October 2020
WSU Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health’s Leigh Knodler will give a talk on Salmonella enterica: A Versatile Pathogen, at the annual Bacterial Pathogenesis Symposium sponsored by Duke’s Center for Host-Microbial Interactions. There will be flashtalks and networking throughout.
The COVID-19 pandemic put new stresses on our system of elections, and a shift in many states toward mail-in balloting. Are mail-in ballots safe? What’s driving the polarization of mail-in balloting and what challenges lie ahead?
Were the polls and election models in 2016 wrong? What do current polls and models tell us, and how reliable are they?
Ross Gay is the author of three books of poetry: Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.
What are the likely outcomes in the congressional races this year, and how will they impact politics and policymaking?
How might the Senate’s effort to push through Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination impact the upcoming election?
Recent years have seen references to “fake news” and bias in news coverage. How should the media cover the election, and what would happen if the election day results are not clear?
What happens when families face the incarceration of loved ones? How do families with an incarcerated family member, particularly a parent, develop resilience? Join our experts live as they discuss how these issues impact Black families.