The Provost’s Forum is an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff—as well as members of the broader Durham and North Carolina communities—to explore the core values of inquiry, expression, and community in an academic setting where those values are regularly tested by competing concerns.

2024 Provost's Forum

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Universities and the Israel-Palestine Conflict: How to Discuss, How to Engage?

The reaction on college campuses to the October 7 attacks, the ongoing war in Gaza, and the resulting humanitarian crises has been one of the defining events of the last year. The 2024 Provost’s Forum  explored how universities can foster constructive discourse and greater understanding on the conflicts in the Middle East and apply knowledge and skills to help address critical needs in the region.

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Big Problems in Big Tech

Forum exploring the role of generative AI technologies and social media in society. 

February 17, 2023

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Immigration in a Divided World

Forum on areas of tension within and between nations over issues of immigration

October 16-17, 2019

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American Universities, Monuments, and the Legacies of Slavery

March 30-31, 2018

 

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Testing the University: Speech, Freedom, and Civility on College Campuses

March 1, 2018

 

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Policing Color: Black, Brown and Blue

Forum on Race, Community, and the Pursuit of Justice

March 3, 2017

 

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