On October 20, 2024, Duke Kunshan University Library co-hosted the lecture titled “The Cultivation of Reading and Creative Abilities in Contemporary Chinese Novels,” featuring renowned novelist and literary scholar, Dr. Wei Fang, Professor at Soochow University.

On September 19, Noah Pickus, Associate Provost at Duke University and Dean for Academic Strategy and Learning Innovation at DKU, delivered a Faculty Author Talk on his newly published book, “The New Global Universities: Reinventing Education in the 21st Century.”