#UNChero: A Virtual Public Health Campaign
About: In this new reality, it is imperative that we create a space where social and physical spaces promote a healthy, safe, and equitable collegiate way of life. The goal of the #UNChero public health and social media campaign is … Read more
Bringing StepNpull to UNC
About: With public health and safety at the forefront of Tar Heel minds, I present this simple yet powerful campaign to promote a healthier campus: a campaign to bring StepNpull to UNC. StepNpull is a foot-operated door opener marketed as … Read more
Carolina COVID App
About: The goal of this project was to find a way to get the UNC community digitally engaged with COVID news. I decided that developing an app would be the best way forward as almost everyone has a phone. This … Read more
Carolina Peer Support Core
About: Peer and mutual support are evidence-based strategies that can help people cope with stress, fear, and other impacts of COVID-19. These impacts will continue among students, faculty, and staff this academic year, and, importantly, beyond as we all deal … Read more
Equitable Sourcing of Unconventional Student Parking
About: We would like to create a joint Parking and Transportation commission to increase data sharing between UNC and the Town of Chapel Hill. Also, in response to the economic and public safety concerns resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, we … Read more
GradMinds: Sharing Resources and Experiences in a Collaborative Environment
About: Graduate students are often isolated in their projects, labs, and cohorts due to the individual nature of graduate projects. This can be detrimental to the success of the student since an imbalance between work and non-work life can lead … Read more
Kognito Virtual Training for Supporting Our Campus’s Mental Health
About: Kognito is a 45-minute web-based, interactive simulation training that is available to the entire campus. There is one program for faculty and staff and another program for students. Objectives are: (1) to increase knowledge and awareness about mental health … Read more
NOVID: An App to Connect—and Distance—our Campus Communities in the COVID-19 Era
About: Humans are social creatures with fundamental needs to come together face-to-face—or at least mask-to-mask. Our campus community cannot remain in isolation for the months or years it will take to develop, test, and widely disseminate an effective vaccine; we … Read more
Promoting Inclusive Digital Dialogue Through Collective Action
About: The current generation of students at campuses across the country, like UNC-Chapel Hill, are simultaneously battling the pandemics of racism and COVID-19, while attending classes. We want to provide these students with the tools they need to combat these … Read more