Futures Symposium Schedule
Hi all! I’m posting the schedule for the University Scholars Program (USP) “Futures” Symposium for all the world to see. The event will take place on Saturday, March 2nd, from 10:00am to 3:30pm. 9:30-10:00:...
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Symposium Planning Seminar II Recap from 1/10/2013
Thanks to Meg Shea for this recap! Summary of USP Seminar on Symposium Planning 1/10/13: A group of Unis got together on 1/10/13 to discuss the symposium. We started off breaking into smaller groups...
“Futures” Symposium Categories from Sam
On the previous blog post, folks submitted ideas for symposium presentation ideas in response to the email that Sam sent out over winter break. Sam compiled these replies and categorized them according to the...
Kevin Momber Finds His Path in Nursing
Professional School University Scholar Kevin Momber (Nursing 2014) took a circuitous route before ending up in a Master’s degree program in Nurse Anesthesia at Duke’s School of Nursing. Duke Magazine‘s November 2012 issue featured...
Interview with Graduate University Scholar Chris Paul (Environmental Policy)
Undergraduate Uni, Linda Cao, Trinity ’14, interviewed graduate Uni Chris Paul, to find out what he was working on during his time between graduating from Duke as a Robertson Scholar in 2006 and what...
Summer Enrichment Part 1, with Dhrusti Patel, Albert Hu, Ash-girl Chapfuwa, and Jodi Hyman
Every summer, USP upperclasspeople have the opportunity to apply for funding to go do Interesting Things. When they get back, they present their experiences to the rest of the program. These are the summer...
Keynote speaker nominee: Margaret Humphreys
Another possible good keynote speaker for our “Two Cultures” symposium would be Margaret Humphreys, Josiah Charles Trent Professor in the History of Medicine & Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine. Professor Humphreys was affiliated with...
Symposium Speakers – Divinity Magazine article on Ray Barfield, M.D., Ph.D.
winter 2009 15 Ray Barfield’ s Epiphany of Presence LEADING LIVES OF CONSEQUENCE by Jonathan Goldstein Divinity Magazine When Ray Barfield was a second-year resident at Eggleston Children’s Hospital in Atlanta, he learned how...
Possible symposium thoughts
I was thinking about how I could convert some of the work I’m already doing (i.e. working in a neuro lab looking to repurpose Alzheimer’s drugs for glaucoma) to something relevant to the Two...
another research interests post
I’m posting a brief blurb about my dissertation project so that I can find a group for the symposium. The goal of my dissertation is to analyze the durability of distinct medical cultures in...
