February 11, 2026
Advancing Maternal and Child Health Through Community‑Driven Insight Abacus Evaluation is proud to support Thriving Hearts as they work to reduce maternal and child health disparities and strengthen pregnancy care across North Carolina. Through research implementation, human‑centered design, and comprehensive evaluation and data services, Abacus Evaluation helps the program understand community needs, measure progress, and …
July 29, 2025
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 for the last 5 years. …
July 17, 2025
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 22nd, 10:30am-11:45am Innovative Data …
June 19, 2025
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 science strengthens evaluation. This webinar will …
June 4, 2025
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 ways to track progress, measure …
January 21, 2025
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 to partners at any UNC …