WASH in Healthcare Facilities Webinar

The next WASH in Healthcare Facilities Initiative webinar is titled, "Understanding the Cost of WASH in Health Care Facilities:  Where Do We Start?" and will take place on Thursday, February 21 at 9:00am EST.  Click here to see... Read more »

REI Racial Equity Presentation

Carolina Theater 309 West Morgan Street, Durham, North Carolina

The Racial Equity Institute presents “A Groundwater Approach to Racial Equity", sponsored by Durham County and the Durham Chamber of Commerce. In the half-day Groundwater Approach workshop, trainers use data and stories from a variety of sources to demonstrate the ongoing and pervasive impact of race. This research-based presentation focuses on the following six points... Read more »

Qualitative Research 101 Presentation

219 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Qualitative research methods are often used when conducting community-engaged research. During this presentation, MaryBeth Grewe, CaSE Qualitative Research Specialist, will provide an introduction to qualitative research methods. This presentation will discuss... Read more »

Novant Lecture

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

Mandy Cohen, MD, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), will deliver the Novant Lecture on Thursday, February 21, 2019. More information to follow. This event is organized by doctoral candidates in the Department of Health Policy and Management. Please contact Abby Hoffman with any questions.

BIOS Seminar: BET on Independence

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

Kai Zhang will present this week's biostatistics seminar titled "BET on Independence." Kai Zhang, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics and Operations Research at UNC. Abstract:... Read more »

An Evening with Secretary Michael Chertoff

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

Michael Chertoff was US Secretary of Homeland Security from 2005 to 2009, and had previously served as a US Attorney, a US Assistant Attorney General and a Judge of the... Read more »

Event Series Activity: Just Walk!

Activity: Just Walk!

Entrance, McGavran-Greenberg Hall (Pittsboro St. side) McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join colleagues for a quick walk around the neighborhood. Meet at the Pittsboro Street entrance of McGavran-Greenberg Hall for this fun Culture of Health exercise opportunity. Bad weather? No problem.... Read more »

Navigating the NC Child Welfare System

2005 Michael Hooker Research Center (William L. Roper Conference Room) Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, United States

Have you ever been perplexed by how our NC child welfare system functions? Join the Child Maltreatment Research and Practice Network to explore how decisions are made within our child... Read more »

Event Series Activity: Yoga

Activity: Yoga

0003/0004 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Students, faculty and staff are invited to join the Culture of Health team for free yoga classes. Beginners are welcome and mats are provided! Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if... Read more »

Gathering Global Stories: An Evening with Helene Cooper

FedEx Global Education Center

The UNC Center for Global Initiatives is honored to host Pulitzer Prize–winning Pentagon correspondent for The New York Times and UNC alumna Helene Cooper, '87, for a public lecture, "Gathering Global Stories." Cooper will share how her experiences at UNC prepared her for a global career as a journalist covering international economics, trade, foreign policy,... Read more »

Gathering Global Stories

UNC Center for Global Initiatives 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC

The UNC Center for Global Initiatives is honored to host Pulitzer Prize–winning Pentagon correspondent for The New York Times and UNC alumna Helene Cooper, ’87, for a public lecture, “Gathering... Read more »

Event Series Activity: Just Walk!

Activity: Just Walk!

Entrance, McGavran-Greenberg Hall (Pittsboro St. side) McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Join colleagues for a quick walk around the neighborhood. Meet at the Pittsboro Street entrance of McGavran-Greenberg Hall for this fun Culture of Health exercise opportunity. Bad weather? No problem.... Read more »

Docs in the Dome

Morehead Planetarium 200 Block of Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

A screening of ten uniquely Southern stories, portrayed by ten short documentaries… and projected onto the Morehead Planetarium dome to transport you from Atlanta to New Orleans to Eastern North... Read more »

Interview and Conversation with Aaron Williams

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

Interested in public health? Global health? Health policy? USAID? UNICEF? RTI International? Ask Aaron Williams all your questions next Wednesday! RSVP online. Please contact Stephanie Forman with any questions.

Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics: ENVR 400 In-house Seminar

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

Chris Bowers, doctoral student in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, will present this week's seminar in the department’s Spring 2019 series. Bowers’s talk is titled, “Where does it go?... Read more »

Event Series Activity: Yoga

Activity: Yoga

0003/0004 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Students, faculty and staff are invited to join the Culture of Health team for free yoga classes. Beginners are welcome and mats are provided! Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if... Read more »

HIV Care in Mozambique Presentation

2306 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Carolyn Audet, PhD, will present "Couples-based HIV care and treatment in Mozambique: Strategies to improve uptake and adherence to antiretroviral therapy."

Event Series Activity: Yoga

Activity: Yoga

0003/0004 Michael Hooker Research Center Michael Hooker Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Students, faculty and staff are invited to join the Culture of Health team for free yoga classes. Beginners are welcome and mats are provided! Please contact Penny Slade-Sawyer, mps3@email.unc.edu, if... Read more »

Minority Entrepreneurship Presentation

1789 Venture Lab 173 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC

1789 Venture Lab is hosting a talk titled "Minority Entrepreneurship, The Gig Economy and the Changing (but STILL VERY necessary) role of Higher Education." Panelists include Bernard Bell, Doug Speight, Donita... Read more »

Clean Tech Summit and Career Fair

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

UNC will host its 6th annual UNC Clean Tech Summit on Thursday, February 28, 2019 – Friday, March 1, 2019 at UNC’s Friday Center. The event will highlight the latest... Read more »

Inclusive Excellence Training: HAVEN

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

HAVEN skills training is a training that provides students, faculty, staff and Post Doctoral Fellows with tools to be an ally to someone who has experienced sexual or interpersonal violence or stalking. The training... Read more »

BIOS Seminar: Confounding-Robust Policy Improvement

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

This week's biostatistics seminar will be presented by Nathan Kallus, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell Tech and Cornell University. Kallas will... Read more »