Earth Month 2026
Sponsor(s):
Duke Climate Commitment, Divinity School, Duke Alumni Engagement and Development, Fuqua School of Business, Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Nicholas School of the Environment, Office of Climate and Sustainability, Office of Undergraduate Scholars & Fellows (OUSF), Pratt School of Engineering, Sanford School of Public Policy, School of Medicine (SOM), School of Nursing (SON), Student Affairs, and Trinity College
Wednesday, April 01, 2026
All Day
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Fredric Jameson and the Future of Critical Theory
Sunday, April 12, 2026
9:00 am - 3:45 pm
Michael Denning, Jane Gaines, Achille Mbembe, Toril Moi, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
From Campus to Career: Panel & Networking Opportunity hosted by Jewish Life at Duke and the Duke Jewish Alumni Network
Sponsor(s):
Jewish Life at Duke, Alumni Career and Professional Development, Career Center, DEMAN (Duke Entertainment, Media and Arts Network), Jewish Graduate and Professional Student Association, and Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Sunday, April 12, 2026
4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Optimizing Genomic Sampling to Learn the Evolutionary History of Pathogen Populations
Sponsor(s):
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB), Biology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies, Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB), Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), School of Medicine (SOM), and University Program in Genetics & Genomics (UPGG)
Monday, April 13, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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David Rasmussen, PhD
ECE Distinguished Speaker Series: Qiming Zhang, "Ferroelectrics and Solid-State Cooling?"
Sponsor(s):
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
Monday, April 13, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Qiming Zhang
Exploring the Energy-Water Nexus with Charity Tuseko Sindano
Monday, April 13, 2026
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Hematology Case Conference: “Sometimes the lab results don’t tell you what you think they do”
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Maureane Hoffman MD, PhD (Professor of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center)
Immunology Seminar Series - Simon Gray, MD, PhD: "Mouse-Adapted Human-IBD Microbiota Experimental Colitis: A Model to Study Immune and Microbial Mechanisms of IBD Therapy Failure"
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Simon Gray, MD, PhD
Prelim Exam: Sangwon Nam
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Ruth K Broad Foundation Seminar: Clifford Woolf: Development of novel non-opioid analgesics
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Clifford Woolf
Fresh Pages: Honoring New Works by Kata Gellen and Daniel Herskowitz
**CANCELED**
Sponsor(s):
Center for Jewish Studies
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
TBD
Kata Gellen and Daniel Herskowitz
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“Agrietar el Archivo. Imagen, Tierra y Crisis en los Killed Negatives”
Sponsor(s):
Romance Studies
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Nerea Arrojería
An Evening of Stories & Music with Tal Ramon, Son of the First Israeli Astronaut
Sponsor(s):
Jewish Life at Duke, Chabad Student Group (Chabad), Duke Friends of Israel (DFI), Duke Israel Public Affairs Committee (DIPAC), and Jewish Student Union (JSU)
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Tal Ramon
Duke Anesthesiology Grand Rounds - "We are Human Too: How Medical Humanities Can Combat Moral Injury in Critical Care"
Sponsor(s):
Department of Anesthesiology
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Adjoa Boateng Evans, MD, MPH
Critical Care Grand Rounds (Combined with Anesthesiology Grand Rounds) - “We are Human Too: How Medical Humanities Can Combat Moral Injury in Critical Care”
Sponsor(s):
Department of Anesthesiology
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Via Zoom
Adjoa Boateng Evans, MD, MPH
Surgery Grand Rounds: Leah Backhus, MD, MPH, FACS
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Leah Backhus, MD, MPH, FACS
Updates in Managing Hospitalized Patients in Dermatology
Sponsor(s):
Department of Dermatology
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Virtual
Dr. Sabrina Shearer
Joint NC BERD Seminar: Prepare and Organize Data for Collaboration
Sponsor(s):
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, BERD Core, and Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Virtual
Dave Kline, PhD
B&I Workshop: Bernard Fraga (Emory)
Sponsor(s):
Political Science
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
DMI/MEMS Seminar Presented by Prof. Ivan A. Moreno-Hernandez
Sponsor(s):
Duke Materials Initiative, Academic Resource Center (ARC), Biology, Biomedical Engineering (BME), Cell Biology, Chemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS), Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Physics, Pratt School of Engineering, and Trinity College
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Research in Progress: Kaitlyn Fouke & Bingzhen Zhao
