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 »
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... 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... 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... 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 »
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 »
This is a 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – 1/27, 1/28, 1/30). Stata part 1 will offer an introduction to Stata basics. Part 2 will teach entering data in Stata, working with Stata do files, and will show how to append, sort and merge data sets. Part 3 will cover how to perform... Read more »
Hearts for the Homeless International is a student-led organization looking for interested students to join the cause. Its mission is to contribute to the health and well-being of the homeless... Read more »
This is a 3-part short course (held over three afternoons – 1/27, 1/28, 1/30). Stata part 1 will offer an introduction to Stata basics. Part 2 will teach entering data... Read more »
Chancellor Guskiewicz is pleased to invite students, faculty and staff to gather on Tuesday, January 28, at the Summit on Safety and Belonging, organized in collaboration with the Campus Safety... Read more »
