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!

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.

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.

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.

SAVE THE DATES for the eleventh annual Energy Week at Duke: November 9-13, 2026! The student-led event will offer opportunities to learn and network with Triangle-area professionals, students, faculty, and staff.

In the meantime, check out our photo essay on the record crowd students drew for last year's Energy Week at Duke.

The Congregation's Racial Equity Group invites you to a "Lunch and Learn" at the Nasher on Sunday, November 8 from 1-3 PM. Their current exhibit "Turn the Volume Up" examines how artists, activists, and everyday people have used their voices to challenge injustice.

Our group will meet near the Nasher front desk at 1:00 to get oriented to the exhibit. We will gather again after experiencing it to discuss what we have to learn from the artists and activists highlighted.