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Where: UNC-Chapel Hill Campus and Virtual Sessions

Why: Through skill-building workshops, research presentations, panel discussions and more, Engagement Week brings together Carolina faculty, staff and students with community partners to highlight partnerships between UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina communities.

Community Engagement: Engagement Week uses the Carnegie Elective Classifications definition of community engagement as “the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.”

Learn more and view the event schedule at engagementweek.unc.edu.

Version Control with Git and GitHub

This 2-part (2/23/2026 and 2/25/2026) 5-hour course will be offered via Zoom. Attendance is required as the course will not be recorded.

In this course, participants will learn how to keep track of the code they use in their research using the version control system Git and the collaboration platform GitHub. Git allows you to keep track of changes to your code, easily revert to previous versions, and “tag” versions of code used in publications so that the exact code used can be retrieved at a later date. GitHub allows Git users to collaborate with each other on projects by managing simultaneous changes to the same files and allowing users to review and discuss each others’ code. Git and Github are applicable to any text-based programming or analysis language, including R, Python, Stata, Julia, and others.

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Where: UNC-Chapel Hill Campus and Virtual Sessions

Why: Through skill-building workshops, research presentations, panel discussions and more, Engagement Week brings together Carolina faculty, staff and students with community partners to highlight partnerships between UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina communities.

Community Engagement: Engagement Week uses the Carnegie Elective Classifications definition of community engagement as “the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.”

Learn more and view the event schedule at engagementweek.unc.edu.

The New NIH Public Access Policy: What You Need to Know

The 2024 NIH Public Access Policy includes several significant changes from the previous policy, and applies to all NIH-funded manuscripts accepted for publication on or after July 1, 2025. Learn more about what has changed, how to comply, and what to expect going forward.

This program is offered via Zoom by the Health Sciences Library and the Scholarly Communications Office, and led by Collin Drummond and Katherine Howell.

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Where: UNC-Chapel Hill Campus and Virtual Sessions

Why: Through skill-building workshops, research presentations, panel discussions and more, Engagement Week brings together Carolina faculty, staff and students with community partners to highlight partnerships between UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina communities.

Community Engagement: Engagement Week uses the Carnegie Elective Classifications definition of community engagement as “the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.”

Learn more and view the event schedule at engagementweek.unc.edu.

Introduction to Individual and Aggregate Data Network Models for Understanding Human Processes

This 2-day course (2/25/26 and 2/27/26) will be offered ONLINE. It will not be recorded as there are in-class activities.

With increased interest in person-centered interventions and treatments has come increased interest in understanding human processes as they unfold within individuals. Additionally, technological advances have made the collection of person-specific data easier and more cost-effective for researchers interested in studying human behavior within everyday contexts. This two-day course focuses on using two popular network models to explore research questions concerning within-person processes.

This course is intended for individuals with research questions that can be answered using multivariate time series data/intensive longitudinal data. Examples of such data include daily diary data; data collected via self-report through ecological momentary sampling (ESM); passive data from cell phones; and other psychophysiological data such as MRI data or heart rate data.

The two network modeling frameworks presented in this course are graphicalVAR (GVAR) and Group Iterative Multiple Model Estimation (GIMME). Both models can be used to explore processes as they unfold within individuals to obtain individual person-specific network models (idiographic analysis) or group/population level network models (nomothetic analysis). Differences between the modeling frameworks will be presented. Challenges and considerations for choosing between methods will be discussed.

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Accelerate your ideas through customer discovery and market opportunity validation!

KickStart Venture Services is recruiting community startups as well as faculty, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduate students with innovations and an interest in commercialization to participate in their virtual NSF I-Corps program. They will teach you the principles of customer discovery to help you better understand the market potential of your innovation!

The National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps Program (I-Corps) was launched in 2011 and has quickly become one of the world’s largest and most successful technology commercialization accelerators. The I-Corps regional program helps researchers and aspiring innovators determine if they are solving a real-world problem with true market opportunity. NSF’s I-Corps Program not only provides funding, mentoring, and networking opportunities to help commercialize promising technologies, it is offered at NO COST to the community.

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For more information about the I-Corps Program, visit KickStart Venture Services.

Version Control with Git and GitHub

This 2-part (2/23/2026 and 2/25/2026) 5-hour course will be offered via Zoom. Attendance is required as the course will not be recorded.

In this course, participants will learn how to keep track of the code they use in their research using the version control system Git and the collaboration platform GitHub. Git allows you to keep track of changes to your code, easily revert to previous versions, and “tag” versions of code used in publications so that the exact code used can be retrieved at a later date. GitHub allows Git users to collaborate with each other on projects by managing simultaneous changes to the same files and allowing users to review and discuss each others’ code. Git and Github are applicable to any text-based programming or analysis language, including R, Python, Stata, Julia, and others.

