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. Leader Penny Slade-Sawyer will find an indoor route! Contact Penny with any questions at mps3@email.unc.edu. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health.... 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 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 »

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 as you are. 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... 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 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 »

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 as you are. 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... 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. Leader Penny Slade-Sawyer will find an indoor route! Contact Penny with any questions at mps3@email.unc.edu. Learn more about our School’s dedication to a culture of health.... 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 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 »

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 »

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 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 »

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 artwork and discuss how art can be used to speak out, bring people together, and inspire change. This is a FREE event on Wednesday, February... 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 the event in your time zone. Register here for this webinar, powered by Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about how to... 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 the differences between quantitative and qualitative research and provide an overview of qualitative research methods, including qualitative research methodologies, strategies for data collection and methods... 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 event is organized by doctoral candidates in the Department of Health Policy and Management. Please contact Abby Hoffman with any questions.

Kai Zhang will present this week's biostatistics seminar titled "BET on Independence." Kai Zhang, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics and Operations Research at UNC. Abstract: We study the problem of nonparametric dependence detection. Many existing methods may suffer severe power loss due to non-uniform consistency, which we illustrate with a paradox. To avoid... Read more »

Michael Chertoff was US Secretary of Homeland Security from 2005 to 2009, and had previously served as a US Attorney, a US Assistant Attorney General and a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The Secretary’s talk will cover a broad range of topics with a particular emphasis on digital... Read more »