| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| «10/26 - 12/21» |
- The Mindful Way to Reduce Stress: A Home Study Program
- Location: Center for Living
- Cost: $325; DISCOUNTS: $300 * Duke employees, students, retirees, and health care providers
- Contact: See description
- Sponsor: Duke University Health System
- Description: For the first time, Duke Integrative Medicine offers its renowned Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course in an 8-week at-home program. Join a group of participants and an expert instructor, and 'meet' once a week via telephone conference, from wherever you may be. The Home Study Program consists of 8 weekly call-in sessions lasting 1.5 hours each. Each week focuses on a facet of mindfulness, and practicing mindfulness techniques as a group. Contact: Guest Services at info@dukeintegrativemedicine.org.
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| «11/3 - 2pm |
- 2009-2011 Courage to Serve -Retreat I
- Location: Divinity School
- Contact: See description
- Co-sponsors: Divinity School Leadership Education and Divinity School
- Description: Courage to Serve is an eighteen-month program of quarterly retreats designed for the personal and professional renewal of ministers. The Duke Endowment has made it possible for the Divinity School to offer this unique new program to honor the work of rural pastors.The fifth retreat will be in Stoneville, NC. For more information please contact Leadership Education at 919.613.5323 or by email at leadership@div.duke.edu
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 12am - 11/9» |
- Duke Field Hockey vs. TBA
- Location: Charlottesville Va.
- Contact: goduke.com
- Sponsor: Athletics
- Description: Neutral
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| All day |
- The Nature Conservancy Diversity Internship Program Virtual Presentation
- Location: Webcast
- Contact: None
- Sponsor: Career Center
- Description: The Diversity Internship Program is designed to help The Nature Conservancy (TNC) attract individuals from a variety of socio-cultural experiences. The goal is for each intern to have a high- quality experience, a committed mentor, and a relevant project that provides them with additional skills and training. TNC will be hiring students to fill OVER 40 PAID INTERNSHIP positions during summer, 2010. To view the PowerPoint presentation on this wonderful opportunity, visit the Career Center's BlackBoard organization page. If the Career Center is not already on your organization page, enter the keywords "Career Center" in the search box on the Organization tab. Select the "Enroll" button to the right of the Career Center listing.
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 8:30am - 9am |
- Morning Meditation
- Location: Duke Chapel Crypt
- Cost: free
- Contact: None
- Sponsor: Buddhist Community at Duke (BCD)
- Description: Start the day off right by attaining a clear mind through sitting meditation.
Everybody is welcome and no experience is necessary!
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 9am - 10am |
- Genomic Medicine Forum: Clinical Genetic Implications of a New Phylogenetic Poly-T Repeat Test in Alzheimer's Disease
- Location: Fitzpatrick-CIEMAS 2240
- Contact: Chambers, Rita
- Sponsor: Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy
- Description: Allen Roses presents Clinical Genetic Implications of a New Phylogenetic Poly-T Repeat Test in Alzheimer's Disease.
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 10am - 12pm |
- DDI WordPress MU Pilot Office Hours
- Location: Bostock Library 024
- Contact: Pawlak, Patricia
- Sponsor: Center for Instructional Technology
- Description: WordPress MU (MU= MultiUser) is a popular web-publishing platform for creating blogs, web-based presentations and even entire websites. This fall, the Duke Digital Initiative is piloting the use of WordPress MU in 10-12 undergraduate courses. Consultants will be available in the CIT lab (Bostock 024) every Thursday from 10am-12pm to work with pilot participants. Visit http://blogs-dev.oit.duke.edu/ for more info.
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 11am - 12pm |
- Walk on the Wild Side
- Location: Sarah P. Duke Gardens
- Cost: Free
- Contact: LeDuc, Alice
- Sponsor: Sarah P. Duke Gardens
- Description: Join curator Stefan Bloodworth on a tour of the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants. Stefan will discuss plants in bloom, garden design, birds, regional ecology and global environmental issues affecting native ecosystems. Rain or shine. Please pre-register.
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 11am - 12pm |
- NESCent Seminar, Jim Costa, Thursday, Nov. 5th, 2009
- Location: Ewrin Mill Building
- Contact: Brown, Candace
- Sponsor: Biology
- Description: NESCent Seminar, 11:00am, Thurs. 11/11/09
Jim Costa
"Beyond Selfish Herds: The Structure, Ecology and Evolution of Larval Societies"
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 11:25am - 12:25pm |
- Service of the Word and Table
- Location: Goodson Chapel
- Contact: See description
- Sponsor: Divinity School
- Description: Preaching, Derek Kubilus, Senior MDiv Student
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
- Catholic Daily Mass
- Location: Yoh Football Center
- Contact: Nash, Nicole
- Sponsor: Duke Catholic Center
- Description: Daily Mass at Yoh Football Center, 2nd Floor, Team Meeting Room.