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Kaitlyn Fouke & Bingzhen Zhao
CAPER WIP
Sponsor(s):
Department of Anesthesiology
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Via Zoom
Duke Pain Research in Progress (RIP)
Sponsor(s):
Department of Anesthesiology
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
MSRB3, Room 1125
Jiegen Chen, PhD
Joint NC BERD Seminar: Addressing Statistical Challenges in Long COVID Research: Auxiliary Variable-Dependent Sampling Designs and Clustering of Complex Data Types
Sponsor(s):
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, BERD Core, and Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Virtual
Harrison Reeder, PhD
2026 McGovern Lecture: Susan Magsamen
Sponsor(s):
Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine and School of Medicine (SOM)
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Susan Magsamen
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From Vascular Motion to Medical Device Innovation, and a Few Tips for Entrepreneurs
Thursday, April 16, 2026
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Christopher Cheng, Ph.D. Executive Chairman, Medres Group; President, VIBE Solutions LLC; Adjunct Professor of Surgery, Stanford University; President, Cardiovascular Implant Durability
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Chemistry Seminar Presented by Dr. Katie Kim: "From synthesis to drug product manufacturing - application of organic chemistry skillset in non-traditional career environments"
Sponsor(s):
Chemistry
Thursday, April 16, 2026
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Director at Eli Lilly and Company
Candidate Origins of the Recent Stagnation in Midlife Mortality in the United States
Thursday, April 16, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Samuel Arenberg - University of Houston
Clinical Perspectives on Personality Functioning: The view from DSM5 and Psychodynamic Object Relations Theory
Sponsor(s):
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Neurology, and School of Medicine (SOM)
Thursday, April 16, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Online
Eve Caligor, MD
conversation with with Chris Stott (Lonestar Data Holdings) on Moon data centers, satellite spectrum & the emerging space economy
Sponsor(s):
Rethinking Diplomacy Program (RDP), Duke Space Initiative, Economics, Sanford School of Public Policy, and Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)
Thursday, April 16, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Chris Stott (Founder & Chair of Lonestar Data Holdings)
Thursday Seminar Series
Sponsor(s):
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Cell Biology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, and School of Medicine (SOM)
Thursday, April 16, 2026
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Ian Williamson, Ph.D.
The Research Advantage: Launch Your Career Alumni Panel | Undergraduate Research Symposium
Thursday, April 16, 2026
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Nuno Ramos: Aesthetics and Politics in Contemporary Brazil
Sponsor(s):
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Thursday, April 16, 2026
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
BME Distinguished Seminar Series with Dr. Claudia Fischbach-Tesch
Sponsor(s):
Biomedical Engineering (BME)
Thursday, April 16, 2026
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Dr. Claudia Fischbach-Teschl
The Human Factor: How Chinese Psychologists Reimagined the Science of Work in the Machine Age
Sponsor(s):
Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Thursday, April 16, 2026
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Victor Seow (John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University)
Half a Loaf: Reform and the Whites-Only Immigration Régime, 1965 to 2025
Sponsor(s):
History, African and African American Studies (AAAS), Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), Center for Global Studies and the Humanities, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Kenan Institute for Ethics, Provost's Office, Sanford School of Public Policy, Trinity College, and Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies
Thursday, April 16, 2026
5:30 pm - 7:15 pm
Kelly Lytle Hernández
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Medicine Grand Rounds: Clinical Excellence Society Visiting Professor Lecture - Health Systems Science: A Framework for Clinical Care, Education, and Scholarship
Friday, April 17, 2026
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Jed Gonzalo, MD, MSc; Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Multidisciplinary Benign Urology Research Symposium
Sponsor(s):
School of Medicine (SOM), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and KURe - Multidisciplinary K12 Urologic Research Career Development Program
Friday, April 17, 2026
8:00 am - 2:30 pm
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China's Just Transition: Contrasting Local Practices in the Coal Sector and International Advocacy Under the UNFCCC
Friday, April 17, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Coraline Goron
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