HHIVE Lab Newsletter 10/6/25

Announcements, upcoming events, and news about the health humanities at UNC

Lab Meeting Today at 2:30pm

The HHIVE Team will meet at 2:30pm today for our bi-weekly lab meeting. Jenny Horton and the Ramsay Hunt Sydrome Patient Narrative team will lead a research presentation on interview methods

Opportunities & Events

Health Humanities Journal Call for Submissions

Submission deadline: October 30th, 2025

The Health Humanities Journal of UNC-Chapel Hill is currently accepting submissions for its 2025-2026 issue. HHJ is an interdisciplinary journal that works to inspire and facilitate work related to health, illness, caregiving, and medicine. Submission categories include (but are not limited to): narratives, fiction, poetry, academic research, and artwork.

Submissions should be uploaded to https://go.unc.edu/hhj25. The deadline is Thursday, October 30th, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Work published in this edition of the journal will be eligible for the Walker Percy Prize, a $100 prize awarded each spring.

English & Comparative Literature Ice Cream Social

📅 October 9 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM

📍 Outside of Greenlaw Hall

Join the Department of English & Comparative Literature for a fun and casual Ice Cream Social! Attendees will learn more about the major concentrations and minor options in ECL, as well as Study Abroad, internships, SOUL, the Greenlaw Gameroom, the Health Humanities Journal, and more.

🎁 Free book giveaway!
✨ Fun, non-stressful socializing

GCPR Workshop: Oral History Workshop

Interested in oral history, methodology, or student research?

This workshop will explore approaches to oral history as a method, methodology, and movement centered around the experiences of students actively “doing” oral history. Student panelists from different disciplines and at various stages of their projects will share their work, creating an intimate conversation about student praxis.

📍 FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005
📅 Friday, October 10 | 2:30–4:00 pm

Pre-Med Students Needed: Research Study on Social Inequality and Medical Education

Interviews conducted over Zoom | $20 Amazon Gift Card

This IRB-approved study invites pre-medical students who have taken (or will soon take) the MCAT to participate in a 45–60 minute interview. The goal is to gain a deeper understanding of how pre-med students perceive and approach social inequality in medicine. As a participant in this study, you would be asked to participate in a ~45-60 minute in-depth interview (over Zoom) about topics such as: (1) your exposure to social inequality-related curriculum as a pre-med (2) your opinions on social inequality-related training for future physicians, and (3) your personal philosophies regarding patient care. To thank you for your time, you will receive a $20 Amazon gift card upon completion of the interview.

📧 To volunteer or learn more, contact Savannah Salato at ssalato@unc.edu or fill out this form for more information on the study.

AAC Fellow Lecture: The Care of Foreigners

Dr. Eram Alam, this semester’s AAC fellow, will be giving a presentation on The Care of Foreigners: How Immigrant Physicians Changed US Healthcare on Monday, October 20th at 6pm in Hyde Hall, University Room.

📍 Hyde Hall, University Room
📅 Monday, October 20 | 6:00-7:15 pm

Do you have events or opportunities to share with the HHIVE list?

Send them to hhive@unc.edu