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AI for Human-Centered Healthy Aging Lab (AIHCHA): People
Faculty Lijing Yan — Co-Director Professor of Global Health, Duke Kunshan University Chronic disease prevention and control, healthy aging, and innovation in translational health systems and implementation science. Read more ▸
AI for Human-Centered Healthy Aging Lab (AIHCHA): About
Our Mission AIHCHA develops and studies human-centered AI that supports older adults’ physical, mental, and social well-being while respecting dignity, autonomy, culture, relationships, and lived experience. Grounded in humanistic inquiry and community partnership, we build and evaluate technology that strengthens human care rather than standing in for it. About Us By 2035, China is projected […]
September 9th | Film Society | Solaris
What if the universe could bring your memories to life? This Wednesday, hosted by Professor Erin Wilkerson, DKU Film Society is excited to invite you to a screening of Solaris (1972). Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, the film follows psychologist Kris Kelvin, who travels to a space station orbiting the mysterious planet Solaris to investigate the […]
Surfing Nazaré with Pasolini Maria José de Abreu
Event Information: September 7｜6:30 PM WDR 1111 Speaker: Columbia University Professor Maria José de Abreu Mark you calendar and come curious! Embrace the journey of surfing!
FEELING INTO FORM: Art, Movement, and the Making of Empathy
Event Information September 15 | 6:00 PM Community Center Theater Organized by Heritage Lab, with Prof. Jung Choi and Prof. Kolleen Guy What can happen when music and visual art respond to similar ideas? Join us on Tuesday, September 15 at 6:00 pm in the CCTE Theater for the closing concert of the exhibition Feeling […]
HRC 2026 Fall Conference Student Report
Report by Muxiao Li, class of 2027; Photo by Yu Sun, class of 2028 On April 28, the HRC fall conference began with the opening remarks by HRC Co-Directors, Professor Selina Lai-Henderson and Professor carlos rojas, who introduced the conference theme and event framework. Dean of Faculty Affairs, Professor Zach Fredman, emphasized the success of […]
Ganzhi (干支), for Saxophone and Piano: People
Maximiliano Amici’s research focuses on the exploration of new artistic and theoretical paths for contemporary composition. He strives to contribute to bridging the current gap between new music and most audiences. Recently, he wrote a dramatic cantata for baritone, large chamber ensemble, male choir and electronics based on The Pit and the Pendulum, by Edgar […]
Ganzhi (干支), for Saxophone and Piano: About
Ganzhi (干支), for saxophone and piano will be composed and recorded in early 2027 with the collaboration of Prof. Susan Fancher, an appointed Lecturing Fellow of Music in the Duke Music Department. The title refers directly to the sixty-year cycle of the Chinese lunar calendar; the work will be composed using a technique derived from the calendar’s underlying structure. […]
The Art of Dwelling: Tea, Attention, and Intercultural Co-Presence: People
Project Lead Dr. Lianyun Pang Lecturer, Language and Culture Center Core Member, Chinese Arts of Education Lab Institute for Global Higher Education (IGHE) Dr. Pang’s teaching and research focus on intercultural communication, Chinese language education, public humanities, and embodied learning. Her recent work explores how tea-centered experiences can foster attention, dialogue, and shared presence across […]
The Art of Dwelling: Tea, Attention, and Intercultural Co-Presence: About
The Art of Dwelling: Tea, Attention, and Intercultural Co-Presence is a Public Humanities initiative at Duke Kunshan University exploring how everyday practices of tea sharing can deepen attention, foster intercultural understanding, and invite new ways of being together. Rather than treating tea simply as a cultural tradition or an object of study, the project approaches it […]
