Probing Immune Landscapes Across Scales: Insights from the Fluscape Study
Sponsor(s):
Multiscale Immune Systems Modeling (MISM), BERD Core, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), Department of Surgery, and School of Medicine (SOM)
Thursday, March 12, 2026
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Hock Plaza- Room #214 CRTP Classroom
Justin Lessler
Research in Progress: Runbo Gao & Shuoyi Li
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Runbo Gao & Shuoyi Li
Ethical Solidarity: The Importance of Betrayal
Sponsor(s):
Cultural Anthropology, African and African American Studies (AAAS), Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and Literature
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Grant Farred
March Meeting: Rural Health Equity Hub
Sponsor(s):
Social Science Research Institute (SSRI), Divinity School, Pratt School of Engineering, and School of Nursing (SON)
Thursday, March 19, 2026
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Dr. Lawrence Greenblatt
"John Doe Chinaman:" Chinese Life under American Racial Law
Sponsor(s):
History, Asian American and Diaspora Studies, Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), and Provost's Office
Friday, March 20, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Beth Lew-Williams
Dissertation Announcement
Sponsor(s):
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Friday, March 20, 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Hock 214
Elaona Lemoto
Excited Delirium: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease
Sponsor(s):
Cultural Anthropology, Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, Religious Studies, and Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity (The Cook Center)
Monday, March 23, 2026
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesus
Film Screening: "Coexistence, My Ass!"
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Research in Progress: Katherine Kaplan & Ned Kan
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Katherine Kaplan & Ned Kan
“Genome Editing the Future: Transforming Human and Planet Health with CRISPR”
Sponsor(s):
School of Medicine (SOM), Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering (BME), Cell Biology, Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Department of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI), Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Neurobiology, and Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Jennifer A. Doudna, PhD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Innovative Genomics Institute University of California Berkeley and UCSF/Gladstone Institutes
Duke Climate Commitment Town Hall - Sustainable Operations Duke Community Input Session
Sponsor(s):
Duke Climate Commitment, Divinity School, EDGE: Center for Energy, Development and the Global Environment, Fuqua School of Business, Graduate School, Law School, Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Nicholas School of the Environment, Oceans@Duke, Office of Climate and Sustainability, Pratt School of Engineering, Sanford School of Public Policy, School of Medicine (SOM), School of Nursing (SON), and Trinity College
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Research in Progress: Sara Gannon & Emmanuel Medrano
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, April 01, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Sara Gannon & Emmanuel Medrano
Making Sense of Duke Health AI Tools: An Introduction to AI Studio and Copilot
Sponsor(s):
AI Health, +DataScience (+DS), Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Center for Computational Thinking, Computer Science, CTSI CREDO, DHTS Web Services, Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), and Office of Information Technology (OIT)
Wednesday, April 08, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Virtual
Presented by: Jeff Volkheimer, Senior Director, Collaborative Technology Partnerships, Duke Health Hosted by: Ricardo Henao PhD; Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Associate Professor in Surgery, Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Associate Director of Clinical Trials AI, Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI)
Research in Progress: Hermione Xu & Bingzhen Zhao
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, April 08, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Hermione Xu & Bingzhen Zhao
A Convergent Model for Autistic Flourishing: How Research and Experience Highlight the Interplay Among Fit, Adaptation, and Accommodation
Sponsor(s):
Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS)
Wednesday, April 08, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Holden Thorp
Pirandello's Modernist Imagination and Tolkien's Theory of Fantasy: The Work of Recovery and the Power of Self-Reflective Form
Thursday, April 09, 2026
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Michael Subialka
Fresh Pages: Honoring New Works by Kata Gellen and Daniel Herskowitz
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
TBD
Kata Gellen and Daniel Herskowitz
Research in Progress: Kaitlyn Fouke & Catherine Wang
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Kaitlyn Fouke & Catherine Wang
Fritz London Memorial Lecture Presented by Prof. Sharon Hammes-Schiffer: "Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Catalysis and Energy Conversion"
Monday, April 20, 2026
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Prof. Sharon Hammes-Schiffer (Princeton University)
Chemistry Department Seminar Presented by Prof. Sharon Hammes-Schiffer: "Nuclear-Electronic Orbital Approach for Quantum Chemistry and Dynamics"
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Prof. Sharon Hammes-Schiffer (Princeton University)
Climate Solutions: Conversation with Katharine Hayhoe
Sponsor(s):
Duke Climate Commitment, Divinity School, Duke Alumni Association (DAA), Duke Alumni Engagement and Development, Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Nicholas School of the Environment, Nicholas School of the Environment-Office of Development & Alumni Relations, Office of Climate and Sustainability, Pratt School of Engineering, and Trinity College
Thursday, April 23, 2026
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Katharine Hayhoe, The Nature Conservancy
