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Events and Lectures

Duke/UNC Speaker

Duke/UNC Collaborative Speakers Series
September 2010 - April 2011

Jeffrey P. Baker, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics;
Director, History of Medicine Program, Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine
Duke University
"The Historical Context of the Autism Epidemic"
April 5, 2011 - UNC Health Sciences Library
Tea with Trailblazers

Tea with Trailblazers

Dr. Nancy Andrews
Duke's first woman Dean of the School of Medicine
March 14, 2011
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Changing the Face of Medicine

Changing the Face of Medicine
"Celebrating America’s Women Physicians"
February 14 - March 27, 2011

This touring exhibition, on loan from the National Library of Medicine, highlights women physicians and scientists who have been leaders or made major contributions to the field.
An additional exhibit will focus on Duke women in medicine
Special Lecture

An Evening with David Whyte
Poet and Author

The Power and Place of Poetry
Friday, May 21, 2010
7:30 pm
Reynolds Theater, Bryan University Center
Duke University
Button Chair Exhibit

Button Chair Exhibit
November 9-30, 2009
First Stack Level

A project of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation, this interactive art display is designed to increase awareness of breast cancer.

Sponsored by the Duke University Medical Center Library & Archives, Duke Center for Cancer Survivorship, and Susan G. Komen For The Cure

Opening Doors Exhibit

Opening Doors: Contemporary
African American Academic Surgeons
February - April 2009
Mezzanine Level

This traveling exhibit celebrates the contributions of African American academic surgeons to medicine and medical education through contemporary and historical images.

Developed and produced by the National Library of Medicine and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture
Special Lecture

Special History Lecture

Margaret Humphreys, MD, PhD
"Physicians in the Civil War"
April 1, 2009
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Anatomy Class

Anatomy Class Visit

November 6, 2008
Zeiss Photomicroscope

Celebration Honoring the Gift
of the Zeiss Photomicroscope
from the Pathology Department

October 1, 2008
Special Lecture

Special History Lecture

Ivan W. Brown, Jr, MD
"The 65ths: Notable NC Army Hospitals of WWI and WWII"
September 23, 2008
Anatomy Class

Anatomy Class Visit

November 6, 2007
Davison Society Event

Davison Society event honoring
Dr. Edward Halperin for his many
years of service

May 29, 2007

Pictured left to right: Dr. Halperin and Dr. Edward Buckley

School of Math and Science Tour

School of Math and Science Tour

April 2, 2007
Tea with Trailblazers

Tea with Trailblazers Celebration

February 9, 2007
Semans Collection

Celebration Honoring the Gift of
James H. Semans, MD Urology Collection

November, 2006 - January, 2007
Book Signing

Book Signing for 75th History
Foundations for Excellence:
75 Years of Duke Medicine
Authored by Walter E. Campbell

November 28, 2006

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