The Health and the Human Conference 2026
By Sophia Vona, Catherine Pabalate, and Arjun Gupta On Saturday, February 21st, HHIVE hosted the Triangle’s first-ever Health and the Human Conference, where undergraduates and other early-career researchers could address topical issues of human health while considering the political, social, … Read more
Why Interdisciplinarity Matters: Reflections on Studying Abroad in London
This summer, I attended 2024 UNC’s Burch Field Research Seminar on Infectious Disease through the lenses of science and literature. Many people (understandably) seemed confused about how literature and biology were relevant to each other, especially how literature was relevant … Read more
Rhetoric and Responsibilization: My Summer Research Experience
Does medicine speak to us? In what ways are we persuaded by the underlying messages of pharmaceutical campaigns, drug advertisements, or medical commercials? I asked these crucial questions as I drafted my Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) proposal to the … Read more