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.
This webinar will explore what values are and how they act as guiding principles that influence the way we think, make decisions, behave, and pursue long-term goals. Participants will be introduced to common values, learn how values shape our priorities and choices, begin identifying which values are most important to them, and explore how those values influence their everyday decisions.
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!
Sponsored by The Hans Lowenbach, MD Memorial Endowment Fund
Anthropologist and mortician, Ruth E. Toulson, takes you behind the scenes in a Singaporean funeral parlor.
While multiple authors have probed the corpse's power as a potent political symbol, much of the existing literature on necropolitics has an exclusive focus on contexts of violent regime change, on the bodies of political leaders, or of "the dead" understood as an undifferentiated mass.
Join us on Monday, September 28th at 5:00 PM in East Duke 209 for a public lecture by Dr. Hortense Spillers, a black feminist thinker of unparalleled influence and a foundational figure in African American literary and cultural theory. Reception to follow. RSVP required (please click the "More event information" button to access the RSVP form).
Talk title: Oedipal Deferral: Implications of the Middle Passage
When Kimberly Coston arrived at Duke University School of Nursing, she had a specific career goal in mind.
After studying psychology as an undergraduate and working in a psychiatric hospital, she planned to become a psychiatric nurse practitioner. What she did not anticipate was how many different directions a nursing career could take.
Guest lecture by Daniel A. Bell (Professor, Chair of Political Theory, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong) on his most recent book, Why Ancient Chinese Political Thought Matters.
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.
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.