Author Archives: Jade Hollars

This July, Abacus Evaluation didn’t just add services – we expanded into a full-service research and evaluation resource! Here’s how our journey unfolded from virtual webinars to conference stages.   The Complete Service Suite  Our comprehensive service suite continues our dedication to evaluation and data support services that we have provided...

Abacus Evaluation will be presenting at the 2025 North Carolina Research Administrators Alliance (NC RAA) Conference, July 22, at the Friday Conference Center in Chapel Hill. Two presentations from our team: From Submission to Success: Evaluation Advantage for Competitive Proposals 🎙️Presented by Mary McKinley, Blen Biru, and Jade Hollars July...

Beyond the Numbers: Abacus Evaluation’s Data Innovation Series  Dates: July 9 at 11-12pm EST & July 16 at 11-12pm EST Registration is FREE and is now open! Circles of Influence: Evaluation Through Social Networks ✨ Register for Circles of Influence Presenter: Bernard A. Coles IV, PhD Learn about how network...

Beyond the Numbers: Abacus Evaluation’s Data Innovation Series  Dates: July 9 at 11-12pm EST & July 16 at 11-12pm EST Registration is FREE and coming soon! About this Series  This two-part webinar series helps researchers and partners learn about network science and automated data tools for program evaluation. You’ll explore...

  💡 Effective January 1, 2025, a new policy expanded access to Carolina’s core facilities. The expansion applies to collaborative research support already offered by cores. Before this change, we could only offer our internal rates to UNC departments or units. This change means that now we can offer internal rates...

by Jade Hollars, photos courtesy of Nisha Baral There is more to a conference than logistics and the sessions.  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’s the most important thing to do before heading to your first national conference? Caroline Taheri with Abacus Evaluation says it’s 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’ve been out and about, sharing our work and connecting across campus.  We’ve done tabling events, poster presentations and talks. We’ve met and connected with partners, researchers, community members and many other people!  We’re committed to expanding our community – 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 ‘G’ Dave, got the official word in July. He’s now a Research Professor in the UNC School of Medicine. Promotions can be destinations. For G, it’s...

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