Duke University’s Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities and History of Medicine Lecture Series presents:
“Feed a Cold, Starve a Fever: Food Therapy in 20th Century America”
Presenter: Susan E. Lederer, PhD (Professor in History of Medicine and Bioethics at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health)
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
12:00-1:00
Duke North Hospital Room 2003
Lunch provided at 12pm (talk begins at 12:15pm)
For more info call 919-668-9000 or visit http://trentcenter.duke.edu/
Campus Wide Fast: Tuesday, November 29th, 6pm, Scharf Hall
Join the Duke Faith Council and Undergraduate Faith Council for a day of fasting followed by a vegetarian dinner at 6pm in Scharf Hall. During dinner Dr. Laurie Patton will moderate an interfaith panel on food, faith and fasting. Other panelists include: Jeremy Yoskowitz (Jewish Life at Duke), Usha Rajagopalan (Hindu Student Association), John Stonestreet (Orthodox Christian Student Association) and Mona Hassan (Religion Dept). FLEX and cash donations will be collected at the event to help purchase meals for the Stop Hunger Now meal packaging event taking place on MLK-Day, January 16th in partnership with Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnerships. This event is part of Duke’s “Interfaith Community Service Challenge“.
Join us October 29th for our first skill building workshop at the Duke Campus Farm. If you’d like to attend, please sign up here. Keep reading to learn more about how Ali of This & That Jam came to love preserving food and why it’s so important.
When Ben and I moved from Brooklyn to North Carolina we realized we had the opportunity to re-work our business model and really take a look at our goals not just as entrepreneurs, but as human beings. We’re both very interested in social change, Ben focused on the anthropology of food in school, my research focused on language acquisition in low-income populations. We both have a passion for good food and we really love to create things together- we cook, we bake and of course, we make jam. Read the rest of this entry »
Come check out sustainable/health-related organizations at Duke’s Nonprofit & Government Fair next Thursday. A sampling includes: Student Action with Farmworkers, RTI International, Green Corps, Peace Corps, the Nature Conservancy, etc.
Duke Nonprofit & Government Fair
Thursday, October 13, 2011
12pm-3pm Bryan Center
If you have considered a career in public service or the non-profit sector, then come to the Duke University Nonprofit and Government Career Fair. This event, sponsored by Duke Career Center, Duke Engage, Duke Center for International Development, and Sanford School of Public Policy, provides a great opportunity to learn about internships, fellowships, and full-time opportunities in non-profit and government organizations.
Check out the current employers who have registered so far:
http://www.studentaffairs.duke.edu/career/nonprofit-gov-fair-organizations
Enjoy the following food and farming related events taking place at Duke during the fall 2011 semester. Read the rest of this entry »
Come check out some food/sustainability/health-related companies and organizations that will be at the Fall Career Fair next week.
Duke Fall Career Fair
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
10am-3pm
Bryan Center
Duke University: Nicholas School of the Environment, Stanback Internships
View a full list of employers and the positions they are recruiting for:
http://www.studentaffairs.duke.edu/career/fall-fair-orgs
Stay tuned for the Career Center’s Nonprofit and Government Career Fair, which will be held on:
Duke Nonprofit & Government Fair
Thursday, October 13, 2011
12pm-3pm
Bryan Center
Check out a list of 2010 attendees here:
http://www.studentaffairs.duke.edu/career/nonprofit-gov-fair-organizations