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.
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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An introductory review of the research relevant to the question- Can the high-level semantic descriptions of motion pictures found in existing systems serve the exploratory needs of the film discourse community?
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."
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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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.
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.
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.