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A devastating earthquake has pushed Haiti into national focus, but many students are unfamiliar with the island’s people and culture. Deborah Jenson, a French studies professor, hopes to change this with a new Creole linguistics and culture course titled “Haitian Creole for the Haitian Recovery.”
Eighteen first-year graduate students in the Pratt School of Engineering are benefiting from personalized mentoring through a new program offered by the Engineering Graduate Student Council.
President Richard Brodhead announced Monday the five innovators in various fields who will receive honorary degrees at May 16 commencement exercises.
The Grand Challenge Scholars program has been endowed with a $1 million donation from the family of a late Board of Visitors chair.
The Duke Smart Home Program celebrated the two-year anniversary of its completion of the Home Depot Smart Home Thursday.
After just one year as dean of the Pratt School of Engineering, Tom Katsouleas has already started to leave his mark in programs, and in smiles.
Campus Council passed a resolution for a pilot program Thursday that would allow pets on Central Campus, said Vice President Alex Reese, a junior.
Students and faculty from Duke traveled to the nation’s capital this week to participate in the inaugural Consortium of Universities for Global Health annual meeting and congressional briefing.
The National Institutes of Health have given Duke researchers a grant that could be worth up to $11 million over the next six years.
The two candidates for Duke Student Government's vice president for Durham and regional affairs hope to improve the relationship between Duke and Durham through greater inter-school communication and interactions with local neighborhoods.
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A recent discovery in genetics may lead to a new understanding of brain tumors and more effective methods of treatment.
Executive Vice President Tallman Trask spoke at Duke Student Government's weekly meeting Wednesday about the University's strategy to cope with the economic downturn.
Campus Council members considered the possibility of Duke police checking dormitories for unlocked doors at their weekly meeting Thursday.
The new government brings with it a new sense of hope for change-but that optimism may not spill over into the job market.
While some students spend their summers basking under the sun on beaches, 35 Duke students will travel to Tegucigalpa, Honduras to aid medically underprivileged communities.
The Graduate and Professional Student Council and University administrators gathered to celebrate the group's Graduate and Professional Student Organization of the Year Award Tuesday evening in the Westbrook Building of the Divinity School.
Duke University Health System filed early this week a Certificate of Need for a $250-million expansion of its cancer center in hopes of increasing its patient services.
Rachel Lavon, Pratt '07, has become a part of Manhattan's history.
Engineering students hoping to get a hands-on experience-with a little help-may have their chance in the coming years. The Engineering Graduate Student Council plans to initiate a new mentoring program targeted toward undergraduate engineers in the next year, beginning with with a small trial group. Through the program, a student from the Pratt School of Engineering and a graduate engineering student will work as a pair on a research project of their choice. The program is being spearheaded entirely by students. Andy Ewing, the Web coordinator of EGSC and a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering, said he believes that it will be a great opportunity for students to practically apply what they have learned in classrooms. He added that graduate students may see the initiative as a chance to develop young researchers. The idea was first proposed by EGSC Vice President Justin Migacz, a graduate student in electrical and computer engineering, during a meeting with Pratt Senior Associate Dean Jeff Glass and Dean Tom Katsouleas when they were brainstorming ideas about what they wanted to do in the school. "Graduate students know what the undergraduate students are going through," said Andrew Fontanella, EGSC president and a graduate student in biomedical engineering. "We feel that they have a better feel for specific needs of undergraduates compared to the faculty." Glass said he loved the idea of mentoring undergraduate engineers, but was unsure about how it should be implemented. "Because the idea is so new, it may be difficult for the students to set it up initially-whether it should be formal, informal-and the details on how they should run it are still to be decided," he said. The idea, however, sparked some interest among undergraduate engineers. Senior Jai Singh said it would be a great opportunity to do a research tailored to his interests. Junior Daniel Hanks said he would be interested if the project requires a relatively low time commitment. Uday Iruku, a first-year graduate student in engineering management, said it would be more appealing if it was offered as a course or a project for credit rather than an independent research project. "It's a good idea, but I wouldn't want to do it right now when I'm so busy," said first-year biomedical engineering graduate student Emily Hogan. Still, Ewing said plans for the initiative have not been finalized. "There is lots to be worked on," he said. "But we are receiving positive feedback and are working to make it a lasting program at Duke."
