UNC Makeathon
Are you a creative problem solver? Have you ever worked on a class project and wondered if it could be turned into a business? If so, The Carolina Challenge Makeathon is for... Read more »
Are you a creative problem solver? Have you ever worked on a class project and wondered if it could be turned into a business? If so, The Carolina Challenge Makeathon is for... Read more »
The Center for Innovative Pharmacy Education and Research (CIPhER) will host a "Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) for Health Professions Training." Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) are units of professional practice that may... Read more »
All Gillings School students, faculty and staff are invited to join this Culture of Health activity for a half-hour of calm breathing and mind decluttering. Come when you can and... Read more »
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 »
There are almost one million kids in our state who need the nutritious food they get at school during breakfast and lunch, and after school and in the summer months.... Read more »
Alma Beciragic, doctoral candidate in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, will present this week's seminar in the department’s Spring 2019 series. Beciragic’s talk is titled, “The Question Remains: What's... Read more »
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 »
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 »
Leslie McClure, PhD, professor and chair of epidemiology and biostatistics at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health, will present "A Post-Hoc Evaluation of a Sample Size Re-estimation: The SPS3 Experience," Methodologically, Dr. McClure is interested in the design and analysis of randomized clinical trials with multiple outcomes, and methodology for re-estimating sample size in... Read more »
The Friday Morning Conference welcomes Jonathon Quick, MD, MPH. Dr. Quick is Senior Fellow Emeritus at Management Sciences for Health, where he previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 2004-2017. He is the author of The End of Epidemics: The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It.
This workshop will provide space to engage in an interactive discussion on culture, power and privilege and introduce participants to the impact of implicit bias in our daily decision making process. Come discuss and... Read more »
Please join the Minority Student Caucus in the Black & Blue Tour Part II! This distinctive walking tour led by AAAD professor Robert Porter provides an African-American history of the... Read more »
Pearl Hacks is a weekend-long hackathon for female and non-binary students held at UNC-Chapel Hill. Participants work in teams of up to four to ideate and create incredible projects in... Read more »
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 »
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 »
All Gillings School students, faculty and staff are invited to join this Culture of Health activity for a half-hour of calm breathing and mind decluttering. Come when you can and... Read more »
Professor Mark J. Rood, Ivan Racheff professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will present the 2019 Kappe Lecture "Gas Separation with Activated Carbon Fiber Cloth... Read more »
Ralph Baric, PhD, professor in the UNC Departments of Epidemiology and Microbiology and Immunology, will present a seminar titled "Preclinical Vaccine Evaluation." Ralph Baric’s research specializes in coronaviruses and emerging infections like Zika virus. In a recent interview, he discusses whether the world is prepared for the next superbug outbreak. In 2017, Dr. Baric was... Read more »
Each Mentor Monday will take place as an online webinar and will last around 45 minutes. Mentors will each share: information on their background, career path, and current work important lessons learned Their thoughts on the most valuable skills for working in global health There will also be time for questions and answers where mentors... Read more »
All Gillings School students, faculty and staff are invited to join this Culture of Health activity for a half-hour of calm breathing and mind decluttering. Come when you can and... Read more »
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 »
Lonely? Isolated? Wanting to connect with other Grad Students? You aren't the only one! Come join other international students for this social event. No sign-up needed! Show up at any time between 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Paige Bommarito, doctoral candidate in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, will present this week's seminar in the department’s Spring 2019 series. Bommarito’s talk is titled, “How metal is too... Read more »
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 »
Dr. Hirokazu Yoshikawa will present a talk titled "Improving Early Childhood Development Among Syrian Refugees in the Middle East Refugee Response Region". Dr. Yoshikawa is a community and developmental psychologist studying the effects of public policies and programs related to immigration, early childhood, and poverty reduction on children’s development. He conducts research in both the... Read more »
Join Toshi Reagon and Durham-based filmmaker Katina Parker for the premiere of The Alchemy of Change film series. Created by Reagon and Parker, these seven short films feature interviews with changemakers at UNC-Chapel Hill, accompanied by original music by Reagon. Reagon and Parker also will be joined by those featured in the project for a short... Read more »
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 Student Caucus is partnering with St. Anthony Hall, UNC's art and literature fraternity, to present to you this year's pre-conference event: Art & Advocacy! Vist the event to make... Read more »
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 »
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 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 »
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... Read more »