Catholics at Duke celebrate Mass on Sunday mornings at 11am in White Lecture Hall on East Campus and on Sunday nights (when classes are in session) at 9pm in Duke Chapel. The Duke Catholic Center sponsors retreats, socials, service projects and other activities to provide Catholic students with opportunities for fellowship, prayer, learning and fun. We operate from two locations: in the basement of Duke Chapel and across from East Campus at the corner of Buchanan Blvd. and Trinity Ave. Daily Mass schedule and other information: catholic.duke.edu
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 12pm - 1:30pm |
- Spirituality, Theology and Health Seminar
- Location: School of Nursing
- Contact: Alford, Elizabeth
- Sponsor: Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health
- Description: Sarah Coakley, PhD, Noris-Hulse Professor Divinity, University of Cambridge.
Lunch will be provided. This year we will continuing offering AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.
To register or for more information call 919.660.7556 Those who wish to be included in the count for lunch should register by Noon on Friday, October 30, 2009.
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 12pm - 1:30pm |
- Fannie Mitchell Expert in Residence: Catalyzing a Non-Traditional Career Path w/ Jennifer Petoff (for PhD students and postdocs)
- Location: Bryan Research 103
- Contact: None
- Sponsor: Career Center
- Description: **This workshop is for PhD students and postdocs)** A background in polymer chemistry can serve as a stepping stone into a variety of roles in industry. This talk will discuss the author¿s evolution from a PhD in polymer chemistry and a career at the bench to a role as a technical trainer at Google. Specific emphasis will be placed on volunteer opportunities and the key role of a strong professional network in breaking into a new area. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED! - Visit the link above to register. Ms. Petoff is also available for individual advising appointments with students on Friday, Nov. 6th. Students interested in an advising appointment must attend the presentation held on Thursday, Nov. 5th. Sign-ups are available via Duke eRecruiting.
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 12:15pm - 1:15pm |
- Former AUSA Andy McCarthy: "Why We Need a National Security Court"
- Location: Law School 3037
- Contact: See description
- Sponsor: Law School
- Description: Former AUSA and National Review Contributing Editor Andy McCarthy will discuss "Why We Need a National Security Court." Mr. McCarthy will discuss the state of play in the 90s when we used the criminal justice system, why this was inadequate to protect the country, why we need a law-of-war paradigm (that permits detention without trial), the problems with using the military justice system for this purpose, why allowing the courts to make up their own system
as they go along is both a policy disaster and a violation of the constitutional framework, what national security court would look like, and -- looking at recent developments -- the price we are now paying for failing to create a national security court. Non-pizza lunch served. For more information, contact Erica Stalnecker at ems14@duke.edu.
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 12:15pm - 1:15pm |
- SALSA Kick-Off Event
- Location: Law School 4045
- Contact: See description
- Sponsor: Law School
- Description: All students are invited to a meet and greet with the South Asian Law Students' Association. Come meet the current members and learn about all of the exciting events that are planned for this year. Lunch provided. For more information, contact Shama Barday at sab49@duke.edu.
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 12:20pm - 1:20pm |
- Journey into Anglicanism
- Location: Westbrook 0013
- Cost: Free
- Contact: See description
- Sponsor: Divinity School Academic Programs
- Description: Dr. Ellen Davis, Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology, will speak at a brown bag lunch seminar hosted by the Anglican Episcopal House of Studies.
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 12:20pm - 1:20pm |
- Parish or Perish: The Sweet and Sour Realities of Ministry
- Location: Westbrook 0016
- Contact: See description
- Sponsor: Divinity School
- Description: Dr. Joseph Talley, assistant director of the Duke Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), Rev. Josefina "Cookie" Santiago, Professor William Turner and Bishop Kenneth Carder will highlight the realities of parish ministry in the panel discussion, "Parish or Perish: The Sweet and Sour Realities of Ministry." Duke Divinity student representatives, Manos Unidas and the Black Seminarians Union are sponsoring the event.
