The Islamic Secular argues that the common notion of a fundamental conflict between the secular and the religious cannot be applied to Islam. This is not because Islam rejects the secular in favor of the religious; it is because Islam's concept of the religious includes the secular.
Make the most of your lunch break with Monday Moves! From 12:30-12:50 PM every Monday, you can participate in online guided stretch breaks with the LIVE FOR LIFE Fitness Team to benefit your mental and physical health!
Health Assessment is a free, confidential health screening provided through Duke benefits. It includes total cholesterol, blood pressure, blood glucose, BMI, waist circumference height, weight and body mass index measurements. Additionally, there is a goal setting and referral session with a nurse, dietitian, or fitness specialist. Many participants find the coaching session helps them get started making lifestyle changes and connects them to LIVE FOR LIFE and community resources to support them. Health Assessments are available to all active Duke employees.
Location: Duke Raleigh Hospital North Pavilion
Duke offers locations where faculty, staff and students can receive a free flu vaccination. Vaccinations can also be obtained at Duke Primary Care providers, area pharmacies and other locations, but documentation must be provided for compliance.
Annual vaccination against the flu is a condition of employment at Duke Health; other University staff and faculty working on-site must be vaccinated or have an approved medical or religious exemption to maintain access to Duke's buildings and facilities.
(Room 2W91)
Duke offers locations where faculty, staff and students can receive a free flu vaccination. Vaccinations can also be obtained at Duke Primary Care providers, area pharmacies and other locations, but documentation must be provided for compliance.
Annual vaccination against the flu is a condition of employment at Duke Health; other University staff and faculty working on-site must be vaccinated or have an approved medical or religious exemption to maintain access to Duke's buildings and facilities.
Find out more at vaccines.duke.edu.
What does it mean to serve a nation when our ideals often outpace our reality?
Join Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. about duty, mission, and what it means to fight for America. At a time of evolving geopolitical landscapes and amidst many reminders that America is an unfinished project, General Brown will help us consider our responsibilities to those who have labored to fulfill our nation's promise - and what our obligations beyond our borders might be as the greatest military power in the world.
A discussion guided by Duke Professors Marguerite Nguyen and Susan Thananopavarn about why they love to teach Thi Bui's graphic memoir The Best We Could Do.
Why do inequities in social and economic conditions translate into inequities in health? This colloquium will feature research from Drs. Keisha Bentley-Edwards and Latesha Harris examining how structural factors, including racism and socioeconomic disadvantage, interact with psychosocial stressors to shape health across the life course. The discussion will highlight emerging evidence on the biological consequences of chronic adversity, pathways to cardiometabolic risk, and the role of resilience, community strengths, and intervention science in promoting health equity.
The faculty and graduate student affiliates of the Institute will present their own works-in-progress at monthly lunches from September 2026 through January 2027, to get to know each other better, provide feedback to improve current work, and promote collaboration.
Register for the lunch meeting: duke.is/JusticeAI
Jewish Life at Duke presents an evening with journalist and political analyst Haviv Rettig Gur. Haviv Rettig Gur is an Israeli journalist, host of the "Ask Haviv Anything" podcast, Middle East analyst at "The Free Press," and senior analyst at "The Times of Israel."
Rettig Gur has covered Israel's politics, foreign policy, education system and relationship with the Jewish diaspora since 2005, reported from over 20 countries, served as director of communications for the Jewish Agency for Israel, Israel's largest NGO, and taught at prestigious pre-military academies.