HHIVE Lab Digest
Announcements, upcoming events, and news about the health humanities at UNC
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Our team spent the summer attending conferences like the European Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts conference in London, UK; studying abroad in places like Genevia, Switzerland; conducting independent research as SURF fellows; internting with organizations like the Mayo Clinic and Carolina Insittute for Developmental Disabilities, and volunteering with organizations like Railcare Health and Carolina Community Gardens. Now we are ramping up for another busy academic year!
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Lab Hours
All are welcome to stop by the lab in Greenlaw 524 during any of the following times:
- Mondays: 10:00am – 5:00p
- Tuesdays: 9:00am – 5:00pm
- Wednesdays: 10:00am – 5:00pm
- Thursdays: 9:00am – 4:00pm
- Fridays: 10:00am – 1:30pm
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Lab Meetings
Join us for our next lab meeting on September 8 at 2:30pm!
Our lab meetings are open to returning team members, prospetive team members, and other UNC folks interested in health humanities. We will hold lab meetings every-other Monday from 2:30-3:30pm in the lab.
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Communicating the Invisible: Science, Health, and Publics
Monday, Sept 15 – Thursday, Sept 17
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HHIVE will be hosting collaborators from the University of Tübingen, Germany for a three-day workshop focused on strategies for community-based and bidirectional communications between expert and non-expert audiences. Workshop sessions on Monday, September 15 (9:00am-3:00pm) and Thursday, September 17 (12:30-2:00pm) will interrogate different types of expertise that are involved in communicating the invisible, including chemical pollution, microbes and anti-microbial resistance, and other scientific topics involving dramatically small or distant scales, both spatial and temporal.
Interested in attending the workshop? Email hhive@unc.edu for more information.
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MicroPop Exhibit HHGR Lecture & Opening Reception
Wednesday, Septmeber 16
3:30-7:00pm in FedEx Global Center
Lecture: 3:30-4:45pm, 4th Floor
Reception: 5:00-7:00pm, 1st Floor Atrium
Davina Höll (University of Tübingen), Michael Pelzer (University of Tübingen), and David Gebka (State Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart) will discuss the creation of the interative MicroPop exhibition.
Afterward, attendees are invited to explore parts of the travelling exhibit over light refreshments.
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How can we bring together science and design to visualize the invisible?
Imperceptible to the naked eye, about 40 to 100 trillion microorganisms live on and in every human body. Together, all these bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microbes make up our individual microbiomes. Research into how exactly they interact and how their complex balance works is getting more and more important: it can help us understand infectious diseases or pave new ways to tackle antibiotic resistance.
The exhibition project MicroPop inventively reflects the invisible world of microbes – and invites visitors to explore its fascinating facets in interactive ways. This presentation gives insights into the processes and strategies behind the project – how cutting-edge research, innovative design, and science communication combined to create new perspectives on the microbiome.
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Wednesday, September 24 at 5:30pm
📍 HHIVE Lab (Greenlaw 524) or Zoom!
The Literature, Medicine, and Culture Colloquium (LMCC) will begin the Fall 2025 semester with a discussion of The Retrievals, Season 2, a podcast from The New York Times by Susan Burton, Julie Snyder, and Ben Phelan. Building on last year’s exploration of Season 1, this semester they will turn to Season 2, focusing on selected episodes that are each under an hour long and accompanied by transcripts. Access is free for UNC affiliates through The New York Times, with links and transcripts available on the LMCC website under “Readings.” As always, LMCC meetings are open to graduate and professional students, as well as faculty, and participants are welcome to join in person or online for the discussion.
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American Mock World Health Organization
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General Body Meeting: Tuesday, September 3
6:00-7:30pm
AMWHO is a student-led global health organization that provides students with opportunities to learn about pressing public health issues, develop professional skills, and engage in meaningful discussions on global health policy. The General Body Meeting will include an introduction to AMWHO as well as a Global Health Advocacy Training led by the United Nations Foundation.
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New Reading Group: Health, the Body, and the Machine
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Meetings: Sept 19, Oct 10, Nov 14
12:30-2:00pm
📧 To sign up contact jandresp@unc.edu or karl.johnson@unc.edu by September 12th
This year-long group will bring together a small community of graduate students and faculty to discuss the ethical, social, and political effects of biotechnology on healthcare and the human body, with a focus on human enhancement. The aim is to create a forum where participants from diverse disciplines can explore both the benefits and the challenges that technological solutions bring to our understanding of health and embodiment.
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Call for Applicants: Minority Health Conference Planning Committee
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The Minority Health Conference (MHC), hosted by the UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, is the largest and longest-running student-led health conference in the U.S., bringing together over 800 attendees each year. The 47th Annual Conference will take place in February 2026, both in-person and virtually.
They are now recruiting Planning Committee Members and Co-Chairs to help organize this nationally recognized event. Committee members play a vital role in shaping every aspect of the conference, from developing programs and coordinating speakers to leading communications, fundraising, and more.
This is a unique opportunity to:
- Gain leadership and event planning experience
- Work alongside peers, faculty, and public health professionals
- Build connections while advancing conversations on health equity
Applications are now open!
- Co-Chair Application: go.unc.edu/Bz3s2
- Member Application: go.unc.edu/MHCMember
Deadline: Friday, September 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Learn more about MHC at minorityhealthconference.web.unc.edu or on Instagram @mhc_unc. For questions or concerns, please contact minorityhealthconference@unc.edu.
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Do you have events or opportunities to share with the HHIVE list?
Send them to hhive@unc.edu
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