Chancellor-Elect Holden Thorp speaks at a celebration reception for the campus community in Gerrard Hall after the UNC Board of Governors' election on May 8, 2008.
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Anne Bishop (SILS doctoral student) proposes research on mobile computing in very mobile college student sample population. Proposed research focuses on Human Computer Interaction and Information seeking.
UNC scientists comment in support of fruit fly research for understanding autism. As noted by Keith Olbermann on MSNBC's "Countdown" (Oct. 24, 2008), recent genetic research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "may lead to advances in understanding autism."
Professor Ken Bollen, Henry Rudolph Immerwahr Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science discusses the roles that surveys and statistical data play in policy making. Bollen has developed and applied structural equation modeling to explain complex social constructs such as democracy.
Chancellor Holden Thorp shares his vision for the University in his installation address. Dr. Thorp was installed as the 10th chancellor of the University on University Day, October 12th, the birthday of the nation's oldest state university.
As part of the NC Multi-State Learning Collaborative projects, the NC Division of Public Health and the NC Institute for Public Health presented a PHTIN training on quality improvement On October 16, 2007. This training, designed for NC local health department staff, explored the role of quality and performance improvement to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of your organization.
The UNC General Alumni Association sponsored a "Think Fast" forum to address questions and issues about the current economic crisis. The forum brought together prominent exerts in capital markets, insurance, federal regulation of banks, securities and derivatives, and monetary and economic policy to discuss their views on the implications of recent events in the financial world.
Volunteers from UNC Health Care have partnered with the Children's National Medical Center to bring life-saving pediatric cardiac care, equipment and training to Uganda's national hospital.
Dr. Cal Lee, Assistant Professor in SILS, presents a lecture on digital curation, the risks of not planning for preservation, digital archaeology, data exercise, emulation versus transformation, the need for standards and a hybrid approach to preservation.
The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy hosts a recruitment weekend for prospective PhD students early each year. The event offers an opportunity to tour the School, interact with our faculty, meet our alumni, and hang out with our students. For more information about recruitment weekend and our PhD program, please visit http://www.pharmacy. unc.edu/phd
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