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The Penn State CTSI Community Engagement Team is pleased to host an educational workshop focused on conducting research in rural populations. Please join them in welcoming Kristina Brant, PhD, Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology and Social Science Research Institute Co-Funded Faculty Member, and Florence Becot, PhD, Nationwide Insurance Early Career Professor and Agricultural Safety and Health Program Lead. The speakers will share their expertise and firsthand experiences working with rural communities. During this session, participants will: explore the importance of research in rural communities; examine real-world examples of research conducted among rural populations; and discuss best practices and lessons learned from engaging with rural communities.

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Where: UNC-Chapel Hill Campus and Virtual Sessions

Why: Through skill-building workshops, research presentations, panel discussions and more, Engagement Week brings together Carolina faculty, staff and students with community partners to highlight partnerships between UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina communities.

Community Engagement: Engagement Week uses the Carnegie Elective Classifications definition of community engagement as “the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.”

Learn more and view the event schedule at engagementweek.unc.edu.

Where: UNC-Chapel Hill Campus and Virtual Sessions

Why: Through skill-building workshops, research presentations, panel discussions and more, Engagement Week brings together Carolina faculty, staff and students with community partners to highlight partnerships between UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina communities.

Community Engagement: Engagement Week uses the Carnegie Elective Classifications definition of community engagement as “the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.”

Learn more and view the event schedule at engagementweek.unc.edu.

Rare Disease Day at NIH will be held on the NIH Main Campus at the Natcher Conference Center and also virtually. By shining a spotlight on rare diseases, Rare Disease Day at NIH encourages collaboration among patients, advocates, researchers and healthcare professionals, fostering innovation and driving progress toward better treatments and care.

The virtual livestream via NIH VideoCast will also be archived for replay afterward. The event agenda will feature panel discussions, rare diseases stories, in-person exhibitors and scientific posters, and an art exhibition. The event is free and open to the public.

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Introduction to Individual and Aggregate Data Network Models for Understanding Human Processes

This 2-day course (2/25/26 and 2/27/26) will be offered ONLINE. It will not be recorded as there are in-class activities.

With increased interest in person-centered interventions and treatments has come increased interest in understanding human processes as they unfold within individuals. Additionally, technological advances have made the collection of person-specific data easier and more cost-effective for researchers interested in studying human behavior within everyday contexts. This two-day course focuses on using two popular network models to explore research questions concerning within-person processes.

This course is intended for individuals with research questions that can be answered using multivariate time series data/intensive longitudinal data. Examples of such data include daily diary data; data collected via self-report through ecological momentary sampling (ESM); passive data from cell phones; and other psychophysiological data such as MRI data or heart rate data.

The two network modeling frameworks presented in this course are graphicalVAR (GVAR) and Group Iterative Multiple Model Estimation (GIMME). Both models can be used to explore processes as they unfold within individuals to obtain individual person-specific network models (idiographic analysis) or group/population level network models (nomothetic analysis). Differences between the modeling frameworks will be presented. Challenges and considerations for choosing between methods will be discussed.

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Join colleagues from NC TraCS and CTSAs across the country for the Translational Impact Summit, a two-day virtual event hosted by the CTSA Translational Impact Working Group.

Guided by the theme Driving Translational Science Toward Measurable Impact, this summit convenes leaders, researchers, and partners across the CTSA consortium to advance our knowledge and shared capacity for translational impact.

Through dynamic sessions, attendees will explore innovative frameworks and cross-CTSA strategies for assessing and communicating impact, while gaining practical tools to embed measurable outcomes in program planning. Designed to foster collaboration and best practices, the summit offers interactive forums, cross-sector insights, and networking opportunities. The summit will showcase examples of translating science into policy and population health and equip participants with actionable strategies for planning, implementing, and disseminating impact-driven research.

Whether your expertise lies in evaluation, informatics, community engagement, communications, administration, or clinical research, this is your opportunity to shape the future of translational impact assessment and knowledge translation within the CTSA program.

For more information about this summit, please visit ccos-cc.ctsa.io.

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Join colleagues from NC TraCS and CTSAs across the country for the Translational Impact Summit, a two-day virtual event hosted by the CTSA Translational Impact Working Group.

Guided by the theme Driving Translational Science Toward Measurable Impact, this summit convenes leaders, researchers, and partners across the CTSA consortium to advance our knowledge and shared capacity for translational impact.

