Edna Andrews, a cognitive neuroscientist and the director of the Duke University Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies, demonstrated that keeping the brain connected with words and music helps counter its natural decline and prevents pathologies. Read about the studies published by Andrews and her team of Duke researchers.

Recently appointed Professor Calvin Cheung-Miaw spoke at a Wednesdays at the Center event at Duke about the relationship between Asian American identity and the parallel struggles of other oppressed communities in the United States.

A a church-based intervention in rural Kenya that aims to promote mental health among adolescents and caregivers has been translated for families in the United States, starting with Durham. Duke University's Eve Puffer and Amber Rieder, joined by Wanda Boone of "Together for Resilient Youth (TRY)" presented the project, called "Coping Together," at a recent Wednesdays at the Center event.

Read Duke Today's recap of our event: "Global Value Chains for Least Developed Countries: A Proposal to the WTO," where Duke's Gary Gereffi and his academic colleagues Ari van Assche and Stephanie Barrientos presented their proposal to WTO Deputy Director-General Anabel Gonzáles, Chad ambassador in Geneva H.E. Ahmad Makaila (coordinator of the Least Developed Countries (LCDs) group) and Mustafizur Rahman (distinguished fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue in Bangladesh).