Week of Events
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 you, grad or undergrad alike. The Carolina Challenge Makeathon is a creative, cross-campus competition which accelerates innovative ideas into physical and digital prototypes that promote... Read more »
Pearl Hacks 2019
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 just 24 hours, with the help of excellent mentors, workshops and tech talks. All the while, they get to meet some fantastic people, enjoy fun... Read more »
Activity: Just Walk!
Activity: Just Walk!
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 »
Activity: Yoga
Activity: Yoga
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 »
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
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 »
Entrustable Professional Activities Training
Entrustable Professional Activities Training
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 »
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
Activity: Mindful Relaxation
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 »
Activity: Just Walk!
Activity: Just Walk!
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 »
NC Child Hunger Leaders Conference
NC Child Hunger Leaders Conference
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. The NC Child Hunger Leaders Conference will feature stories from people in the field working to find innovative ways to feed more kids. Hear from educators,... Read more »
What’s Leaching from the Membrane?: ENVR 400 In-house Seminar
What’s Leaching from the Membrane?: ENVR 400 In-house Seminar
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 Leaching from the Membrane?” Learn more here. Abstract: Increasing potable water demands coupled with the decreased availability of traditional water sources have made pressure driven membrane processes,... Read more »
Activity: Yoga
Activity: Yoga
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. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule one-one-one wellness appointments, find health recipes and see all... Read more »
Activity: Yoga
Activity: Yoga
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. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health. Schedule one-one-one wellness appointments, find health recipes and see all... Read more »
BIOS Seminar: The sps3 experience
BIOS Seminar: The sps3 experience
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... Read more »
Hurtling into the Century of Epidemics: We Can Make the World Much Safer – But Will We?
Hurtling into the Century of Epidemics: We Can Make the World Much Safer – But Will We?
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.
Inclusive Excellence Training: Understanding Unconscious Bias
Inclusive Excellence Training: Understanding Unconscious Bias
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 develop simple constructive ways to increase self -awareness and self-reflection to increase inclusive practices in our work and life. Please register online.
Black & Blue Tour Part II
Black & Blue Tour Part II
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 University, with emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries, contributing to a fuller perspective of Carolina’s history. Please register online. This event is sponsored by... Read more »