University making progress toward carbon-neutral pledge
By Vignesh Krishnaswamy | November 29, 2011Duke has been working toward becoming more sustainable, but the University has some steps to go before attaining its long-term goal.
Duke has been working toward becoming more sustainable, but the University has some steps to go before attaining its long-term goal.
A seed planted in the minds of several students has blossomed into a full-fledged farm.
Duke is launching a new Energy Initiative to bring students, faculty and alumni together to investigate the current world energy system and to develop alternative solutions to world energy problems.
Researchers have developed a more comprehensive method of authenticating smartphone photos.
The grass is always greener at Duke.
People struggling with eating disorders will soon be able to tap into treatment online.
Miners in Peru may be risking more than the value of the gold they’re digging for.
Flu Crew fever has swept through East Campus.
A Duke environmental engineer will apply a recently received grant to safely eliminate biowaste in underdeveloped countries.
Acclaimed Duke professor Adrian Bejan, one of the 100 most highly cited authors in the world regarding engineering, is credited with the development of the constructal law of design in nature.
Computers are now teaching doctors effective interpersonal communication skills.
Faculty from Duke Global Health Institute have approved undergraduate and graduate-level global health programs for Duke Kunshan University.
Cancer patients at Duke can now draw comfort from two new meditative support groups.
By summer 2014, Duke University Health System will convert to a single, standardized electronic health records system, revolutionizing access to patient history.
After completing his residency, the young pediatrician Dr. John Moses shed his white coat and spent eight years making house calls with a camera.
The Duke Forest was renewed as an asset in the University’s mission toward sustainability early last month.
Commuting between campuses is about to get a little greener.
Health officials are looking into an E. coli outbreak that infected some attendees of the annual North Carolina State Fair in October.
When clinical trials suggest an expensive cancer drug is ineffective but individual cases highlight its benefits, the methods for evaluating clinical research come into question.
Keith Whitfield, professor of psychology and neuroscience, has been named vice provost of academic affairs, the University announced Wednesday.