We invite UNC faculty and staff to join us for the inaugural Carolina Data Science Now Webinar. This month's theme is "Usual and Unusual Suspects.

Dr. Terry Magnuson, UNC Vice Chancellor for Research, will give opening remarks. The event will feature three lightning talks by professors and researchers in UNC-Chapel Hill's academic community, centered around how data science is used in a broad range of disciplines. These talks will be followed by a guided panel and an opportunity for questions and answers with the speakers. We hope you will enjoy discovering how data science underpins and influences research and daily life.

Speakers:

Kathryn Desplanque, Department of Art & Art History: Kathryn Desplanque is a mixed-race, Black and white, scholar who came to UNC after holding the Carolina Post-Doctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity. She specializes in 18th and 19th-century European visual culture. She works with Digital Humanities methodologies, building and querying relational databases to study hundreds of images. Her talk will discuss satirical images of artistic life in Paris published from 1750 - 1850 using Qualitative Data Analysis.

Corbin Jones, Departments of Biology and Genetics: Corbin Jones works in the UNC departments of biology and genetics. The goal of his research is to identify, clone, and characterize the evolution of genes underlying natural adaptations in order to determine the types of genes involved, how many and what types of genetic changes occurred, and the evolutionary history of these changes. His talk will discuss the analysis of spatial genomic data and leveraging ecological research to better understand new data sets.

Timothy Shea, Department of Classics: Timothy Shea is an Assistant Professor of Classical Archaeology at UNC. He received his B.A. in Greek and Latin from Tulane University and his Ph.D. in Art History from Duke University. His research interests are in the art, archaeology, and topography of ancient Greece in the Archaic and Classical periods. His talk will discuss the Spatial Antiquity Lab, a space dedicated to research and teaching in Spatial Humanities and focused on the study of ancient cities and urbanism.

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Listening Sessions - NIH Stakeholders Discuss Racial & Ethnic Equity

NIH wants to listen and learn from YOU! Join a session and make your voice heard.

The UNITE initiative was established to identify and address structural racism within the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported community and the greater scientific community. NIH’s initiative aims to establish an equitable and civil culture within the biomedical research enterprise and reduce barriers to racial and ethnic equity in the biomedical research workforce.

WHAT: The listening sessions are part of UNITE’s efforts to listen and learn. Key stakeholders at all levels of the biomedical research community who work and serve in diverse settings and hold various roles, and who partner and collaborate with research teams have important experiences and insights to share. The insights that you share will provide valuable information on the full range of issues and challenges facing diverse talent within the scientific and administrative workforce and will help develop priorities and an action plan.

WHEN: Please find the schedule of listening sessions below and register for a session that best aligns with your affiliation.

Listening Sessions (Selection based on interests)

If you have further questions regarding these sessions, please feel free to email Christen Sandoval at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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