Tired of polarizing rancor, food-fight media, and constant "gotcha" bickering? Try befriending someone from the "other side" whose views differ greatly from your own. You might learn lots. We did.

Presented by Friends for Free Speech & Intellectual Diversity at Duke ("Friends for Duke") in partnership with the Civil Discourse Project at Polis: Center for Politics.

Presented by Friends for Free Speech & Intellectual Diversity at Duke ("Friends for Duke") and the Duke Civil Discourse Project.

Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the next Nicholas Institute and UPEP Environmental Institutions Seminar Series presentation. Our speakers will be Dr. Deserai Anderson (Professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver) and Dr. Katie Dickinson (Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health). No registration required. 

In this one-hour session, Duke Kunshan University faculty member Coraline Goron will present ongoing research on China's path toward a just transition-an effort to address the impacts of climate policies on employment and the welfare of affected workers, communities and countries. Registration is required.

We are both pleased and fortunate to welcome Professor Kelly Lytle Hernández, the Thomas E. Lifka Endowed Chair in History at UCLA, to Duke as the Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University for the 2025-2026 academic year. One of the nation's leading experts on race, immigration, and mass incarceration, Professor Hernández will discuss topics stemming from her forthcoming book, Still Racist: U.S. Immigration Control since 1790, which will be published by W. W. Norton in 2026.

Join us to learn about the politics, ethics, and aesthetics of touch in Gandhi's care for the leprous body - and what this reveals about untouchability, stigma, and caregiving - through research by Sumathi Ramaswamy (Duke University), with a response from Harris Solomon (Duke University).

️ Friday, April 3, 2026
⏰12:00-1:30PM (EDT)
Hybrid (Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, C106 / Zoom)
️ Light lunch offered
Registration free but required

Presenter

Sumathi Ramaswamy (Duke University)

The Office of Physician-Scientist Development (OPSD) administers the Duke Strong Start Program, which is designed to nurture the careers of junior physician-scientists at Duke pursuing discovery science involving traditional wet-lab/benchwork and/or advanced computational approaches.

To mark the Centennial of the Duke University Press, the DUP and the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI) are jointly hosting two events, one in Spring 2026 and the other in Fall 2026. The Spring event, Publishing Fundamentals, will feature two panels on everything you need to know about publishing your humanities and social science book: from the process of turning a dissertation into a book to strategies for connecting with the best press for your book. Reception to follow.

Panel 1: How Dissertations Become Book Manuscripts