News from Duke

• • Research
  Solar Storms Could Scramble Whales' Navigational Sense

  Gray whales 4.3 times more likely to strand during a cosmic burst of radio static

  February 24, 2020

• • Politics & Public Policy
  Said@Duke: Tom Barkin on New Monetary Policies

  Tom Barkin, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, led a panel Wednesday about what type of monetary, fiscal and structural policies will be needed to support economic growth and respond to the next economic downturns.

  February 21, 2020

• • Energy & Environment
  News Tip: IRS Guidance on Carbon Capture Tax Credits Not Enough for ‘Antsy’ Investors

  The Internal Revenue Service recently released guidance on carbon capture tax credits that were made possible by a bipartisan budget deal in 2018.

  February 20, 2020

• • Race & Culture
  Said@Duke: John Edwin Mason on Work of Gordon Parks

  Historian and photographer John Edwin Mason talked about his work-in-progress, a book about 20th century African-American photographer, writer and filmmaker Gordon Parks, which will analyze Parks' LIFE Magazine photo essays on race and poverty.

  February 20, 2020

• • Health & Medicine
  • Research
  Paternal Marijuana Will Impact Brain Development of Offspring

  The findings in a study on rats have implications for humans

  February 20, 2020

  Duke Health News

• • Health & Medicine
  Said@Duke: Aneesh Chopra on Technology Improving Health Care

  Aneesh Chopra, president of CareJourney and the nation's first chief technology officer, spoke Wednesday at an event hosted by Duke-Margolis and Blue Cross NC Point of Care.

  February 19, 2020

• • Politics & Public Policy
  Said@Duke: Gary Haugen on Human Rights and Moral Knowledge

  Gary A. Haugen, founder and Chief Executive Officer of International Justice Mission, spoke last week on "Human Rights and the Recovery of Moral Knowledge.

  February 19, 2020

• • University News
  How to Build a Global, Online University – In Three Weeks

  With Duke Kunshan shuttered by the coronavirus, university officials scrambled to create a fully digital academic experience to replace the traditional offerings at the Chinese campus

  February 18, 2020

• • Health & Medicine
  Margolis Team Recommends Improving Access to Life-Saving Antibiotics for Medicare Beneficiaries

  Subscription Model of Payment Would Improve Incentives

  February 18, 2020

• • Politics & Public Policy
  Said@Duke: Yael Bromberg on Students' Voting Rights

  Yael Bromberg, a constitutional rights attorney, spoke last week about barriers to young people voting.

  February 17, 2020