Data Collection Using Mobile Phones in Developing Countries

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

This course will introduce students to the design & implementation of SMS, IVR, Web, and CATI surveys in low- and middle-income countries. The instructors will draw from real world examples... Read more »

Lunch with Marketing and Sales Directors

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

This interactive lunch gives you a chance to learn about the role of Marketing and Sales Directors at startups –what their days are like, what they’re responsible for and who... Read more »

H.A. Tyroler Alumni Award Lecture 2019

1301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall (Michel A. Ibrahim Seminar Room) McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

David J. Ballard, MD, MSPH, PhD, FACP is the 2019 Herman A. Tyroler Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient. Dr. Ballard is an adjunct professor in Health Policy and Management and is part of the Mentice AB Board of Directors. His talk, "Epidemiological Concepts and Methods to Advance STEEEP Health Care and the Quadruple Aim of Health... 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 you... Read more »

Global Health Early Career Panel

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

Hear from more recent Gillings School alumni on job and internship search strategies that worked for them, and how they translated their graduate education into practice. Panelists: - Florence Masese-Amadi, MPH ’13 (MCH) - Victoria Lebrun, MSPH ’15 (HPM) - Emily Kiser, MPH ‘ 16 (PHLP) - Christopher Beadles, MD., PhD '13 ( HPM) -... Read more »

NASA Day at UNC

Auditorium, Frank Porter Graham Student Union 3103 South Road, Chapel Hill, 27514, NC, United States

On November 7, 2019, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hosting NASA and "A Space Technology Day" on campus that will bring together professors, students, engineers, technologists and small businesses from around North Carolina and the region to engage on NASA's current and future space technology activities, opportunities for collaboration, and the Agency's... Read more »

Event Series Closing the Wealth Gap Conference

Closing the Wealth Gap Conference

Koury Auditorium, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School 300 Kenan Dr., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

CREATE, a new initiative at the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, the UNC School of Law are co-hosting a "Closing the Wealth Gap" Conference on November 6-7, 2019 at UNC Chapel Hill. This event is the culmination of a 3-part series in which thought leaders from different disciplines present to academic researchers, students, and community members on the ever-increasing wealth gap of... Read more »

Carolina Challenge Pitch Party

Blue Zone, Kenan Memorial Stadium 104 Stadium Drive, Chapel Hill, NC

The countdown has officially begun as the Carolina Challenge’s 2019 Pitch Party approaches, which is “THE” cross-campus venture competition. Applications are live! Apply for the Pitch Party before October 23. The Carolina Challenge is hosted by the Entrepreneurship Center at UNC Kenan-Flagler. Over the course of the event, student venture teams will be participating in... 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 you have any questions.

“Intersectionality: Gender and Culture”: DOCSpeaks

Kirkland Auditorium, Koury Oral Health Sciences Building 385 S Columbia St., Chapel Hill, NY, United States

Dr. Elizabeth Dickinson will present "Intersectionality: Gender and Culture, the Impact on Health Care" as part of the DOCSpeaks Short Talks on Cultural Competence. Dr. Dickinson is a clinical professor communication at the Kenan-Flagler School of Business.

Biostatistics Seminar with Erica Moodie, PhD

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

Erica Moodie, PhD, is a William Dawson Scholar and an Associate Professor of Biostatistics at McGill University. She is also the Biostatistics Graduate Program Director and the director of the McGill Health Statistics Training Network. Dr. Moodie's methodological work is focused on developing reliable, reproducible, and robust tools to improve health research, with a focus... Read more »

Understanding Antisemitism as a Form of Hate

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

Kenneth S. Stern, director of Bard College’s Center for the Study of Hate, will give a talk titled “Understanding Antisemitism as a Form of Hate” on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 5:30 p.m. in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium in the FedEx Global Education Center. For 25 years Stern was the American Jewish Committee’s expert on antisemitism.... Read more »

Global Health Trivia

Vecino Brewing, Co. 300 East Main Street, Suite C, Carrboro, NC, United States

Join the UNC Student Global Health Committee for Global Health Trivia at Vecino Brewing Co.