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Second Annual Student Research and Entrepreneurship Showcase

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

Come see students display their research and entrepreneurship endeavors! The event will feature online and residential student posters. Two $100 gift cards will be presented! There will be free food and coffee! If you're interested in participating, RSVP by Feb. 1. RSVP information Online students can send the link to their poster to David Gaviria.

Crucial Conversations: Why are so many Black babies dying in NC?

Conference Room, North Carolina Justice Center 22 S. Dawson St., Raleigh, NC, United States

North Carolina has one of the worst records in the nation for the deaths of babies a year or younger. The rate of Black babies’ deaths is driving that statistic. Statewide, the gap between Black and white infant deaths was wider in 2018 than it was in 1999. Black infants born in North Carolina are... Read more »

Love Your Heart

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

Culture of Health at the Gillings School of Global Public Health invites you to celebrate National Heart Health Month at the Love Your Heart event. Free heart-healthy information and snacks... Read more »

The Challenge that Climate Change Poses for Global Health

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

Dr. Balbus is a world leader on the effects of climate change on human health and leads NIEHS efforts on this topic. His background combines training and experience in clinical... Read more »

Implementation Science Student Group Field Trip

Frank Porter Graham Bypass Buildling, Room 203 105 Smith Level Road,, Chapel Hill, NC

The Implementation Science Student Group (ISSG) leadership team would like to invite you to join our Spring ISSG field trip with the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) and Frank Porter... Read more »

Plant Swap

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

Plants are good for the body and spirit and make great Valentine's Day gifts! Bring plants, clipping, pots, watering cans and other plant supplies to share. Label your plants if... Read more »

More (single-cell) data, more (statistical) problems

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

Single-cell RNA-Seq(scRNA-seq) is the most widely used high-throughput technology to measure genome-wide gene expression at the single-cell level. However, single-cell data present unique challenges that have required the development of... Read more »

On Learning Machine Learning

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

Oscar Gonzalez, an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present “On Learning Machine Learning” as part of the Carolina Population Center’s... Read more »

Health Policy Day – 2020 Vision: The Road Ahead

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

The 2020 Health Policy Day will consist of Danielle Gray's keynote address, a panel of NC health care leaders and closing remarks by Jon Oberlander and Pam Silberman. Danielle Gray... Read more »

Text Analysis Using R

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

Text analysis is a promising new approach that uses machine learning to discover patterns, trends, and other information by using text as data. Participants will develop the skills and understanding... Read more »

NC Child Hunger Leaders Conference

William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, 100 Friday Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Register now for the NC Child Hunger Leaders Conference! Come and hear stories from a diverse group of leaders who are finding innovative ways to feed children. WHEN: Wednesday, February... Read more »

Dissertation Defense: Natalie Blackburn

2301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

You are invited to attend the public dissertation defense of Natalie Blackburn: "An Economic Evaluation of an Alcohol Reduction Intervention in the HIV Clinic Setting in Vietnam" Wednesday, February 19... Read more »

Diversity Job Fair

Ram's Head Recreation Center 340 Ridge Road , Chapel Hill

Meet employers from for-profit, non-profit and government sectors that are interested in fostering workforce diversity.

Data Visualization Lunch and Learn

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

The Student Global Health Committee will be hosting its second Data Visualization Lunch and Learn with Lorin Bruckner from the UNC Research Hub. Come learn more about best practices in this emerging topic in public health and how you can incorporate data visualization into your own work! Contact Kay Schaffer with any questions.

Spring Job & Internship Fair

Ram's Head Recreation Center 340 Ridge Road , Chapel Hill

Meet employers hiring for full-time positions and internships.

Probably Approximately Correct Causal Discovery

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

The Department of Biostatistics welcomes Dr. David Page for his talk "Probably Approximately Correct Causal Discovery." Dr. Page works on algorithms for data mining and machine learning, and their applications... Read more »

Environmental Sciences and Engineering Open House

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (ESE) is hosting an admitted student day for Graduate Students (PhD ,MS, MSPH,  MSEE and dual degree) on Friday, Feb. 21. This is... Read more »

DNA Methylation and Breast Cancer: Signals of Mechanism and Risk

2301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Alterations in epigenetic processes have been implicated in breast cancer development. One such epigenetic process — DNA methylation — might provide important insights into breast cancer. In this seminar, Dr. Jacob Kresovich will describe how changes in breast tissue DNA methylation may steer development towards specific tumor subtypes. He will also demonstrate novel ways that... Read more »

From data to story: a healthcare case study

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

The typical graph in a presentation often leads our audience wondering... so what? When that question isn’t succinctly answered through effective visuals and story, it can lead our audience asking for more data, more data and more data. In shifting from exploring data to explaining data, we have to take intentional steps to enable our... Read more »

Showcase for a Cause 2020

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

The UNC Allied Health Ambassadors are planning the 5th Annual “Showcase for a Cause” fundraiser for February 21, 2020, from 6-8 p.m. in Bondurant Hall G100 (auditorium). This fundraising event is a combined talent show and silent auction, where all proceeds from the event will benefit a local charity organization. Last year, this event raised... Read more »

Event Series Pearl Hacks 2020

Pearl Hacks 2020

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

Ever wanted to make an app, game, or website? Come #DiveIntoPearlHacks! Pearl Hacks is a beginner-friendly hackathon Feb 21-23 focused on empowering female and non-binary identifying students. "Hackathon" may sound a little intimidating, but it's really just an "invention marathon" - where you can collaborate with others to make an amazing project in just 24... Read more »