Sixteen undergraduates won't be seeing a royal wedding as they travel to London this May but they will get an opportunity of a lifetime to learn about the United Kingdom's health system.  UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health's Department of Health Policy & Management is sponsoring a one-week program exploring the organization, financing, challenges and future directions of the U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS). Read more here.

Just as there is no such thing as a free lunch, there has never been a school lunch program fully free of politics.

The new guidelines for school lunches, announced Jan. 25 by First Lady Michelle Obama and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, are no exception, said Suzanne Havala Hobbs. Read more here.

Posted: February 10, 2012

Studying abroad, while valuable can be a daunting experience-- the language barrier and the cultural adjustment can present challenges, and the potential of feeling overwhelmed is common. Read more here.

Posted: February 10, 2012

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Devlin elected to Action for Children North Carolina board

 

Leah Devlin, DDS, MPH, Gillings Visiting Professor of health policy and management at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been elected to serve a two-year term on the Action for Children North Carolina board of directors. Read more here. 

 

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