Benjamin, who is the Duke Divinity School library director, will serve a three-year term on the board of directors for the association of librarians and information professionals.

In celebration of the 140th anniversary of Methodist mission work, President Kyung-dong Yoo of Methodist Theological University in Korea (MTU) visited Duke Divinity School in January, marking a significant new chapter in the schools’ growing international partnership.

Every Tuesday in February, the Divinity School celebrated the distinct contributions of the school’s alumni of African descent in the Sankofa Alumni Preaching Series.

Duke Divinity School welcomed Hawkins, director of the Office of Public Witness of the Presbyterian Church (USA), for “The Role of Faith in Public Life,” where he challenged attendees to consider how the church embodies its calling.

Professor Tinoco Ruiz will serve as a fellow in the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Leaders Network program, developing as a leader with faculty peers from across the ACC.

The new programs build on Duke University’s unique interdisciplinary connections and academic strengths at the intersection of theological studies, environmental issues, and public policy.

Rushing will serve as an artist-in-context at Duke Divinity School, studying the negro spiritual with faculty and developing a new iteration of his 2024 Ailey ballet "Sacred Songs" for debut at Duke in April 2026.

Dr. Jeremy Begbie, Thomas A. Langford Distinguished Research Professor of Theology and The McDonald Agape Director of Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts, will deliver the Gifford Lectures at the University of Aberdeen in fall 2026.

Co-edited by DITA Associate Director Dr. Daniel Train, "Naming the Spirit: Pneumatology Through the Arts" was the recipient of Intervarsity Press's Reader's Choice Award in the Arts & Humanities category.

Dean Edgardo Colón-Emeric contributes to Methodist-Roman Catholic International Commission book that examines the theological progress made over the past six decades between the Catholic and Methodist Churches.

Duke Divinity School marked the 30th anniversary of the death of Dr. Frederick Herzog with a special chapel service and lunch panel commemorating Herzog’s legacy of faithfulness to God’s call to the hard work of justice and mercy.

James Abbington, the first Bethea Professor of the Practice of Sacred Music and Black Church Studies, was a world-renowned musician and scholar of the traditions and contributions from music in the Black Church.

Fons Vitae at Duke Divinity School has received a grant to launch a new Catholic Undergraduate Medical Humanities Fellowship, open to undergraduates at Duke and UNC–Chapel Hill beginning Fall 2025.

Duke Divinity School’s 99th Opening Convocation welcomed 219 new students, with Dean Edgardo Colón-Emeric kicking off the school's Nicene Preaching Series.

The memorandum of understanding (MOU) fosters a strong connection between Duke's M.Div. program and Huntingdon's undergraduate studies of religion.

Valerie Cooper, associate professor of religion and society and Black Church studies, is an inaugural senior fellow for a Templeton Foundation grant-funded program focused on theologies of hope.

The Rev. Dr. Prince Raney Rivers, senior pastor of Union Baptist Church in Durham, N.C, has been named the director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Duke Divinity School, effective July 1.

The five new faculty members bring expertise ranging from music and worship to constructive theology and ethics.

The hiring of Abbington as the inaugural endowed chair was made possible by a $5 million award from The Duke Endowment to boost Black Church studies at the school.

Duke Divinity School celebrated its 99th Baccalaureate Service on May 10 with 201 Duke Divinity School students graduating. Other events included Closing Convocation, an academic awards ceremony, and Graduate Cross services.