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  • Three women, members of the Abacus Evaluation team, stand together between two standing banners for the Carolina Across 100 Our State, Our Wellbeing program.

    Building in Evaluation: Abacus Attends Carolina Across 100 Forum

    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) and 15 collaborative teams from … Read more

  • An overhead view of a person sitting on the floor with an open laptop. They are using pipe cleaners and other small materials to build a data visualization.

    Being Together, Learning Together: Abacus Attends American Evaluation Association Conference

    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 (AEA) Conference. Two weeks ago, … Read more

  • Fostering Innovation Through Evaluation: Introducing Abacus Evaluation

    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. The Abacus team has extensive … Read more