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.
The Jameson Institute for Critical Theory presents
The Critical Theory Workshop
Leif Weatherby
Friday, February 13, 2026
4:00pm
Friedl Building, Room 225
Leif Weatherby will be discussing his article, "Cognitive Rhetoric: Models, Metaphors, Representativeness"
Leif Weatherby is Associate Professor of German at New York University
Please prepare by reviewing Leif Weatherby's article, "Cognitive Rhetoric: Models, Metaphors, Representativeness" at this website when it becomes available soon
Duke Personal Assistance Service (PAS) provides a Mini Mental Makeover session each month through Health Matters. These sessions allow you space to slow down, reflect, and grow in gratitude in an online group setting. The Mini Mental Makeovers are led by Laurie Kovens, a Senior EAP Counselor with PAS. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Certified Employee Assistance Professional, with over 15 years of experience.
These sessions are not recorded to maintain privacy and ensure safety when sharing thoughts or experiences.
Health Matters is a live video series hosted by LIVE FOR LIFE, Duke's employee wellness program. Each webinar focuses on a fresh topic with practical advice related to nutrition, fitness, and mental health.
Duke Personal Assistance Service (PAS) provides a Mini Mental Makeover session each month through Health Matters. These sessions allow you space to slow down, reflect, and grow in gratitude in an online group setting. The Mini Mental Makeovers are led by Laurie Kovens, a Senior EAP Counselor with PAS. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Certified Employee Assistance Professional, with over 15 years of experience.
These sessions are not recorded to maintain privacy and ensure safety when sharing thoughts or experiences.
Please join us for the next presentation in our Duke Center for Autism Seminar Series. Our speaker will be Kristin Sohl, MD, a distinguished pediatrician and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri. As the Founder and Executive Director of ECHO Autism Communities, she spearheads efforts to improve access to high-quality screening, evaluation, and longitudinal support for individuals on the autism spectrum, particularly in underserved and rural populations.
How do we model thinking, and in what sense does our thought have objects? I review two models of thinking from the medieval Scholastic tradition, which I call the "gaze + sign" model (in Augustine and Abelard) and the "acquiring conscious being" model (in Albert and Aquinas). These two models offer interestingly different ways of conceptualizing both thinking and the object of thought. Toward the end of the thirteenth century, however, one begins to collapse into the other, with important implications for later conceptions of medieval theories of thinking, e.g., in Brentano.
As part of their From the Ground Up series focusing on land use, sovereignty, and ownership, the Duke Campus Farm is inviting all folks to join a conversation with Dr. Jarvis C. McInnis around the Tuskegee Agricultural Extension Program and Black Land Management as Community Resilience. McInnis, author and scholar of African American & African Diaspora literature and culture, will focus on land and food education as a form of freedom, and delve into the history of today's Cooperative Extension System.
Across North Carolina, cities and towns are navigating growing pressures, from flooding and extreme weather to aging infrastructure, rapid growth, and rising costs.
This roundtable brings together leading scholars of Iran, both in-person and virtually, to examine how recent protests, U.S. sanctions, and state power intersect to shape the country's current conditions and future trajectories. Panelists will analyze the interplay between social movements, economic pressures, and geopolitical constraints, situating these dynamics within broader historical and regional contexts. The discussion will explore the implications of these forces for Iran's future governance, its role in the region, and its relations with global powers.