Contact: tomi.oredein@duke.edu
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm |
- Women and Money
- Location: Erwin Square Building
- Contact: Taylor, Cassandra
- Sponsor: Duke Credit Union
- Description: There are no differences between men and women that make women less capable of understanding financial concepts or managing their money well. However, men and women face different financial situations and challenges. Furthermore, women behave differently due to different societal expectations and experiences. Come and hear "Why Women and Money?"
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm |
- Thursday Seminar Series
- Location: Nanaline Duke 147
- Contact: Kennett, Annette
- Co-sponsors: Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Cell & Molecular Biology (CMB) and Cell Biology
- Description: Paul Fox, Ph.D., Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, TOPIC: "The GAIT System: A Gatekeeper of Inflammatory Gene Expression"
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm |
- International Conversation Cafe
- Location: Bryan Center
- Cost: Free
- Contact: None
- Co-sponsors: Thompson Writing Program and Writing Studio
- Description: Join us for our weekly Thursday conversations about world cultures, current events, and more! All Duke students, visiting scholars, and staff welcome. Feel free to bring your lunch with you.
To register and for location details, open "more info" link above. We are always in the Bryan Center, either in Meeting Room A (main floor near The Hub) or in the Multicultural Center (two floors down from The Hub).
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 2pm - 4pm |
- Spring Bulbs in a Container
- Location: Sarah P. Duke Gardens
- Cost: $55; $40 Gardens Friends and Duke students, staff & faculty
- Contact: LeDuc, Alice
- Sponsor: Sarah P. Duke Gardens
- Description: It's never too early to be thinking of spring. Let Duke Gardens adult education director Alice Le Duc give you tips for naturalizing, forcing or summer-blooming bulbs. You'll go home with your own container planted with bulbs to delight you with bursts of color from February 'til May.
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 3:15pm - 4:45pm |
- Triangle Resources And Environmental Economics Seminar (TREE) Seminar
- Location: None
- Contact: None
- Sponsor: Economics
- Description: Jim Shimshack (Tulane), TBA
Location: RTI's Cox Seminar Room
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 3:30pm - 5:30pm |
- SSRI/DuPRI~ Seminar Series: Linda Burton, Duke University
- Location: Perkins Library Breedlove Room
- Contact: Orning, Courtney Packard
- Co-sponsors: Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) and Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies
- Description: "Consider the Possiblities!" Ethnography and Collaborative Family Research Opportunities at DuPRI
SSRI at Duke University currently houses two of the largest longitunal ethnographic datasets on poverty and family life in the country: Welfare, Children and Families: A Three-City Study and the Family Life Project. In this presentation, I will describe the datasets in great detail and discuss opportunities for secondary analysis of these data and for research collaborations which might involve integrating ethnographic and survey data analysis.
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 3:30pm - 5pm |
- Duke and Triangle Econometrics Workshop
- Location: None
- Contact: None
- Sponsor: Economics
- Description: Gary Chamberlain (Harvard), TBA
RTI -- MPR in Bldg 08 -- see map at: http://staffnet.rti.org/offices/rtp/rtp_pf.cfm
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 4pm - 8pm |
- Symposium | Darwin Across the Disciplines, Day 1
- Location: Perkins Library Rare Book Room
- Cost: free & open to the public
- Contact: See description
- Co-sponsors: Franklin Humanities Institute and Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies
- Description: Day 1 of "Darwin Across the Disciplines," a symposium marking the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species & 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth. The symposium is structured as a series of cross-disciplinary conversations - with lectures by scholars in the humanities and responses from scientists and social scientists. For complete program schedule, please visit: http://www.fhi.duke.edu/programs/panels-symposia-conferences/darwin-across-the-disciplines/
Questions? email fhi@duke.edu
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 4pm - 5pm |
- IGSP Communications Series: Visualizing Science to Learn and Communicate Science
- Location: Fitzpatrick-CIEMAS 2240
- Contact: Robertson, Shandra
- Sponsor: Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy
- Description: Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom will cover ways in which we learn
science through visualization, and in turn, communicate our science with visualization tools...from a simple drawing to sophisticated 3D immersive virtual reality experiences.
Register at http://tinyurl.com/ybjo8fz.
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 4pm - 6pm |
- Building a Sustainable Energy Future: Market Approaches to Choices and Trade-offs
- Location: Fuqua School of Business Geneen Auditorium
- Cost: Free and open to the public
- Contact: See description
- Sponsor: Fuqua School of Business
- Description: The first of a four-part series on The Future of Capitalism, this event brings together renowned sustainability experts and seasoned business leaders to discuss the role of business in addressing the most urgent dilemmas of energy and sustainability facing the world today.
