Joseph DeSimone, co-inventor of a new form of three-dimensional printing technology, emphasized the importance of diversity at the Levine Science Research Center Tuesday.
When Dr. Nancy Andrews, dean of the School of Medicine and vice chancellor for academic affairs, steps down next year, she will leave behind a legacy of open collaboration and strong leadership, her peers said.
A new study by the Sullivan Lab suggests that a major breakthrough in better understanding cancer might be hiding in plain sight.
Neither career lawyers nor fresh-faced premeds are excluded from Science, Law & Policy Laboratory, which is beginning its second year exploring science in a law and policymaking setting.
Christine Whitman, former governor of New Jersey and Environmental Protection Agency administrator when President George W. Bush was in office, discussed the importance of nuclear energy at the Sanford School of Public Policy Wednesday.
Durham, North Carolina—Duke has been awarded the IBM Health Corps award and will receive expertise from IBM’s top employees to build a communications infrastructure that will connect and advance community wellness programs. According to IBM Health Corps, “leading global researchers have declared that, for the first time in human history, we have the financial and technical capacity to eliminate key health disparities between lower and higher income nations, preventing nearly 130 million deaths by 2030.” IBM believes that by strategically investing in the research and development of health technology, the private sector can facilitate solutions to health challenges around the word.
Nobel laureate Paul Modrich spoke to the Duke community Wednesday about both his prize-winning discovery and his current work with DNA mismatch repair mechanisms in bacteria.
After the University announced in May a proposal from Duke Energy to build a new natural gas facility on campus, some students and faculty members have raised concerns about the proposed plant’s impact and a lack of transparency surrounding the initial stages of the facility's planning.
A lawsuit filed by a former Duke employee Joseph Thomas claims that Duke faculty and administrators ignored and hid allegations of academic misconduct within the department of pulmonary, allergy, and critical care medicine.
Duke has signed a petition calling for presidential candidates to publicly share and debate their platforms on science and technology policy.
The effects of television violence is hotly contested by parents and educators alike, but a study co-authored by a Duke researcher may impact future discussions.
Two Duke brain researchers were awarded a $1 million grant by the W.M. Keck Foundation, the University announced Wednesday.
Construction is expected to begin shortly on two new mixed-use buildings in downtown Durham, one of which will be occupied by the Duke Clinical Research Institute.
Ingrid Daubechies—a Belgian James B. Duke professor of mathematics and electrical and computer engineering—received a $1.5 million grant from the Simons Foundation, the University announced Monday.
In 1993, the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program of Duke Medicine was the first center in the world to perform a transplant using unrelated umbilical cord blood as an alternative donor source for patients who didn’t have a matching donor in their family or in the adult donor registries.
A study by Duke investigators into the activity of a brain receptor provides new clues for tackling obsessive behaviors in humans.
Dr. Nancy Andrews, dean of the School of Medicine and vice chancellor for academic affairs, will step down in June 2017, the University announced Friday. Andrews has served as dean since 2007.
Children’s early attention and social skills may soon be recognized as equally important as their early academic skills in facilitating scholastic success into young adulthood.
On the heels of announcing their partnership with Duke in January, representatives from the Indian Institute of Technology in Ghandinagar met with Duke officials in Durham last month to build upon their previous discussions.
Duke researchers are aiming to study marine landscapes from a new perspective—the sky. Drone technology has opened up many avenues for environmental scientists to study the movement, magnitude and health of marine species. Duke scientists have started using drones to do just that. David Johnston, assistant professor of the practice of marine conservation ecology, is currently implementing drones to study coastal waterways.
