Category: News

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...

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.

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 “Getting 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” 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 UNC, is now offering program evaluation services within and beyond the UNC community....