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Gift Creates New Brain Science Initiative at Duke

The initiative aims to leverage scholars’ combined expertise

Aug 31, 2026

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Finding Their Voices

Duke Voice Care Center celebrates 20 years of helping patients with vocal challenges

Aug 31, 2026

Why Is This Fungal STI Going Underdiagnosed?

Duke researchers build a public response to the mysterious TMVII

Aug 10, 2026

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What Does That Abstract Painting Mean to You?

Your Memories May Be Key in How You Respond to Abstract Art

Jun 29, 2026

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Are astronomers wrong about dark energy? New study casts doubt on universe’s accelerating expansion

Quotes Daniel Scolnic, associate professor of physics

Nov 24, 2025

CNN

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Duke Scholars Featured in the Highly Cited Researchers 2025 List

These Duke experts rank in the top 1% of their field for publication citations

Nov 12, 2025

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Plastic’s Hidden Price Tag

U.S. faces up to $1.1 trillion in annual social costs, Duke scholars estimate

Nov 06, 2025

Preserving Sight With a Gene Therapy Implant

In a first for an academic medical center, Duke patient receives new eye treatment

Nov 02, 2025

Irregular Heartbeat: What are the Treatments?

Jun 17, 2025

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After a Brain Tumor Diagnosis Came Hope

May 20, 2025

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MacArthur Foundation Announces new “Genius Grant” Winners

Oct 06, 2026

Duke's Felipe De Brigard interviewed in the New York Times

A New Study says Older Adults should be ‘Super Movers’

Aug 11, 2026

The Huff Post interviews Duke's Dr. Cathleen Colon-Emeric

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In a Durham Food Desert, Wastewater Becomes Advocacy Tool

Aug 11, 2026

MSN quotes Professor Lawrence David

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AI Slop is Flooding Academic Journals

Mentions research by Sharique Hasan, associate professor of strategy at the Fuqua School of Business

May 13, 2026

Forbes cites research by Fuqua's Sharique Hasan

The Planet is Doing Better than you Think

Quotes Stuart Pimm, John Gittleman

Apr 27, 2026

Foreign Policy

John Hope Franklin and the Hidden Roots of Duke Basketball

Feb 12, 2026

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Plastic waste is costing society billions, Duke study finds

Dec 18, 2025

N.C. Health News

Study Finds PFAS Particles Evaded Testing, Contaminated NC Water

Quotes Lee Ferguson, professor of civil and environmental engineering

Dec 04, 2025

WRAL

N.C. Town First to Deploy Defibrillator Drones for 911 Emergencies

Cites Duke research

Nov 24, 2025

Gizmodo

Duke Health Researchers Announce Breakthrough in Breast Cancer Vaccine Trial

Quotes Dr. Zachary Hartman, associate professor in surgery, integrative immunobiology, and pathology

Nov 17, 2025

ABC11