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 4:30pm - 6pm |
- Duke University Seminar on Global Health: Marian Jacobs
- Location: Perkins Library 217
- Cost: free and open to the public
- Contact: Rogers, Joelle
- Co-sponsors: Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University Center for International Studies and Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies
- Description: Dr. Marian Jacobs - Director, School of Child and Adolescent Health and Dean of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town. Topic: TBD. Duke University Seminar on Global Health series is a university-wide interdisciplinary initiative which connects those from Duke and area universities with nationally-recognized experts to explore critical issues in the field of global health.
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 5pm - 7:30pm |
- Middle School Career Expo
- Location: See description
- Contact: Craig, Stacey
- Sponsor: Office of Durham and Regional Affairs
- Description: The 4th Annual Middle School Career Expo, held at Northgate Mall, still needs employees to talk with students and parents about their careers, and to encourage students to make the most of their education, have a back-up plan, and seek careers that match their strengths, interests and passions. Employees with middle-school children are also invited to come and bring their children to the event!
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 5pm - 6pm |
- Fannie Mitchell Expert in Residence: From Double Major to Google's DoubleClick Division: Embracing Unexpected Opportunities w/ Jennifer Petoff (for undergrads and master's students)
- Location: Flowers 201
- Contact: None
- Sponsor: Career Center
- Description: **This workshop is for undergraduate and master's students.** When Jennifer Petoff graduated from the University of Rochester with a double degree in Chemistry and Psychology, she had no inkling that she would one day be training publishers to use online ad serving tools. A graduate degree in the sciences combined with a variety of volunteer experiences led her down a non-traditional path. This talk will discuss the author's evolution from a PhD in polymer chemistry and a career at the lab bench to a role as a technical trainer at Google. The importance of volunteer opportunities, a focus on transferable skills, and a broad professional network to break into a new career area will be emphasized. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED! Visit Duke eRecruiting to register for this event and to sign-up for an individual advising appointment with Ms. Petoff on Friday, Nov. 6th.
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 5:15pm - 6pm |
- Vespers Service
- Location: Duke Chapel
- Contact: See description
- Sponsor: Duke Chapel
- Description: All are invited to join us for this beautiful candlelight service led by the Duke Chapel Vespers Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Allan Friedman. For more information: 919-681-9844.
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 5:30pm - 9pm |
- First Thursday at the Nasher Museum
- Location: Nasher Museum of Art
- Cost: Free with admission
- Contact: None
- Sponsor: Nasher Museum of Art
- Description: First Thursday 5.30 PM. Cash bar. 6 PM Gallery talk with Sarah Schroth, Nancy Hanks Senior Curator.
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 5:30pm - 7pm |
- Global Governance and Democracy - Sex Differences in Aggression: Evidence from Experimental Wargames- Rose McDermott
- Location: John Hope Franklin Center 240
- Cost: Free and open to the public
- Contact: Smith, Dan
- Co-sponsors: Duke University Center for International Studies, John Hope Franklin Center and Vice Provost for International Affairs
- Description: The University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy presents: Professor Rose McDermott of Brown University on "Sex Differences in Aggression: Evidence from Experimental Wargames." -|- Founded in 1997, GGD is an interdisciplinary seminar that brings together faculty and graduate students from across the social sciences, especially from political science, public policy, economics, sociology, and law. Our shared interest in this seminar is to gain a better understanding of the causes and consequences of recent global economic and socio-political changes; we are especially interested in how globalization affects the distribution of wealth and well being, as well as governance among and within nations. -|- Seminars as held on Thursday evenings from 5:30-7pm, in Room 240 of the John Hope Franklin Center.
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 6pm - 7pm |
- Candlelight Reflections
- Location: Durham N.C.
- Contact: Edmonds, Henry
- Sponsor: Bryan ADRC African-American Community Outreach
- Description: Candlelight Reflections will take place at the Doris Duke Center, in Duke Gardens, at 6:00 PM, Nov. 5, 2009.
The event is sponsored by the North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services, (NC DAAS) the NC Alzheimer's Associations, the NC Family Caregiver Support Program, the NC Alzheimer's Support Network and the Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center's African-American Community Outreach Program are very excited to announce a special statewide initiative entitled "Candlelight Reflections." Candlelight Reflections will take place at various locations across North Carolina on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in honor of National Family Caregiver Month and National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month.
