Dr. Kyle Ratner

Curious about how inventions move from the lab to real-world impact? This talk introduces the fundamentals of patents - what they are, how they work, and why they matter for scientists and engineers. I will share insights from my role as a Patent Technology Specialist, where I bridge cutting-edge technology and intellectual property law. Learn what a typical day looks like, the skills required, and the career opportunities available at the intersection of science, law, and innovation.

Why focus on the history of Japanese television commercials? Advertising rapidly incorporates new artistic trends. This seems to be a particularly prominent feature in Japan. However, research on Japanese television expression has been severely lacking until now.

Researchers have focused their efforts on studying websites and social media, positioning television as an old medium and neglecting it. Yet, considering the current boom in short-form videos, a historical exploration of television commercial expression-which can be seen as the origin of this trend-is crucial.

Rising sea levels and shifting weather patterns linked to climate change have increased the frequency and severity of exposures to extreme events, particularly flooding, across the globe. A paucity of high-quality longitudinal data has limited scientific understanding of the implications of these exposures and their aftermath for population health and well-being over the long term.

Join us as Yun Emily Wang, Assistant Professor of Music, takes us through an "ethnography of listening" drawing from her fieldwork at a care home for Chinese immigrants in one of Toronto's ethnoburbs. In the care home, culturally appropriate music-Karaoke Wednesdays and Opera Fridays-comes to signal life, against the hums and beeps of breathing machines foretelling death. Dr. Wang explores how members of the care home community aurally engaged with (or refused) this biopolitical regime of sound-as-life.

Nephrology Grand Rounds are the primary teaching conference of the Division of
Nephrology. Both clinical and basic science topics pertinent to nephrology are
presented at this conference. Each fellow, guided by a faculty-mentor, will
present once a year. Speakers from outside the Division of Nephrology and Duke
University will also be incorporated into the conference schedule.

This talk examines how network-based models and functional neuroimaging biomarkers can inform precision neuromodulation strategies for treating substance use disorders, highlighting the role of individualized, fMRI-guided targeting in shaping mechanistic insight and intervention design.

Join Jewish Life at Duke for the second Faculty and Staff-Hosted Shabbat.

Faculty and Staff are opening their homes, or hosting a table at the Freeman Center, for a delicious and warm Shabbat dinner for groups of Duke students.

Registration required; registration will launch for students on February 16. Email jewishlife@duke.edu with any questions.

Come join us in the fields to lose track of time, be outdoors, practice embodied work, and experience profound community with plants, soil, and humans! Our students, volunteers, and staff consistently say that their most memorable memories at DCF are the conversations they shared over a wheelbarrow of mulch or while tackling weeds in a bed of carrots together. Absolutely no farming experience is necessary, and there is no Duke affiliation required. We have tasks for most ages and abilities.

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