Odum Staff Spotlight: Cathy Zimmer By Alana Edwards Cathy Zimmer first visited the Odum Institute upon entering UNC-Chapel Hill’s Sociology PhD program in 1980. At the time, Odum was still called the “Institute for Research in Social Science” prior to … Continued

Celebrating our Team: Graduate-Professional Student Appreciation Week April 1-7 is Graduate-Professional Student Appreciation Week. We’re thankful for Odum’s many graduate and professional student faculty members and their contributions to teaching and research at the institute and UNC-Chapel Hill. The Graduate School and … Continued

Research Spotlight: Supporting Schools’ Disaster Response and Recovery Efforts UNC-Chapel Hill researcher Cassandra R. Davis, Ph.D., led a federally-funded study on schools districts’ responses to Hurricanes Matthew and Harvey. By Alana Edwards After Hurricane Matthew devastated North Carolina in 2016, … Continued

Qualtrics and the Evolution of Survey Research at UNC By Alana Edwards What do 12,200 Tar Heels have in common? That’s the number of faculty, staff and students in the UNC community who use Qualtrics to build and distribute complex … Continued

Takeaways: MZES Open Social Science Conference Takeaways from the MZES 2019 conference, written by Research Data Archivist Mandy Gooch In January, the Odum Institute Archive team attended the MZES Open Social Science Conference in Mannheim, Germany. Even with the cold … Continued

Research Spotlight: Offshore Wind Energy The Odum Institute Contributes to Federal Public Opinion Survey on Offshore Wind Energy off the Carolina Coast led by the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. By: Alana Edwards Researchers with the National Oceanic Atmospheric … Continued

The Odum Data Archive: 50 years of Innovation The Odum Institute Data Archive celebrates five decades of excellence in data preservation, curation and sharing. By: Alana Edwards History The Odum Institute Data Archive was formally established in 1969 using funds … Continued

Open Letter from the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science: We have been overwhelmed by the support our statement on Silent Sam has received. As we enter our 95th year on campus, we often find ourselves looking back to … Continued

Open Letter from the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science: SILENT SAM PROPOSAL AN AFFRONT TO ODUM LEGACY Last week, Chancellor Carol Folt and the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recommended moving … Continued

Qualtrics Implementing 2-Step Verification December 11 Beginning December 11, 2018, 2-step Verification (Duo) will be required to log into Qualtrics. If you have not registered for Duo, visit the ITS 2-Step page for enrollment instructions before December 11 to ensure … Continued