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 6pm - 7pm |
- International Career Series: Humanitarian Assistance
- Location: Sanford 04
- Contact: None
- Sponsor: Sanford School of Public Policy
- Description: The International Career Series encourages careers in international organizations, advocacy, and non-governmental organizations. Accomplished speakers share their experiences working in international affairs in an informal setting, and offer insightful anecdotes depicting typical missions around the world. Our first speaker is Fiona Terry, who has spent most of the past 15 years involved in humanitarian relief operations in different parts of the world, including in Northern Iraq, Somalia, the Great Lakes region of Africa, Liberia, and along the Sino-Korean border. From 2000 to 2003 she worked as a research director with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) in Paris, before spending three years in Myanmar (Burma) with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Terry is the author of "Condemned to Repeat" The Paradox of Humanitarian Action" (2002). This event is organized by The International Policy Lecture Series (IPLS). Contact: donald.landolt@duke.edu.
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 6pm - 8pm |
- Town Hall Meeting on Adolescent Healthcare
- Location: See description
- Contact: Craig, Stacey
- Sponsor: Office of Durham and Regional Affairs
- Description: The Adolescent Health Initiative (AHI) is working to improve the health of adolescents in Durham by coordinating and building upon existing resources. AHI invites Durham adolescents (ages 10-24) and their trusted adults to share stories about their health care needs and make recommendations about what health care services and approaches will work for them. Youth, parents, aunts, uncles,grandparents, friends, neighbors, coaches, mentors, and other concerned adults are invited to participate in this Town Hall Conversations on Thursday, November 5 from 6:00 - 8:00pm at the Hayti Heritage Center 804 Old Fayetteville Street in Durham.
DINNER will be provided to all participants, and there will be a variety of DOOR PRIZES!!! Please RSVP to 919.768.3088 so we can best plan the event.
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 6:15pm - 8pm |
- Getting on Track 8-week Weight Loss Program
- Location: Center for Living
- Cost: $470 (10% discount to Duke employees and Duke Health and Fitness Center Members)
- Contact: See description
- Sponsor: Duke University Health System
- Description: Are you looking for a way to lose weight in a healthful and sustainable manner? If so, take advantage of The Duke Getting on Track Weight Loss Program. Our 8-week program focuses on the mental and physical components of lifestyle change that will help you find a life long healthy weight. You will participate in eight interactive classes taught by a dietitian, exercise physiologist and licensed counselor. Each class includes a healthy dinner. Additionally, each participant is given individual prescriptions for their nutritional and exercise needs. After completing the program, you may continue to participate in our group support sessions to further understand your personal journey. The program meets on Thursday nights from 6:15-8:00pm. Participants can also exercise in our gym on those Thursday nights prior to class. Registration is due by September 17th on a first come first serve basis. To register, contact Kara Mitchell MS, RD/LD, ACSM-RCEP at 660-6818 or mitch068@mc.duke.edu.
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 7pm - 9pm |
- Picasso Film Series: Life Begins Tomorrow
- Location: Nasher Museum of Art
- Cost: Free and open to all
- Contact: None
- Sponsor: Nasher Museum of Art
- Description: 7 PM Nicole Verde¿s film tells the story of a visitor to Paris who assembles the great minds of the city to answer philosophical questions about the human experience and universe at large. Co-sponsored by Duke¿s Art of the Moving Image Program
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 7pm - 9pm |
- Duke Women's Basketball vs. Wingate (Exhibition)
- Location: Cameron Indoor Stadium
- Contact: None
- Sponsor: Athletics
- Description: Home
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 7pm - 8pm |
- DukeReads Online Book Club-- with Peter Lange
- Location: Webcast
- Contact: Ray-Schroeder, Beth
- Co-sponsors: Duke Alumni Association, Libraries, English, Duke University Press, Information Science and Information Studies (ISIS) and Gothic Bookshop
- Description: Tune in to Provost Peter Lange in discussion with NPRs Frank Stasio on HOUSE OF CARDS: A TALE OF HUBRIS AND WRETCHED EXCESS ON WALL STREET, by William Cohan, on the Duke Ustream channel. Submit your questions in advance or during the session by email to live@duke.edu, on the Duke University Live Ustream page on FaceBook, or via Twitter with the tag #dukelive. After the session, you can download video and post further comments on the DukeReads discussion forum. To view, go to http://www.ustream.tv/dukeuniversity
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 7pm - 9pm |
- Duke Women's Mentoring Network: Public Speaking Workshop
- Location: Women's Center
- Contact: None
- Sponsor: Duke Women's Mentoring Network (WMN)
- Description: "Speak with Confidence" In The Public Eye, Effective Communication offers a workshop to dramatically improve your ability to make a speech or presentation, to speak up in class, or even make a toast at a celebration. In The Public Eye's President, Joy Javits will work with you to make your presentations elegant, compelling and clear. In this two hour workshop you will receive individual attention. Please bring a 1 - 2 minute presentation. It can be something you have spoken before, an introduction of yourself, an issue declaimed, something that would be useful to you enhanced. Everyone does not have to do this. We will work with introducing yourself, body language and vocal usage, beginnings, what is concise and listening skills. You will receive a hand out to take away, with 15 thoughts about presentations.
