNC-CH Adams School of Dentistry   DOCSpeaks is an... Read more »

Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Alex Gertner

1101F McGavran-Greenberg Hall 401 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill

You are warmly invited to take a break from finals to attend the dissertation defense of MD/PhD candidate, Alex Gertner. His dissertation is titled, "Quality and access of buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder in Medicaid."

Winter Commencement

Dean E. Smith Center

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.

Cook Ross Everyday Bias Training

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... Read more »

Add Health Wave V: New Directions, New Data

Room 2002 Carolina Square 133 West Franklin Street, Suite 100, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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 »

Introduction to Qualtrics

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

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 »

Culture of Health: Healthy New Year Celebration

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

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... Read more »

Oral Health Lunch & Learn

1101F McGavran-Greenberg Hall 401 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill

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. -... Read more »

A Cappella Group Auditions for the MedUNCedoos

G10 Bondurant Hall G10 Bondurant Hall, Chapel Hill, United States

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 »

Minority Student Caucus Interest Meeting

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

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.

NC Makeathon 2020 – Mix & Mingle Info Session

Blue Makerspace at the Carmichael Residence Hall 101 Stadium Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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... Read more »

Classroom Technology Orientation: Basic Rooms

2304 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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 »

Classroom Technology Orientation: Intermediate Rooms

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

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 »

Public Health Resume Tips & Tricks with Camille Mason

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

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 Coffee Hour

BackBar 100 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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... Read more »

Event Series Mental Health First Aid Training

Mental Health First Aid Training

3100 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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 »

Classroom Technology Orientation: Joan Heckler Gillings Auditorium

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

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 »

Interdisciplinary Research Seminars: Myron Cohen

Room 2002 Carolina Square 133 West Franklin Street, Suite 100, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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 Global Health & Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present as part of the Carolina Population Center’s 2019-2020 Interdisciplinary Research Seminar Series.... Read more »

Classroom Technology Orientation: Advanced Rooms

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

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 »

IPE Hurricane Simulation

Bondurant Hall Lobby 321 S Columbia St, Chapel Hill, United States

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 »

GradMinds Information Session

2005 Michael Hooker Research Center (William L. Roper Conference Room) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, United States

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... Read more »