Mindfulness: Being Present in Your Work and Life

The idea of mindfulness or being mindful is complete engagement in the present moment. It is a state where you are not thinking, reflecting, judging or deciding, but are instead simply experiencing the things currently in your available experience. Some benefits of developing mindfulness include improved concentration, improved quality of relationships, and greater emotional control.... Read more »

Machine Learning Tools & Precision Medicine in Clinical Research

Machine learning analysis methods offer the opportunity to integrate and learn from large amounts of biological, clinical, and environmental data. During this session, clinicians and researchers will explore the use of machine learning tools and precision medicine techniques in clinical research. This session will feature an overview of machine learning tools in the field of... Read more »

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.

2022 Community-Engaged Scholarship Symposium

Mark your calendar for the 2022 Community-Engaged Scholarship Symposium, highlighting the work of successful partnerships from throughout the Duke University and Health systems and collaborating communities. This FREE virtual event will be held on May 20 from 9 a.m. - 3:15 pm EST. Please visit the event website for more information and to register. Contact... Read more »

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.

Canvas Info Session

Join the Gillings Educational Technology Team for a Canvas Info Session. They’ll be doing them bi-weekly throughout the summer. They’ll cover the transition timeline, explain how to get started with your first course in Canvas, go over the Canvas interface and take your questions. No need to RSVP! Learn more.

Resiliency: Bouncing Back After a Setback

Certain individuals appear to succeed against all odds. Despite severe hardships such as living through war, witnessing the death of a loved one, having a chronic illness, being a victim of abuse or dealing with unemployment, certain people not only adapt but actually thrive. These people possess a quality known as “resilience.” This workshop will... Read more »

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.

Event Series Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Join the Gillings School’s Culture of Health for gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays – noon (30 minutes) Starting 2/02/2022: Mondays and Wednesdays – 5:15-6 p.m. (45 minutes-currently virtual) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.

Census Data for Urban Studies

This workshop will provide a hands-on, guided introduction to working with US Census data using tidycensus in R. The course will focus on using geographically-referenced demographic and socioeconomic data from the decennial census and American Community Survey. Registrants will learn how to acquire data, perform basic data preprocessing tasks & perform basic spatial and statistical... Read more »

Facilitating Basics Workshop

Sign up for the Facilitating Basics Workshop on June 6 from 9 a.m. - noon. Learn fundamentals for effective teaching and engagement within the classroom - a great foundation for our Third Annual Inclusive Excellence Summer Symposium (6/14-6/16). Learn more and register. This event does NOT qualify for inclusive excellence training credit.

Systematic Review Workshop from the Health Sciences Library

This free, two-day workshop from the Health Sciences Library is open to all UNC-Chapel Hill or UNC Medical Center affiliates. It covers various aspects of systematic reviews, including processes and standards, PRISMA guidelines, comprehensive literature searches, review project management, citation management, Covidence for citation screening, and artificial intelligence for reviews. The workshop is recommended for... Read more »

Emotional Intelligence

Implementing discipline over our emotional life is difficult and requires lifelong practice. Being able to choose to act or respond in a particular manner is preferable to re-acting on a consistent basis, yet it is difficult. Enhancing emotional intelligence improves our ability to master our emotional functioning. High emotional intelligence can improve our communications with... Read more »

Gillings Canvas Info Session

Join the Gillings educational technology team for a Canvas Info Session! They will host them bimonthly throughout the summer. They will cover the Canvas transition timeline, explain how to get started with your first course in Canvas, go over the Canvas interface and take your questions. The next will be Thursday, June 9 from 11:00... Read more »