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North Carolina: Social Issues Bellwether
Jacob Vigdor, professor of public policy and economics, discusses the state's same-sex vote and what it might mean for November.Posted 23 hours ago
'American Bandstand' & the Civil Rights Movement
Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype by Professor Matthew Delmont (Scripps College), author of the just published The Nicest Kids in Town: American Bandstand, Rock N’ Roll and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950s Philadelphia. (University of California Press) Neal and Delmont discuss the racial politics in the city of Philadelphia in the 1950s that informed American Bandstand’s early practices of limiting the presence of Black kids in the show’s early years as well as the role of the show in constructing an idealized image American youth. Delmont also highlights the role of Black media personalities Mitch Thomas and Georgie Woods in the success of American Bandstand.Later, Neal is joined, also via Skype by designer, curator, illustrator, cartoonist, and award-winning graphic novelist John Jennings, author (with Damien Duffy) of Black Comix: African American Independent Comics Art & Culture. Jennings, a Professor of Visual Studies at the University of Buffalo, discusses the importance on visual literacy, the challenges within the comic industry to address race, the labor of racial stereotypes, and the recent Tupac hologram.
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Words, Images and Literacy
Mark Anthony Neal is joined by Dream Hampton to talk about her writting and filmmaking. Later, Mark is joined by Elaine Richardson to talk about her upcoming conference and book.Published 6 days ago
Stanley Hauerwas on Moral Fragmentation
Part of an interview series with Duke University Divinity School faculty looking at the hidden wounds of war and the Church's resources that can help those in recovery.Published 6 days ago
Tracking Trees at Duke
Two Duke graduate students show how they inventory Duke's trees to be included in the i-Tree program. Duke is among a growing number of college campuses using the computer program. The work is part of continued campus landscape analysis by Facilities Management, which includes studying trees, turf and planting across about 350 acres. The goal is to better understand the natural landscape of Duke.Published 1 week ago
Election Monitors in Corrupt Governments
If a government is going to cheat, why would they invite an election monitor? The Duke Sanford School of Public Policy's Judith Kelley explains. Details on her book can be found on her site: https://sites.duke.edu/kelley/Published 1 week ago
Virtual World Helps Returning Soldiers Battle Addiction
Dr. Zach Rosenthal, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is leading a Department of Defense funded treatment study. The study is working to develop and test a virtual reality and mobile phone based intervention for service members and veterans with PTSD and addiction. WRAL News featured Dr. Rosenthal, his colleagues, and a patient in an interview on this research.Posted 1 week ago
Climate Change: What Do We Do Now?
Billy Pizer is an associate professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy and faculty fellow at the Nicholas Institute of Environmental Policy Solutions, both at Duke University. He specializes in environmental economics and policy, particularly related to the problem of global climate change. After graduating from NCSSM in 1986, Pizer received his bachelor's degree in physics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He subsequently received both his master's and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Harvard University in 1996. From there, Pizer worked for twelve years at Resources for the Future, eventually serving as Senior Fellow and Research Director. During that time he took a leave to serve as a senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers from 2001-2002 and, after leaving RFF, served from 2008-2011 as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy for the U.S. Department of Treasury. His involvement at the Treasury led to a new office responsible for managing the department's role in the domestic and international environment and energy agenda of the United States. His research at RFF and now at Duke focuses on global climate change and how policies can be designed to be both cost-effective and responsive to the needs of different stakeholders. He served as a lead author on the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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Seeds of Change at Duke
In 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated, the Civil Rights Act was sent to Congress, and the first African-Americans matriculated at Duke. Since then, America has grown more into a global melting pot. How has Duke further diversified its community and what impacts have allowed it to become a leading research university? The Vietnam War developed into a major social issue for the United States causing a dichotomy of views and support. Arguably, its impact forever changed a generation's view of war. Come join the classes of 1967 for insight on how these events impacted the University. For some, it awakened a new spirit, invoked others to action, or enlightened others to the fact that opposing ideologies do exist. What actions were taken, how did the events shape their life?Published 2 weeks ago
Applied Research, Informed Design Standards for Storm Water Management
Bill Hunt of N.C. State University's Biological & Agricultural Engineering Department presents at Duke University as part of the Water Allocation Research Seminar Series, sponsored by Duke University, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, WRRI and the North Carolina Water Resources Association.Published 2 weeks ago
Importance of Studying Microenvironments
Neil L. Spector, MD, co-director, Experimental Therapeutics, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, discusses the need for cancer researchers to investigate the entire system and tumor microenvironment.Published 2 weeks ago
Remembering the LA Rebellion
April 29th marks the 20th Anniversary of the week-long civil unrest popularly known as the LA Riots. Violence erupted throughout the city of Los Angeles in the aftermath of the acquittal of four LAPD officers who were accused of beating African American motorist Rodney King. The beating was famously captured on a held-held video device.In this special episode of Left of Black, scholars, activists and artists reflect on the 20th Anniversary of the LA Riots including Marc Lamont Hill, Lynne d Johnson, Kimberly C. Ellis, Allison Clark, Kim Pearson, Moya Bailey, Christopher Martin (Play of Kid N’ Play), Treva Lindsey, Jasiri X, Blair LM Kelley, Michelle Ferrier, Jay Smooth and host Mark Anthony Neal.
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Duke Canine Cognition Center
As part of the spotlight speaker presentation, enjoy an excerpt with overview of the DCCC and demonstration with Dr. Brian Hare, associate professor of Evolutionary Anthropology and director of Duke's new Canine Cognition Center. Joining him is Stella, a service dog in training with the Center and Eyes, Ears, Nose and Paws.Published 2 weeks ago
Political Significance of Literary Journals
Members of the editorial collective of the New York-based journal n+1, Carla Blumenkranz, Mark Greif, and Marco Roth, and writers and members of the Kenya-based Kwani Trust, Billy Kahora and Keguro Macharia, participate in a set of panels engaging the enduring and changing social and political significance of literary journals, the role of writers as public intellectuals, and the importance of literary writing in cultural shaping and social critique.Published 2 weeks ago
Social Innovation Lecture: 'KickStarting the End of Poverty'
CASE presented its 2012 Enterprising Social Innovation Award to KickStart International, a social venture whose mission is to help millions of people out of poverty. Martin Fisher, KickStart's inspiring CEO and Co-Founder, accepted the award and delivered the 2012 ESI Lecture at Duke's Fuqua School on April 19, 2012.KickStart develops and promotes technologies that can be used by entrepreneurs to establish and run profitable small scale enterprises and help families improve their economic status. As of February 2012, KickStart has helped create 128,400 enterprises in Africa, sold 198,292 irrigation pumps to farmers and moved 641,800 people out of poverty.
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