Fall Social

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

Monday, November 11 3–4 p.m. Armfield Atrium Enjoy local fall favorites and join our community in celebrating the 2019 Staff Excellence Award winners. (There will also be a raffle for... 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. This course is only open to UNC Students, faculty and staff with active UNC Qualtrics accounts who are registered with DUO through ITS. Please see event website for more... Read more »

Mental and Financial Freedom for Athletes: The NCAA Ruling on Fair Play

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

Confirmed Panelists: Grace Dickman – Data Analyst, former NCAA Athlete & UNC Sport Administration Graduate Student Rep. Graig Meyer – N.C. House District 50 Dr. Robert Turner II – George... Read more »

Alumni Panel Discussion and Networking Event

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

The Public Health Leadership Student Association (PHLSA) is organizing an Alumni Panel Discussion and Networking Event on Wednesday, November 13 from 5-7 p.m. in Blue Cross Blue Shield Auditorium, Michael Hooker Research Center 001, Gillings School of... Read more »

Deep Generative Models for Density Estimation and Beyond

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

This Biostatistics seminar will feature Junier Oliva, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science at UNC-Chapel Hill. Dr. Oliva completed his PhD in machine learning at Carnegie Mellon University and... Read more »

Medicare for All and the 2020 Presidential Election

G100 Bondurant Hall 321 South Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

UNC's Health Care for All and the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) are cohosting a lunch-and-learn on November 15 at 12:00 p.m. in Bondurant G100 with Dr. Jon Oberlander, Professor... Read more »

PhD Dissertation Defense: Juan Carlos Salgado Hernandez

123 Rosenau Hall 123 Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, United States

Health Policy and Management doctoral candidate, JC Salgado Hernandez will defend his dissertation, "Simulation of alternative tax policies for sugar-sweetened beverages: Consumer and producer outcomes in Mexico."

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 Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine and is a co-winner of the 2019 UNC Diversity Award.