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Thu, 08 Dec 1994 21:29
Duke Internationalization Projects
Author: Robert Brady Jr.
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 1994 21:29
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 1994 21:29
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For immediate release Contact: Debbie Selinsky
Dec. 6, 1994 (919) 681-8055
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MELLON FOUNDATION AWARDS $350,000 GRANT TO
DUKE UNIVERSITY FOR INTERNATIONALIZATION PROJECTS
DURHAM, N.C. -- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a
$350,000 grant to Duke University to support a three-year program
of interdisciplinary seminars exploring the historical and cultural
roots of significant contemporary developments in international
affairs.
"The seminars will allow us to deepen the international
understanding of our faculty and students," said Duke President
Nannerl O. Keohane. "The program also will allow us to bring
members of the Duke community into ongoing interchange with
prominent international scholars interested in similar issues.
Knowledge of the cultures, arts, histories and contemporary affairs
of peoples and nations throughout the world is central to the
experience of membership in the Duke University community."
Peter Lange, the university's first vice provost for academic
and international affairs, will act as principal investigator for
the program. He said the Mellon grant will provide new
opportunities for Duke students and faculty as well as for
participating scholars from other U.S. and international
institutions. The seminars will help develop new, "more informative
conceptual frameworks and deeper substantive insights" in several
topical areas, he added. "The political events, social upheavals
and economic distress confronting numerous nations and peoples are
complex manifestations of significant, worldwide social, economic
and cultural change. The Mellon grant will stimulate active,
focused and sustained debates on these developments among Duke
faculty and students and visiting scholars of national and
international prominence."
Duke seminars will focus on the following topics:
* "Collective Actors in Transitional Societies" (Herbert
Kitschelt and James Leitzel, conveners)
* "New Nationalism, New Identities, New Perspectives" (Edward
Tiryakian, convener, and John F. Richards, co-convener)
* "Public Culture and Transnationalism" (Katherine Ewing,
convener)
* "Think Globally, Act Locally: Women's Leadership and Grass
Roots Activism" (Nancy Hewitt, convener)
According to Lange, "the year-long Mellon Seminars on
Contemporary Developments are grounded in disciplinary strengths
and linked to other institutional initiatives but will bring
together multiple disciplines to develop new contexts for inquiry
and understanding of significant issues."
Each seminar will operate independently, led by its faculty
conveners and a steering committee, and each will have associated
post-doctoral and doctoral fellows and international faculty
participants, all supported by the Mellon Foundation's grant.
Lange will serve as liaison with the faculty organizers, provide
oversight for the selection of post-doctoral and graduate fellows
and support the publication of a series of working papers emerging
from the seminars.
The seminars will begin in the fall 1995 semester. The first
two will be chaired by professors Hewitt, Leitzel and Kitschelt.
The remaining two seminars, chaired respectively by Ewing and
Tiryakian and Richards, will take place in 1996-97 and 1997-98.
Lange added that the Mellon Foundation's "long-standing
commitment to scholarship and inquiry into international affairs
has had a tremendous impact on the social sciences and humanities."
"It is a great honor for Duke to be among the first
participants in this new seminars program; we look forward to the
discoveries the seminars will bring."
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Infertility Lecture Dec. 13
Author: Robert Brady Jr.
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 1994 21:31
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 1994 21:31
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For immediate release Contact: J.J. Warlick
Dec. 7, 1994 (919) 419-3277
WARLI002@mc.duke.edu
DUKE TO PRESENT FREE LECTURE ON INFERTILITY DEC. 13
DURHAM, N.C. -- As more women put off childbearing until
later in life, many are encountering an unexpected problem --
infertility.
A Duke University Medical Center professor will discuss the
causes of infertility and the options available for infertile
couples during this month's Health Night Out lecture, "Overcoming
Infertility," on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Health Night Out features Duke
experts sharing the latest health information on the second
Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at the Duke Center for
Living.
"There are many options available to infertile couples
ranging from simple medical and surgical therapies to in vitro
fertilization, donor eggs and sperm, gamete micromanipulation and
even adoption," said Dr. David Walmer, assistant professor of
endocrinology and infertility.
"Unfortunately, there is not always a consensus about the
most appropriate use of resources in the diagnosis and therapy of
infertile couples," Walmer said. "This seminar will focus on
making sense out of these confusing issues and will help couples
to get the most out of their efforts and resources."
The lecture will be held in the Stedman Nutrition Center
Building at the Duke Center for Living, off Morreene Road in
Durham behind the Duke Credit Union. Free parking is available.
Seating is limited, so participants must pre-register by calling
(919) 416-DUKE (416-3853). Directions to the Duke Center for
Living are available upon request.
Happenings at Duke
Author: Robert Brady Jr.
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 1994 21:32
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 1994 21:32
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Brought to you as a service of the Duke University News Service,
Box 90563, Durham, NC 27708-0563, Phone: (919) 684-2823, Fax: (919)
684-5760/681-7334.
This and other stories and information can be found on Duke
University's gopher server DIABLO. Point your gopher client to
DIABLO.DUKE.EDU.
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HAPPENINGS AT DUKE
Events beginning Monday, Dec. 12 through Sunday, Dec. 25
Please note: When applicable, contacts are listed for news
reporters who would like to obtain media passes and photographs or
to arrange interviews. Changes and additions to previously listed
calendar events are in bold italics.
Call the 24-hour Duke Arts Hotline at 1-800-681-ARTS for arts
events.
