Attending to Nature: Environmental Ethics at the North Carolina Botanical Garden When was the last time you really paid attention to nature? We’ll start with a short, guided discussion on environmental ethics over lunch, and then head outside for a hands-on activity designed to help us practice being more attentive to the world around us. […]
Gettin’ daggity with it: Using DAGs as Tools for Variable Selection Ever pondered whether to include a variable in an analysis – is the variable necessary, will its inclusion/exclusion introduce bias in the analysis? Why is the variable important anyways – is it a mediator, a moderator, a confounder some combination of these??? This course […]
Sustainable Carolina's Festival on the Green Roof Join us on the Rams Head Green Roof, where Chase Dining Hall and Rams Head Recreation Center are located. Celebrate Carolina's new AASHE STARS Gold Rating with ice cream, games and activities offered by various University departments! Visit these University department tables, fill out your Festival on the […]
Colloquium Series: The Triple Connection: Black Hole Mergers, Electromagnetic Counterparts, and Galactic Black Holes Speaker: Smadar Naoz, UCLA Title: The Triple Connection: Black Hole Mergers, Electromagnetic Counterparts, and Galactic Black HolesAbstract: Black holes are detected through a variety of methods, each revealing a different part of their nature. These include gravitational-wave emissions that detect the […]
Colloquium Series: The Triple Connection: Black Hole Mergers, Electromagnetic Counterparts, and Galactic Black Holes Speaker: Smadar Naoz, UCLA Title: The Triple Connection: Black Hole Mergers, Electromagnetic Counterparts, and Galactic Black Holes Abstract: Black holes are detected through a variety of methods, each revealing a different part of their nature. These include gravitational-wave emissions that detect the mergers […]
Carolina Beekeeping Club Beginner Beekeeping Hive Tour Suit up and join the Carolina Beekeeping Club for a beginner-friendly, hands-on hive tour with UNC’s honeybees. Step up to the hives and see honeybees in action as they bring in pollen and nectar, learn how to spot the queen, and discover the jobs each bee does to […]
Integration Bee V: Final Round Are you a master of integrals? Come compete in the Integration Bee and prove that the scary snake ∫ has nothing on you!! The III Carolina Integration Bee will be held by parts: preliminaries and finals. Anyone is welcome to take part in the preliminaries, and no sign-up is required. The […]
Climate Colonialism and a Global Just Transition Explore the connections between colonialism and fossil fuels with historian Aviva Chomsky. This talk examines how European colonization fueled the Industrial Revolution and how extractive patterns have persisted ever since, disproportionately impacting Indigenous and Afro-descended communities across the Global South, while highlighting specific frameworks as new visions for […]
Mindful Meditation by Bhakti Yoga Club of UNC Chapel Hill Mindful meditation is a key practice of Bhakti Yoga. Original Yoga practices were made to help one control their thoughts and actions through raising awareness and self-regulation. Yoga from ancient India was originally meant for the mind before it was popularized as a physical activity. […]
2026 Climate Change Symposium Join us for CLE credit and an exciting series of conversations about one of the world's most pressing issues! You have a stake in the health of the environment, and in the midst of a rapidly changing climate, it is critical that we share our most current understanding in order to coordinate […]
"Human-in-the-Loop” Thematic Analysis: Using R to Apply Current Recommendations for Incorporating LLMs into Qualitative Research (online) Do you want to explore current research recommendations in the literature on incorporating LLMs into qualitative/mixed methods data analysis, or are you interested in implementing LLMs into your qualitative/mixed methods workflow? If so, this short course is designed for […]
Celebration of Undergraduate Research 2026 The 27th Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research will be held on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, from 12:15-5:30 pm in Alumni Hall at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center (106 Stadium Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514). The Celebration is a special opportunity for Carolina undergraduates of all majors to showcase their […]
Hybrid Lunchbox Talk: Bridging the Knowledge-to-Practice Gap: Hemiparasitic Plants in Grassland Restoration with Jordan Argrett, University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology PhD Candidate Grasslands across North America, including the remnant prairies, glades, and savannas of the Southeast, are some of the most diverse and threatened ecosystems on Earth. Urban growth, habitat fragmentation, and changes […]
Native Foraging Tour This April 23rd, learn the edible and medicinal biodiversity of our very own UNC campus with Compostmates on our Native Foraging Tour. Join us at 5pm by the Oak Tree in the Pit for a physical and intellectual tour of the grounds, learning plant identification and easy medicinal recipes, reading passages from […]
Research in Exercise and Sport Science Many students who are majoring within Exercise and Sport Science at UNC-CH are passionate individuals with goals to serve the population through medicine, personal training, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. The field of medicine, therapy, and sports psychology is constantly progressing due to research that is conducted from teams […]
Battle Grove BioBlitz Join us from 9 am - 12 pm for a BioBlitz at Battle Grove, located between Coker Arboretum and Forest Theatre. We're teaming up with the UNC Department of Biology to host this citizen science event, where we'll observe, identify, and record species on an app. Join us for light refreshments and […]
Data Visualization for Social Science Research This course introduces modern visual data exploration and communication methods to social scientists with limited prior experience. Students will learn to effectively present data to diverse audiences across multiple formats. The course utilizes the R programming language, RStudio development environment, and the tidyverse suite of R packages—with particular emphasis […]
Carolina Beekeeping Club Beginner Beekeeping Hive Tour Suit up and join the Carolina Beekeeping Club for a beginner-friendly, hands-on hive tour with UNC’s honeybees. Step up to the hives and see honeybees in action as they bring in pollen and nectar, learn how to spot the queen, and discover the jobs each bee does to […]
Grayson Highlands Backpacking Join us for a weekend of backpacking in the mountains of Southwest Virginia! This trip will be a challenging but approachable introduction to backcountry camping and hiking. We'll hike through temperate rainforest and among high-elevation balds with stunning views and grazing ponies in Grayson Highlands State Park and Mount Rogers State Natural […]
AI in Research Series – Using AI in Survey Research: Practices and Pitfalls AI in Research: Driving Innovation Forward Discover how artificial intelligence can streamline workflows, uncover hidden patterns, […]
Mindful Meditation by Bhakti Yoga Club of UNC Chapel Hill Mindful meditation is a key practice of Bhakti Yoga. Original Yoga practices were made to help one control their thoughts and actions through raising awareness and self-regulation. Yoga from ancient India was originally meant for the mind before it was popularized as a physical activity. […]
AI in Research Series – Using AI in Survey Research: Practices and Pitfalls AI in Research: Driving Innovation Forward Discover how artificial intelligence can streamline workflows, uncover hidden patterns, […]
Getting Proper about Prompting: An Introduction to Prompt Engineering for Social Science and Survey Research Take a glance through recent news or social media and you would be hard-pressed not […]