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Until June 30, students and alumni can register for Space Medicine, a six-week online learning experience set to debut on Coursera later this summer.

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Space Medicine, Duke’s first undergraduate-led online learning experience, to begin in July

By Gautam Sirdeshmukh | June 13, 2021

The sky is no longer the limit for Duke’s course catalog.

Test tubes for Duke's self-administered COVID-19 surveillance tests.

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How a Duke team reads the genome of every positive COVID-19 case

By Ashwin Kulshrestha | April 5, 2021

At least three coronavirus variants have been identified in positive Duke-administered tests since the start of the semester. Who are Duke’s variant hunters, and how do they identify different versions of the virus?

Anthony Fauci spoke about the COVID-19 vaccination effort in a Feb. 10 talk.

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Fauci says pandemic could improve by March or April, discusses contradicting Trump

By Paige Carlisle | February 11, 2021

Fauci and David Rubenstein, Trinity ‘70, discussed the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine distribution at an event that was livestreamed on Youtube. Fauci said the pandemic situation could improve by March or April if Americans continue to wear masks, practice social distancing and avoid congregating. But he also acknowledged the presence of new threats.

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'We’re only halfway there': Students look forward to vaccination but want to ensure acceptance, access

By Gautam Sirdeshmukh | February 4, 2021

As Duke students await their doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, they have lingering questions about access and acceptance.

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Simulating black holes, building better drugs: Expanded quantum computing project brings new research possibilities

By Rosa Golchin | January 26, 2021

Armed with shiny new technology and a major building expansion, Duke is betting big on quantum computing.

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How Duke's health system pivoted in 2020 to respond to the pandemic

By Sibani Ram | December 30, 2020

When the pandemic upended health care in 2020, Duke Health employees had to evolve their research, priorities and approach to treating patients. That has included testing for the virus and getting workers vaccinated—and reopening the health system to treat things other than the coronavirus.

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With vaccines on the way, what's next? Experts discuss challenges, potential inequities in distribution

By Michael Lee | December 4, 2020

Despite the excitement and relief brought by news of highly effective COVID-19 vaccines that will likely soon be approved by U.S. regulators, their large-scale manufacturing and distribution is wrought with issues and complexities.

Robert Lefkowitz (right) shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with his mentee Brian Kobilka (not pictured).

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The road to a Nobel Prize: Robert Lefkowitz writes memoir, reconnects with roots

By Yuexuan Chen | November 16, 2020

Lefkowitz’s memoir “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Stockholm: The Adrenaline-Fueled Adventures of an Accidental Scientist” is set to be released in February of next year. The story builds up to the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry that he shared with his mentee Brian Kobilka. He also shares his experiences as a trained cardiologist who was diagnosed with a heart disease.

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Duke, UNC study finds little evidence virus cases at NC universities spread beyond schools

By Nadia Bey | November 13, 2020

Colleges’ decisions to reopen this fall have raised concerns that outbreaks on campus could lead to COVID-19 spreading in college towns. However, a recent geospatial analysis by researchers at Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found little evidence that student cases of COVID-19 at a sample of North Carolina universities had spilled over into the wider community.

A new Bass connections team will conduct a survey of students to understand how their sexual behavior and access to sexual health education and resources may have changed due to COVID-19.

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A survey on sex: Bass Connections team to look at how COVID-19 has changed college sexual behavior

By Nadia Bey | October 7, 2020

A Bass Connections team is researching how the pandemic might impact sexual behavior and sexual health among college students in the Triangle.

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How a retracted study impacted Duke research on hydroxychloroquine

By Jane Zebrack | October 1, 2020

After the retraction of a study on hydroxychloroquine with data provided by a Duke alum's company, a Duke study on the drug has felt ripple effects.

Former FDA Commissioner Mark McClellan spoke on Wednesday to the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Duke-Margolis Center director defends FDA vaccine approval process in House hearing

By Preetha Ramachandran | October 1, 2020

Mark McClellan, founding director of the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, spoke on Wednesday to the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce as part of a panel of public health scholars.

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COVID-19 has upended energy demand, given a boost to renewables, professors say

By Rosa Golchin | September 29, 2020

A global pandemic has upended many facets of life—including the environment.

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Professors explore Duke Hospital’s history of segregation, 'complicated relationship' with Durham community

By Grace Sorensen | September 25, 2020

Segregation in the 20th century contributed to a still-strained relationship between Durham and the Duke Hospital, two Duke professors told a virtual audience at a Tuesday event.

Nancy-Ann DeParle, deputy chief of staff for policy in the Obama administration and architect of the Affordable Care Act, spoke to students Sept. 16.

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Affordable Care Act architect Nancy-Ann DeParle talks voting and health care at Wednesday event

By Preetha Ramachandran | September 17, 2020

Students heard about health-care policy, voting and more at a Wednesday event.

Thomas Williams, senior lecturing fellow the School of Law, moderated a Friday panel on racism's effect on COVID-19 impacts with Keisha Bentley-Edwards, assistant professor in medicine and associate director of research at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, and Jay Pearson, assistant professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy.

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Racism and COVID-19 impacts: Professors discuss the connection in panel

By Andrew Griffin | September 14, 2020

Why has the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected Black and brown people in the United States?

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How will we develop a COVID-19 vaccine? Experts discuss the process in Thursday webinar

By Andrew McCallum | September 11, 2020

As precautionary measures taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19 continue, one question is on all of our minds: When is a safe, effective vaccine going to be developed?