A major challenge facing the United States is how to combine the good and bad of our history into shared narratives. Telling Our Nation’s Story—one of the recommendations of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ recent report Our Common Purpose—calls for communities to work toward a common narrative by engaging in honest conversations about the past... Read more »
Are you a graduate student interested in applying public health skills in a real-world setting? Adapting evidence-based curricula? Building relationships with local community members? Teaching adolescents about puberty and sexual health? Come learn about Classroom to Community! Interest meetings: Tuesday, Oct. 20, 11:30 a.m.; Thursday, Oct. 22, 5:00 p.m. Apply online. Join the Tuesday interest... Read more »
In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC's Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering free virtual 20-minute mindfulness sessions to reduce stress and foster strength and resilience. 8:00 a.m. – Tuesday, Thursday 12:15 p.m. – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 4:00... Read more »
This online 3-day (10/19, 10/22, and 10/23) course will offer an introduction to SPSS and will demonstrate how to work with data saved in SPSS format. It will demonstrate how to work with SPSS syntax, how to create your own SPSS data files, and how to convert data in other formats to SPSS. it will... Read more »
Leadership Week is a week-long series of workshops, consultation sessions and events open to all UNC undergraduate and graduate students, hosted by the UNC Office of Student Life & Leadership and the Kenan-Flagler Smith Leadership Institute. Leadership Week 2020 is centered on the theme "Leadership in a Digital Age." The week is capped with the... Read more »
Join the Gillings School's Culture of Health for three 30-minute gentle yoga online classes at the following times: Gentle Yoga Mondays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - noon (30 minutes) Wednesdays - 5:15 p.m. (45 minutes) Please contact rcerny@email.unc.edu if you would like to join a class.
Andrew Perrin is a professor of sociology and has been a member of the Carolina faculty since 2001. An accomplished and interdisciplinary scholar, he has conducted research on the cultural sociology of democracy, health messages in children’s movies and translations of postwar Frankfurt School theory, among other work. Perrin serves as the director of Carolina... Read more »
In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC's Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering free virtual 20-minute mindfulness sessions to reduce stress and foster strength and resilience. 8:00 a.m. – Tuesday, Thursday 12:15 p.m. – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 4:00... Read more »
Gillings Culture of Health and Student Affairs present Money Talk Monday - Prioritizing Debt During COVID with guest Joann Gomez - Harm Reduction Coalition. Join us Monday, October 26, 5:00 p.m. to learn some new strategies to help prioritize and refresh your financial well-being. Money Talk Mondays is a finance-focused virtual series. Contact Deshana Cabasan-Hunte... Read more »
The Student Government Association at the Gillings School is hosting a pumpkin carving event on October 26 at 7 p.m. RSVP online by October 22. Link to event.
In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC's Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering free virtual 20-minute mindfulness sessions to reduce stress and foster strength and resilience. 8:00 a.m. – Tuesday, Thursday 12:15 p.m. – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 4:00... Read more »
The Odum Institute will host an online 2-day (10/27 and 10/28) course focused on the application of project management principles and techniques to the management of survey research projects. At the conclusion of the course, participants will have a basic understanding of the following: The principles of project management as applied to survey research How... Read more »
FHI 360, in partnership with Gillings Global Health Solutions, offers a year-long funded research fellowship program for first-year master's students and 1st- and 2nd-year doctoral students. The fellowship covers in-state tuition, fees, health insurance, and provides a stipend. Fellows receive mentoring from an FHI 360 representative, along with working on various research projects. Come learn... Read more »
In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC's Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering free virtual 20-minute mindfulness sessions to reduce stress and foster strength and resilience. 8:00 a.m. – Tuesday, Thursday 12:15 p.m. – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 4:00... Read more »
FHI 360, in partnership with Gillings Global Health Solutions, offers a year-long funded research fellowship program for first-year master's students and 1st- and 2nd-year doctoral students. The fellowship covers in-state tuition, fees, health insurance, and provides a stipend. Fellows receive mentoring from an FHI 360 representative, along with working on various research projects. Come learn... Read more »
Finding it hard to speak your mind in class about politics, policy and the upcoming election? Staying civil when others aren’t? Want some tools for navigating these discussions and debates? This session is for students. Speakers: Kevin Marinelli, PhD Executive Director, UNC Program for Public Discourse; Sarah Treul, PhD, Distinguished Associate Professor, Political Science Date... Read more »