Through dynamic sessions, attendees will explore innovative frameworks and cross-CTSA strategies for assessing and communicating impact, while gaining practical tools to embed measurable outcomes in program planning. Designed to foster collaboration and best practices, the summit offers interactive forums, cross-sector insights, and networking opportunities. The summit will showcase examples of translating science into policy and population health and equip participants with actionable strategies for planning, implementing, and disseminating impact-driven research.

Whether your expertise lies in evaluation, informatics, community engagement, communications, administration, or clinical research, this is your opportunity to shape the future of translational impact assessment and knowledge translation within the CTSA program.

For more information about this summit, please visit ccos-cc.ctsa.io.

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Interested in exploring medical students' contributions to quality improvement (QI) at UNC? Attend the virtual Clinician Leadership in Quality and Safety (CLQS) Symposium to learn more!

Hear students from the School of Medicine's quality improvement Scholarly Concentration program share how they're advancing clinical excellence while developing real-world QI skills.

The event will be held via Zoom and is hosted by the Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement (IHQI) and the UNC School of Medicine.

Gillings AI and Public Health Showcase

UNC Gillings Center for Artificial Intelligence and Public Health (CAIPH) invites the full Gillings community, UNC campus, and general public to the Gillings AI and Public Health Showcase. The showcase will highlight the transformative power of AI in public health research and practice at Gillings and beyond. The Dean of the Gillings School of Global Public Health and the UNC Vice Chancellor for Research will open the event, followed by a video welcome from Cisco Systems CEO Chuck Robbins and an invited keynote address from Amir Rubin, CEO & Founding Partner, Healthier Capital. Four Gillings faculty will showcase their AI research. A networking reception will follow.

The Showcase will be held in the BCBS Auditorium of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

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Gillings AI and Public Health Datathon: by application or invitation only

The Gillings AI and Public Health Datathon is a two-day, focused, mentored opportunity for transdisciplinary teams to dig into large public health datasets using data science and AI. Each team will be anchored by a public health research expert and a senior data scientist to provide domain and technical leadership. We welcome participants at all levels—from students to seasoned professionals—in both public health and data science. This event offers novices the opportunity to gain hands-on experience and provides experts with the chance to explore fresh perspectives and form new partnerships. The datathon will be fully supported with large public health datasets, generous computational resources, and mentors. Teams will utilize these resources to address a public health question using AI and present their findings at the conclusion of the datathon. We expect that most teams will generate results that could be used in an abstract, preliminary data for a grant proposal, or could be further developed into a full manuscript.

The datathon is open to all at UNC and beyond. Because the event is on-campus and in-person, we expect the greatest number of participants to be UNC faculty, staff, researchers, postdocs, grad and professional students, and advanced undergrads. But others — alums, industry, community members, etc. — are all welcome to apply!

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Gillings AI and Public Health Datathon: by application or invitation only

The Gillings AI and Public Health Datathon is a two-day, focused, mentored opportunity for transdisciplinary teams to dig into large public health datasets using data science and AI. Each team will be anchored by a public health research expert and a senior data scientist to provide domain and technical leadership. We welcome participants at all levels—from students to seasoned professionals—in both public health and data science. This event offers novices the opportunity to gain hands-on experience and provides experts with the chance to explore fresh perspectives and form new partnerships. The datathon will be fully supported with large public health datasets, generous computational resources, and mentors. Teams will utilize these resources to address a public health question using AI and present their findings at the conclusion of the datathon. We expect that most teams will generate results that could be used in an abstract, preliminary data for a grant proposal, or could be further developed into a full manuscript.

The datathon is open to all at UNC and beyond. Because the event is on-campus and in-person, we expect the greatest number of participants to be UNC faculty, staff, researchers, postdocs, grad and professional students, and advanced undergrads. But others — alums, industry, community members, etc. — are all welcome to apply!

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Accelerate your ideas through customer discovery and market opportunity validation!

KickStart Venture Services is recruiting community startups as well as faculty, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduate students with innovations and an interest in commercialization to participate in their virtual NSF I-Corps program. They will teach you the principles of customer discovery to help you better understand the market potential of your innovation!

The National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps Program (I-Corps) was launched in 2011 and has quickly become one of the world’s largest and most successful technology commercialization accelerators. The I-Corps regional program helps researchers and aspiring innovators determine if they are solving a real-world problem with true market opportunity. NSF’s I-Corps Program not only provides funding, mentoring, and networking opportunities to help commercialize promising technologies, it is offered at NO COST to the community.

Register

For more information about the I-Corps Program, visit KickStart Venture Services.