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Carolina Parent magazine has ranked Duke University and Health System in its list of the top 50 family-friendly employers in North Carolina.
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.
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.
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.
Students sick with the flu can take solace knowing that their coursework can be applied to minimizing the spread of their disease.
In response to dissatisfaction with UnitedHealthcare StudentResources, University health administrators have sought to resolve student issues with the insurance company.
Student volunteers all over campus are being tested for the H1N1 virus commonly known as swine flu.
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.
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.
The National Institutes of Health have given Duke researchers a grant that could be worth up to $11 million over the next six years.
Duke Forest will permit deer hunting for the second year to control deer overpopulation as part of a program organized by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.
Engineering students now have an opportunity to graduate with distinction for addressing one of the 14 grand challenges identified by the National Academy of Engineering.
It has been three weeks since students returned to campus and the official count of students infected with the H1N1 virus is 50, said Dr. Bill Purdy, executive director of Student Health.
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Along with a team of researchers, Steven Cummer, associate professor of computer science and assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, captured rare bursts of “gigantic jets” on...
Duke Fish, Duke University’s graduate student chapter of the American Fisheries Society, has partnered with Carteret County fishermen to open the region’s first community-supported fishery called...