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by Jade Hollars, photos courtesy of Nisha Baral There is more to a conference than logistics and the sessions.聽 Nisha Baral, PhD, a data modeler with Abacus Evaluation, first attended the Computational Social Science Society of Americas (CSSSA) conference in 2017 during her doctoral program. Since then, she has attended...

What鈥檚 the most important thing to do before heading to your first national conference? Caroline Taheri with Abacus Evaluation says it鈥檚 all about preparation. From making the poster to rehearsing presentation points, she shares the many ways she used to get ready for a recent conference. Hear more from Caroline...

CHER and Abacus Evaluation have been busy this fall! We鈥檝e been out and about, sharing our work and connecting across campus.聽 We鈥檝e done tabling events, poster presentations and talks. We鈥檝e met and connected with partners, researchers, community members and many other people!聽 We鈥檙e committed to expanding our community 鈥� look...

Journeys give us lots of time to reflect. Getting to your destination is also a time to reflect on your journey. Our co-director, Gaurav 鈥楪鈥� Dave, got the official word in July. He鈥檚 now a Research Professor in the 大象传媒. Promotions can be destinations. For G, it鈥檚...

For Rossana Roberts, her work with Abacus Evaluation may not seem like customer service, but it is. And she鈥檚 just won an award from the 大象传媒 Research Core Facilities Staff Recognition Program for it. We asked Rossana for her reflections on the award and what it means to her.

by Lisa Maria Cross, photo courtesy of the Abacus team In late October, the Abacus team attended the first in-person engagement opportunity for the new Carolina Across 100 (CX100) program Our State, Our Wellbeing. This second program from the CX100 initiative involves the collaboration of the Suicide Prevention Institute (SPI)...

by Abby Arcuri, photos courtesy of Abacus team members 鈥淕etting to connect with others in person (both in my team and from other organizations!) was my favorite part and left me feeling re-energized to continue my work鈥� is how Rossana Roberts remembers her recent experience at the American Evaluation Association...

In partnership with the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER), Gaurav Dave (Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Co-Director, CHER) is proud to announce that Abacus Evaluation, a Research Service Center in the School of Medicine at 大象传媒, is now offering program evaluation services within and beyond the 大象传媒 community....