Seminars

University Scholars Program events include regular seminars featuring Duke faculty and students sharing their research, lunches and special events with visiting writers, scholars, scientists, and artists, and public events to which members of the Duke community and Durham residents are encouraged to attend.

USP Seminars typically meet in 223 Sanford Building and meet on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday evening from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm.

USP Seminars Fall 2022

Check back here for speakers/topics for Fall 2022 USP Seminars.

  • Tuesday, September 20: Rachel Coleman (Duke Career Center):  Networks and Networking
  • Wednesday, October 5: Jessica Harrell (Director of Undergraduate Research Support): Mentoring and Mentoring Up
  • Monday, October 17: Craig Rawlings (Sociology): Social Networks and the Microfoundations of Polarization
  • Tuesday, November 1: Tyler Dukes (Sanford School of Public Policy): Social Science on a Deadline
  • Wednesday, November 17: Undergraduate Enrichment Seminar
    • Nadia Bey, Biology and Global Health double major, Computational Bio & Bioinformatics minor, Class of 2023
    • Colby Cheshire, Biology and French double major, Class of 2024
    • Nicole Izquierdo, Psychology major, Class of 2023
    • Musa Saleem, Global Cultural Studies and Philosophy double major, Class of 2022
  • Thursday, November 30: Graduate Research Seminar with Austin Wadle (Civil & Environmental Engineering): The queerness of extracellular bacterial vesicles

USP Seminars Spring 2023

Check back here for speakers/topics for Spring 2023 USP Seminars.