Lots of red jugs and blue shirts on the pregame dog walk.

Just thrilled that Beth Moracco (she/her) will be our new Chair of the Faculty. Looking forward to her steady leadership during a challenging time for our university.

I wanted to share some of my thoughts on today's Supreme Court decision on affirmative action:

I am thrilled to announce that Kristin Z. Black, PhD, MPH will have a joint appointment in the Depts of Maternal and Child Health as well as Health Behavior at UNC Public Health. Please give her a hearty welcome.

Chapel Hill Fore Dept still fighting blaze at Med Deli. Hoping everyone is safe.

Posting for posterity since the university is rapidly erasing our RL requirement - as if it never existed. CORESAG , be proud of yourselves. No matter what, we did this. We made it happen.

Thrilled that Dr. Kurt M Ribisl and the health behavior department hosted a multi-day #vaping summit to educate and empower teen leaders who are promoting public health in communities across North Carolina.

This photo shows a person of interest in today’s armed and dangerous person situation. If you see this person, keep your distance, put your safety first and call 911.

This was the front page of UNC-Chapel Hill's Daily Tar Heel. No student, no parent, and no American should have to send texts like these to their loved ones as they hide from a shooter. I'll continue to do all I can to reduce gun violence and call on Congress to do the same.

Great article by Mignonne C. Guy, Ph.D. on the urgent need for FDA to ban menthol in tobacco products.

Great seeing our awesome faculty and students at the #uncpublichealth reception at #apha

New JUUL Labs Collection Now Online! We are very happy to announce a partnership between the UNC Chapel Hill Libraries & UCSF resulting in public depository of 4M docs from North Carolina’s $40 million settlement with electronic cigarette maker JUUL Labs. uncnews.unc.edu/2024/01/31/uni…

Honored to meet my favorite NPR host ⁦Ayesha Rascoe⁩ and hear about her new book HBCU Made. I can’t wait to read it.

If you think the Irish are doing well at all the Movie awards this year, wait until this wins Best Picture next year.

I’m celebrating the approval of our newest Bachelor of Science in Public Health degree in health behavior. Excellent work, Drs. Polston, Ribisl and Linnan!

It is unacceptable and deeply harmful to public health that the Biden Administration has once again delayed issuing the final rule to prohibit menthol cigarettes. This decision prioritizes politics over lives, especially Black lives. Our statement👇 tobaccofreekids.org/press-releases…

NYU professors who defended vaping didn’t disclose ties to Juul, documents show statnews.com/2024/05/06/juu… via STAT

Banning #smartphones in over 400 schools led to: -decreased psychological symptoms among girls by 29% -decreased bullying by boys and girls by 43% -increased GPA among girls by .08 SDs Effects were larger for girls from low SES families openaccess.nhh.no/nhh-xmlui/bits…

Beginning this fall, #UNC undergraduates may apply for the new Bachelor of Science in Public Health program at Global Health at UNC Gillings. Learn how the program prepares Tar Heels to address global and local public health challenges with community-driven solutions unc.live/3VuL1B1

We're Hiring! Two asst tenure-track positions in applied statistics, climate change and behavior, or other areas of health behavior. UNC Dept of Health Behavior is ranked 2nd by US News. These are 12-month, full-time positions. unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/285302 #UNCpublichealth