/ en Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:26:07 -0400 Mon, 28 Apr 25 10:59:57 -0400 /2025/04/duke-flags-lowered-psychiatry-and-behavioral-sciences-professor-jesse-cavenar-jr-passes Dr. Jesse Cavenar Jr., professor emeritus of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, passed away on April 6 at the age of 85. Born in Arkansas, Davenar earned his medical degree from the University of Arkansas School of Medicine in 1963. He served as a Navy flight surgeon in the Vietnam era, and after completing active duty, he attended psychiatry residency at UNC Chapel Hill. He also trained at the UNC-Duke Psychoanalytic Institute and was a teaching psychoanalyst there for many years. He was certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and by the Board of Professional… Duke Today /2025/04/duke-flags-lowered-psychiatry-and-behavioral-sciences-professor-jesse-cavenar-jr-passes Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:59:57 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences|School of Medicine /2025/04/how-public-supported-studies-bring-researcher-and-patient-closer-cure-alzheimers Heather Whitson advances the science of the aging brain Duke Today /2025/04/how-public-supported-studies-bring-researcher-and-patient-closer-cure-alzheimers Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:21:20 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Faculty|Psychology and Neuroscience|School of Medicine /2025/04/ai-invention-accelerates-drug-discovery School of Medicine Magnify /2025/04/ai-invention-accelerates-drug-discovery Thu, 24 Apr 2025 08:51:54 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed School of Medicine /2025/04/steps-crushed-colorectal-cancer Duke Health /2025/04/steps-crushed-colorectal-cancer Mon, 21 Apr 2025 10:08:31 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed School of Medicine /2025/04/hack-large-cancer-fighting-drugs-enter-cells School of Medicine /2025/04/hack-large-cancer-fighting-drugs-enter-cells Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:24:58 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed School of Medicine /2025/04/greater-understanding-brain-disorders-ai School of Medicine /2025/04/greater-understanding-brain-disorders-ai Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:17:53 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed School of Medicine /2025/04/duke-flags-lowered-michael-sheetz-founding-chair-cell-biology-dies Department of Cell Biology /2025/04/duke-flags-lowered-michael-sheetz-founding-chair-cell-biology-dies Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:50:20 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Cell Biology|Faculty|School of Medicine /2025/04/sullivan-award-honors-three-creating-stronger-access-community-services Winners are cited for their selflessness and service Duke Today /2025/04/sullivan-award-honors-three-creating-stronger-access-community-services Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:23:59 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Civic Engagement|Durham & the Region|Faculty|Sanford School of Public Policy|School of Medicine|students, graduate and professional|students, undergraduate|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences /2025/04/are-you-perfectionist-heres-help Research Blog /2025/04/are-you-perfectionist-heres-help Mon, 14 Apr 2025 07:55:27 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences|School of Medicine /2025/04/spotlight-climate-related-health-challenges During a presentation Elizabeth Rojo stopped at a slide listing two names and photos. The two people had recently died working on North Carolina farms in high heat conditions. With 2.3 million farm workers in the U.S., the state of North Carolina has the sixth largest farmworker community nationwide, said Rojo, a Ph.D. candidate at Duke. Climate change is putting many of these lives at greater risk. “Heat protection needs to happen now. What are we going to do?” Rojo asked the audience at the Innovative Strategies for Addressing Climate-Related Health Challenges Symposium at Duke on… Duke Today /2025/04/spotlight-climate-related-health-challenges Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:46:01 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Climate|Faculty|Population Health|School of Medicine|students, graduate and professional|Sustainability