Join our weekly conversation gatherings on Tuesday afternoons. We chat about life, culture, and current events in a friendly atmosphere. All members of the Duke community are welcome. No pre-registration or preparation needed.
Every Tuesday at 2 p.m., take a moment to relax, recharge, and re-center yourself with Mindful Moment, a group mindfulness program offered by LIVE FOR LIFE. During these quick, 15-minute sessions, you'll learn and practice simple breathing and mindfulness techniques that can reduce stress, increase self-awareness, improve concentration, and promote overall well-being. Drop in and reframe your day with calm and clarity.
The power of narrative...to humanize, to heal, to transform healthcare and health policy. In a rapidly changing, increasingly technologic healthcare environment, however, how can we maintain the centrality of narrative for competent, compassionate relationship-centered healthcare? Dr. Wald will discuss how interactive (guided) reflective writing and literature deepens understanding of the patient's illness experience, preserves empathy, fosters reflective capacity, and promotes meaning-making, ideally strengthening the physician-patient relationship. Dr.
Join the Middle East and Islamic Studies Center for a Book Talk
Book: Textual Life: Islam, Africa, and the Fate of the Humanities
Author: Wendell Marsh, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic, Morocco
Blue Parlor, East Duke Building
October 29, 6:00 PM
This training is designed to help teams thrive in hybrid work environments by fostering connection, clarity and inclusion regardless of location. Participants will explore the unique challenges of hybrid collaboration, including communication gaps, proximity bias and uneven participation. The session provides strategies for building trust, maintaining inclusive team culture and engaging all members effectively across virtual and physical spaces. By the end of the training, participants will have actionable tools to support more connected, collaborative and high-performing hybrid teams.
How do big ideas become lasting change? We call it the quest for yes-bringing people together across differences, grounding ideas in evidence, and co-creating durable solutions.
Gather with other community-engaged scholars across North Carolina to set aside time for writing, in community. The Engaged Scholar Writing Retreat includes directed writing time, optional individual consultation sessions, and short workshops on writing strategies to help you create and sustain momentum. Facilitated by Dr. Jennifer Ahern-Dodson, NCCE Engaged Scholar 2018-19. Sponsored by NC Campus Engagement and Faculty Write. Co-sponsored by Duke Service-Learning.
Presenter: Miriam Fonseca, PhD | Laboratory Affiliation: Donnelly
Soc/Dev Brown Bag Series