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 7pm - 8:30pm |
- Great Questions in Physics and Beyond: Network Science: From the Web to Human Diseases
- Location: Physics 130
- Contact: See description
- Sponsor: Physics
- Description: Albert-Laszlo Barabasi video lecture and discussion
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 7pm - 8:20pm |
- Through the Night
- Location: Bryan Center Reynolds Industries Theater
- Cost: Free event. Tickets available at the Box Office. $5 Service Fee for on-line and phone reservations. Reserve at tickets.duke.edu or by calling 919-684-4444.
- Contact: Guinn, Chandra
- Co-sponsors: Vice Provost for the Arts, Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, Multicultural Center, Center for Race Relations (CRR), African and African American Studies, Theater Studies, Franklin Humanities Institute and Center for LGBT Life
- Description: The Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture presents a special Duke Arts Weekend event: THROUGH THE NIGHT, an 80 minute, one-man play performed by Def Jam poet and Obie Award-winning actor and playwright Daniel Beaty, explores black stereotypes through the eyes of six black males: a brilliant ten-year-old boy, his father, a neighborhood store owner; a drug dealer with AIDS; a gay marketing executive; a priest and father with a food addiction; an inner-city youth torn between college the relationship with his girlfriend. Through the Night is directed by Duke University Theater Studies Department alum Charles Randolph-Wright. Q&A and reception will follow. Not appropriate for children under 12 years. Strong Language. Free event. Tickets available at the Box Office. $5 Service Fee for on-line and phone reservations. Reserve at tickets.duke.edu or by calling 919-684-4444.
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 7pm - 8:40pm |
- (500) Days of Summer
- Location: Bryan Center Griffith Film Theater
- Cost: FREE for Duke Students; $1 for Faculty/Staff; $2 for General Public
- Contact: None
- Sponsor: Freewater Presentations
- Description: Just your typical "Girl meets boy. Boy falls in love. Girl...doesn't?" Wait...what?
Follow Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) as he tries to figure out where it all went wrong in his relationship with Summer (Zoey Deschanel) in this offbeat, unromantic, romantic comedy.
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1022603/
Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/500daysofsummer/
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 8pm - 9:30pm |
- Guest Recital: Sheila Browne, viola and Allison Gagnon, piano
- Location: East Duke 201
- Cost: Free
- Contact: Thompson, Elizabeth
- Sponsor: Music
- Description: Works by Vivaldi, Beethoven, Bloch and Jongen. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Sheila Browne is on the faculty of the North Carolina School of the Arts. American Record Guide praises her "admirable polish, tonal luster, and sensitivity..."
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 9pm - 10pm |
- Catholic Eucharistic Adoration
- Location: Duke Chapel
- Contact: Nash, Nicole
- Sponsor: Duke Catholic Center
- Description: Catholic Eucharistic Adoration in Duke Memorial Chapel.
Catholics at Duke celebrate Mass on Sunday mornings at 11am in White Lecture Hall on East Campus and on Sunday nights (when classes are in session) at 9pm in Duke Chapel. The Duke Catholic Center sponsors retreats, socials, service projects and other activities to provide Catholic students with opportunities for fellowship, prayer, learning and fun. We operate from two locations: in the basement of Duke Chapel and across from East Campus at the corner of Buchanan Blvd. and Trinity Ave. Daily Mass schedule and other information: catholic.duke.edu
- Link: More Info
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| Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| 9:30pm - 11:10pm |
- (500) Days of Summer
- Location: Bryan Center Griffith Film Theater
- Cost: FREE for Duke Students; $1 for Faculty/Staff; $2 for General Public
- Contact: None
- Sponsor: Freewater Presentations
- Description: Just your typical "Girl meets boy. Boy falls in love. Girl...doesn't?" Wait...what?
Follow Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) as he tries to figure out where it all went wrong in his relationship with Summer (Zoey Deschanel) in this offbeat, unromantic, romantic comedy.
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1022603/
Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/500daysofsummer/
- Link: More Info
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