Being Public and Engaging Policy

Academics are increasingly asked to engage with public actors from policymakers to journalists. Rarely, however, are academics given any guidance or strategies for doing so. In this workshop, Dr. Rashawn... Read more »

Extracting Data from the Web: Web Scraping Using R

This course will introduce you to extracting structured data from web pages, also known as “scraping” the pages. We will use the R programming language. The first portion of the course will introduce basic HTML, CSS selectors, Developer Tools in Google Chrome, and the R packages used for web scraping. The second portion will consist... Read more »

Dr. Michael Emch to give speech at Carolina Science Cafe

Join us on the first Tuesday of every month for Carolina Science Cafe, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center’s free, current science awareness program. For our upcoming event, we will be welcoming Dr. Michael Emch to talk about “Malaria in Africa: Ecology, Mitigation, and Challenges”. Contact Will Freund with questions.

Introduction to Qualtrics

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

Qualtrics allows users to build complex surveys, distribute them, and analyze the responses all from one place. In this course, we will cover basic Qualtrics functions including creating some of... Read more »

2023 UCC Consulting Bootcamp

Join the Undergraduate Consulting Club (UCC) for a day of networking with 10+ firms and attend workshops to help you prepare for recruiting, interviewing, and consulting.  The day will be... Read more »

Public Health Career Planning

228 Rosenau Hall Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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Interdisciplinary Nutrition Sciences Symposium

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

The Interdisciplinary Nutrition Sciences Symposium (INSS) is an annual translational nutrition science conference. This conference will build on the dialogue that began in their first three symposia to develop best practices for translational... Read more »

2023 Undergraduate Business Symposium

We are excited to be hosting the 2023 Undergraduate Business Symposium – the signature career development and networking event of the year! Join us this September to have the opportunity to connect with 25+ top employers, engage in meaningful conversations, and ultimately grow professionally. Register Today - symposium.events.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/uncsymposium2023 Registration Deadline: Friday, September 8th or when... Read more »

Academic Publishing 101: From Idea to Article…and Beyond

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

Although graduate school teaches you many things, many Ph.D. students complete their dissertations having never been fully trained in academic publishing. How does academic publishing actually work? Where should you... Read more »

Introduction to Focus Groups

Focus groups are commonly used to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs. This class will prepare prospective students to organize and moderate focus groups. Students will learn the most... Read more »

Introduction to Atlas.ti Part 1

This short course will demonstrate the capabilities of the PC version of ATLAS.ti (v 23), a qualitative analysis software program for coding and interpreting qualitative data. ATLAS.ti also provides numerous options for attaching memos and comments to text segments, documents, and codes. We will demonstrate how to import textual data, create and apply codes, write... Read more »

Active Shooter and Critical Incident Response Emergency Training

The Gillings School is hosting a Zoom training for Active Shooter and Critical Incident Response this Wednesday, from 2:30-3:30pm.  This training is lead by Sgt. James David of the UNC-CH Police Department.  Please register at https://unc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsceiorz0vGdZxdVyCycfV7ACsWLXPuJAH. We will also host an in-person training on Wednesday, October 11, from 10:00-11:00am in the Joan H. Gillings Auditorium,... Read more »

Introduction to MAXQDA

This course will cover the features of MAXQDA (version 2022), a software program that supports qualitative data analysis and helps users systematically code, evaluate, and interpret textual data. Its capabilities include coding, memo writing, matrix building, and diagramming. We will demonstrate importing data, applying codes, using demographic variables, running reports, generating analytic matrices and using... Read more »

Inclusive Excellence Open House

207 Rosenau Hall 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Come meet the Inclusive Excellence team! Join us for light refreshments, enter to win prizes and discuss new Inclusive Excellence initiatives with the team. Learn about upcoming events and ways... Read more »

Alumni Coffee Chat

230 Rosenau Hall (Mayes Center) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Register on handshake: https://unc.joinhandshake.com/login

Student Activities Fair

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

Join us for the Student Activities Fair. Meet all of the Gillings Student Organizations and find out how to get involved! Snacks will be available in the Atrium. Loco Pops... Read more »

Places, Environments and Health Symposium

Carolina Inn University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This event will bring together speakers from across the country and distinguished researchers within North Carolina for interdisciplinary discussions to explore the nexus of data, methods and applications of geospatial... Read more »

Wellbeing Wednesday: Dimensions of Wellness Fall Social

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

Come join the Office of Student Affairs for drinks, snacks, games, prizes and fun!

UNC IPRC Visiting Speaker Seminar

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

UNC Injury Prevention Research Center will be hosting a Visiting Speaker Seminar on Wednesday, September 27 at 2:30pm in Rosenau Hall 133. The seminar will feature a presentation from Dr. Renee Johnson of Johns Hopkins University, who will present on "Post Mortem Toxicology Results of Drug Overdose Decedents in Maryland". Contact Siarra Scott with questions

Literature, Medicine, and Culture Colloquium monthly meeting

HHIVE Lab, Greenlaw 524

The Literature, Medicine, and Culture Colloquium (LMCC) at UNC is an informal reading and working group of graduate and professional students (but open to the entire UNC community) who meet monthly to talk about all things related to the intersections of literature, medicine, and culture. In the past, we’ve met to workshop conference papers or... Read more »

Mental Health First Aid at Gillings

If someone is suffering a heart attack or other medical emergency, you offer first aid (and call 911!). What do you do if someone is experiencing a mental health crisis or is developing a mental health problem? Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an eight-hour training designed to help you develop basic skills to help... Read more »

Student-Led Town Hall Meeting

230 Rosenau Hall (Mayes Center) Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Gillings Student Government and Minority Student Caucus are hosting a Town Hall for the Gillings Student body to express their concerns and thoughts about the events that unfolded earlier this semester. This town hall will also serve as a safe space for students to let us know the types of support and action they would... Read more »

Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr) Fall Seminar Series

PreMiEr is an Engineering Research Center funded by the NSF, comprised of five North Carolina universities (Duke, NCA&T, NC State, UNC-CH, UNC-Charlotte) with the mission to improve the health of people occupying the built environment (e.g., homes, schools, workplaces) through manipulation of the microbiomes of those environments. Microbiome or not? Measuring low biomass environments in... Read more »

Influenza (flu) Vaccination Clinic

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

An opportunity for UNC-Chapel Hill community members to obtain a flu vaccination on campus on Thursday, Sept. 28 in the Michael Hooker Research Center, Lower Level Atrium. Additional opportunities will be held on: Thursday, Oct. 5, Noon - 4 p.m.– Koury Oral Health Sciences Building, Atrium Lobby Thursday, Oct. 12, Noon - 4 p.m. –... Read more »