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SurroundSense, an application developed by three members of the Duke community, can pinpoint the location of a phone more precisely than current global positioning systems.
A recent study found that global health accounted for more than 7,000 jobs and $508 million in salaries in 2007, making the total impact of global health on the state’s economy somewhere between...
Tim Profeta, director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and a senior associate dean, appeared before the U.S. Senate recently to discuss cap-and-trade systems.
Several top Duke and Singaporean officials gathered Monday for the official opening of the Duke University-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School’s new home, an 11-story medical...
Someone suspected to have psychic healing abilities attempts to wake up a mouse with his mind. Although experiments like this may seem out of place at Duke today, they were not a few decades ago.
University faculty publish research on topics such as color blindness in monkeys and asexual fungus-gardening ants—work that is sometimes overlooked by the general public.
Duke Medical Center’s Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center is teaming up with the Burnham Institute for Medical Research to build a collaborative new research facility in Orlando, Fla.
Five weeks into the school year, the estimated number of H1N1 virus cases on campus is 350, said Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations.
Carolina Parent magazine has ranked Duke University and Health System in its list of the top 50 family-friendly employers in North Carolina.
Late nights at the kitchen table with textbooks, problem sets and hovering parents may not be as useful as some believe.
Chief executive officers, entrepreneurs and medical professionals gathered at the Fuqua School of Business Wednesday for Duke’s first Medical Innovation and Strategies Conference.
Students sick with the flu can take solace knowing that their coursework can be applied to minimizing the spread of their disease.
Brian Hare, assistant professor of evolutionary anthropology, is opening the Duke Canine Cognition Center very soon. The Chronicle’s Emily Stern discusses his inspiration for the project.
Student volunteers all over campus are being tested for the H1N1 virus commonly known as swine flu.
In response to dissatisfaction with UnitedHealthcare StudentResources, University health administrators have sought to resolve student issues with the insurance company.
The selection of UnitedHealth to be the Student Medical Insurance Plan administrator was the result of a rigorous two-year evaluation involving students, administrators and an independent consultant.
The National Institutes of Health have given Duke researchers a grant that could be worth up to $11 million over the next six years.
In times of medical need, University students said confusion and frustration with the new health plan have overshadowed what should be at the forefront of their attention—their health.
