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Black Tie Dinner

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The Bouchet Society hosts an annual Black-Tie Dinner named after Dr. Ida Stephens Owens, the first African American female to earn her Ph.D. from Duke as well as the first African American to receive her Ph.D. in sciences here at Duke in Physiology. This important and meaningful event was last held in December of 2019. The purpose of this dinner is to highlight and celebrate successful minority…