Black & Blue Tour Part II

UNC Visitors' Center 250 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC

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 2019

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

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 »

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 »

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 »

2019 Kappe Lecture: Gas Separation

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

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 for Reuse or More Effective Disposal of Organic Compounds." Abstract Development and evaluation of an activated carbon fiber cloth (ACFC) adsorption system using either electrothermal swing... Read more »

Preclincial Vaccine Evaluation Seminar

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

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 »

TGHC Mentor Monday – Bobby Jefferson

Online

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... 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 »

Global Grads Group

FedEx Global Education Center

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... Read more »

How metal is too metal: ENVR 400 In-house Seminar

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

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 metal: Does the placental epigenome link prenatal metals exposure to adverse birth outcomes?.” Abstract: Pre-eclampsia is a disorder of pregnancy that affects approximately 5% of... 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 »

Early Childhood Development Among Syrian Refugees

Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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... Read more »

Film Premiere: The Alchemy of Change

Gerrard Hall 160 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC 27514

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 »