GENERAL INTEREST
Tuesday, Dec. 13
7:30 p.m. "Overcoming Infertility," lecture by David Walmer,
assistant professor of endocrinology and infertility. Part of the
Duke Health Night Out Women's Series. To register call 419-3277.
Duke Center for Living, 1300 Morreene Road, Medical Center.
Friday, Dec. 16
Noon "Religious Coping and Depression Among Elderly,
Hospitalized, Medically Ill Men," talk by Harold Koenig, assistant
clinical professor, department of psychiatry at Duke. Part of the
Mind-Body Medicine Study Group. M422, green zone, Duke South,
Medical Center.
Saturday, Dec. 24
Christmas Eve events at Duke Chapel, West Campus:
3 p.m. Christmas Eve Service for Children.
5:30 p.m. Service of Carols and Holy Communion with the Rev.
William H. Willimon, dean of the chapel.
11 p.m. Service of Lessons and Carols. A maximum of 1,700
persons will be admitted to this service on a first-come, first-
served basis.
Sunday, Dec. 25
Christmas Day
11 a.m. Worship Service, sermon by the Rev. William H.
Willimon, dean of the chapel. Duke Chapel, West Campus.
ART
Friday, Dec. 15
5 p.m. "After Hours," a monthly gathering to allow people to
visit the museum after hours, with light refreshments and a cash
bar. Special event to be scheduled. Duke University Museum of
Art, East Campus.
Opening and Ongoing Exhibits
Duke University Museum of Art, East Campus
"Ralph Eugene Meatyard: Photographs from the Collection of
Vernon Pratt." The work of Meatyard, who was born in 1925, has
been described as haunting, enigmatic, grotesque, and surreal; this
group of photographs is one of two authorized by Meatyard's estate.
Runs through Dec. 30. North Gallery.
"The Great English Vortex: Selected Drawings from the
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Wilsey." The exhibit
presents work of English Vorticist artists, a movement of pre-World
War I Europe noted for its simplified flat color and functional
geometric forms. Runs through Dec. 30. Upper foyer.
"Art of the '60s and '70s: Selections from DUMA Collections."
Prints by contemporary artists including Josef Albers, Romare
Beerden, Philip Guston, Richard Linder, Malcolm Morley, Alice Neel
and Frank Stella. Runs through Dec. 30. Southeast Gallery.
"The Brummer Collection: 25 Years of Medieval and Renaissance
Art at the Duke University Museum of Art." This exhibit, which
prompted the establishment of the Duke University Art Museum,
contains over 250 pieces including sculptures of stone, bronze,
wood, and ivory, as well as stained glass, leather and textiles.
The pieces represent regions throughout Europe, spanning the 9th
through 16th centuries. Runs through Dec. 30. Main Gallery.
Museum hours are 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 11
a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday. For general
information, contact (919) 684-5135.
Institute of the Arts Gallery, Bivins Building, East Campus
Prints by Beth Grabowski. Through Dec. 22
Gallery hours are Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Center for Documentary Studies
"The Eye of Childhood," children's drawings collected by
Robert Coles. Lyndhurst House, 1317 W. Pettigrew St.
Brown Gallery, Bryan Center
"Homeless: Portraits of Americans in Hard Times," photographs
by Howard Schatz. Project director/editor: Beverly J. Ornstein.
Born in Chicago, Schatz is an award-winning photographer and has
published three books of photography. The exhibit presents black
and white photographs and first-person interviews. Runs through
Feb. 3, 1995.
Touchable Art Gallery, Eye Center
Arts and crafts by people with visual impairments.
"Works from Around the World" and other selections by Clyde
Jones, an artist from Bynum, North Carolina, are on display in the
Cornea Waiting Room, which is open Monday through Thursday. Gallery
hours vary; call Peggy Young at (919) 286-3361 for more
information.
Hanks Lobby Gallery of the Reynolds Industries Theater, Bryan
Center
"Big Paintings of Color" by Jim Kellough. The exhibit can be
viewed when the theater is open for public events, 45 minutes
before showtime.
MUSIC
Sunday, Dec. 18
7:30 p.m. Open rehearsal for the Christmas Eve Community
Choir. This choir, open to all singers, will provide music for the
11 p.m. service on Christmas Eve in Duke Chapel. Duke Chapel, West
Campus.
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Phi Beta Kappa Members From NC
Author: Robert Brady Jr.
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 1994 21:34
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 1994 21:34
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Brought to you as a service of the Duke University News Service,
Box 90563, Durham, NC 27708-0563, Phone: (919) 684-2823, Fax: (919)
684-5760/681-7334.
This and other stories and information can be found on Duke
University's gopher server DIABLO. Point your gopher client to
DIABLO.DUKE.EDU.
===================================================================
For immediate release Contact: Debbie Selinsky
Dec. 7, 1994 (919) 681-8055
SelinskyD@
mail01.adm.duke.edu
DUKE UNIVERSITY CHAPTER OF PHI BETA KAPPA
INITIATES 12 MEMBERS FROM NORTH CAROLINA
DURHAM, N.C. -- Twelve North Carolina residents were among
the 80 undergraduates, graduate students and recent graduates
inducted recently into the Duke University chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa.
Fall initiates included Melynn Elizabeth Glusman, Laura E.
Neish, Nadeem Ur Rahman, Charles Pendleton Read and David Michael
Stetson of Durham; Craig B. Gentry of Cary; Joshua Seth Broder of
Thomasville; Julie Ann Daumit of Charlotte; Rebecca Diane Everly
of Mt. Airy; Charles Mark Hill of Winston-Salem; Laura Ellen Rose
of Reidsville; and Katrina J. Sherry of Asheville.
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