Graduate Education Advancement Board member Leah Townsend ’11 (’17 Ph.D.) contributes to start-up’s novel treatment for mental illness.

StigmaFree Carolina, an initiative of The Graduate School’s Royster Society of Fellows, will host a virtual panel discussion on mental health within the Black community on Nov. 2.

StigmaFree Carolina, an initiative of The Graduate School’s Royster Society of Fellows, hosted a virtual panel titled “Setbacks and Failures: The Road to Success in Academia.”

The Graduate School project, funded through the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory, provides a team approach combining data science, public policy and service.

Graduate student Matthew Clayton works with College of Arts & Sciences professor Mitch Prinstein to uncover the factors that influence adolescent mental health.

Inspired by students, Royster fellow Matthew Clayton works to improve social and mental health among teenagers.

Health care clinics, patients, graduate students benefit from UNC-PrimeCare graduate student training.

Stigma Free Carolina, a student-led initiative focused on reducing mental health stigma at UNC-Chapel Hill, will sponsor a panel discussion on Oct. 5. The public is invited to attend the 5:30 p.m. event at the School of Social Work auditorium.

What does stigma feel like?This question opened the Redefining Mental Health panel discussion in October. The panel was one of many educational events held by Stigma Free Carolina, an initiative of The Graduate School and the Royster Society of Fellows.

Stigma Free Carolina, a UNC-Chapel Hill community campaign now in its second year, and The Graduate School will host “Redefining Mental Health – An Expert Panel Event” on Oct. 7 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The “Redefining Mental Health” … Continued