Energy & Environment
Duke scholars are exploring new frontiers in such areas as renewable energy, sustainable food and carbon capture to forge a more sustainable relationship between humanity and the global environment.
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Half of Piedmont Drinking Wells May Exceed NC’s Standards for Cancer-Causing Chemical
Study of more than 1,400 wells find high levels of hexavalent chromium
November 12, 2019
Nicholas School of the Environment
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Residents of One Barrier Island Wonder If It’s Time to Retreat
Quotes Michael Orbach, professor emeritus of marine policy
November 11, 2019
Washington Post
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Duke Forest Steps In to Save an Orange County Natural Heritage Area From Development
Quotes from a statement announcing the land deal
November 07, 2019
News & Observer
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Features research by Doug Boyer, an associate professor of evolutionary anthropology, and graduate student Arianna Harrington
November 12, 2019
MSN Health & Fitness, Live Science
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Quotes conservation ecology professor Stuart Pimm
November 12, 2019
New York Daily News, Associated Press
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Includes comments by professor Timur Kuran, an economist and political scientist
November 12, 2019
The Guardian
Health & Medicine
Duke is translating fundamental scientific discoveries to improve health and medicine locally and globally.
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Weight-Loss Surgery for Teens Who Can’t Lose Weight Any Other Way
Features comments by Dr. Sarah Armstrong, lead author of new American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations backing surgery for some severely obese kids and teens
November 11, 2019
New York Times
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Protect the People Most Precious to You by Getting Vaccinated
Opinion article by Beau Rowe, a registered nurse and doctoral student in the School of Nursing
November 11, 2019
Hickory Daily Record
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Breaking the Cycle of Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Culture of Silence
Quotes Dr. Lisa Amaya-Jackson, professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and deputy director of the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
November 11, 2019
The Hill
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Features research by Doug Boyer, an associate professor of evolutionary anthropology, and graduate student Arianna Harrington
November 12, 2019
MSN Health & Fitness, Live Science
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Quotes conservation ecology professor Stuart Pimm
November 12, 2019
New York Daily News, Associated Press
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Includes comments by professor Timur Kuran, an economist and political scientist
November 12, 2019
The Guardian
Politics & Public Policy
Duke is improving the quality of public policymaking through teaching, research, professional training and policy engagement.
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Hedge Fund Whitebox Places Big Bet on Gunmaker Remington
Includes comments by finance professor Campbell Harvey (Fuqua)
November 11, 2019
Business Insider, Reuters
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Council on Foreign Relations Discussion on Venezuela
Panel with former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela Patrick Duddy, director of the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies
November 11, 2019
C-SPAN
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Presidential Candidates Popping Up in Dating Apps
Interview with Sanford School professor Philip Napoli
November 11, 2019
WRAL
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Features research by Doug Boyer, an associate professor of evolutionary anthropology, and graduate student Arianna Harrington
November 12, 2019
MSN Health & Fitness, Live Science
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Quotes conservation ecology professor Stuart Pimm
November 12, 2019
New York Daily News, Associated Press
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Includes comments by professor Timur Kuran, an economist and political scientist
November 12, 2019
The Guardian
Race & Culture
Duke scholars are examining forces around race, class, gender, culture, sexuality and religion in their teaching and research and in the community.
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Presidential Candidates Popping Up in Dating Apps
Interview with Sanford School professor Philip Napoli
November 11, 2019
WRAL
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These Orthodox Jews Are Challenging Commonly Held Beliefs About the Torah
Features the work of Judaic studies professor Marc Brettler, an early contributor to Project TABS (Torah and Biblical Scholarship), an online…
November 11, 2019
Haaretz
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‘We’re Self-Interested’: The Growing Identity Debate in Black America
Cites research and comments by Sanford School professor William Darity Jr.
November 08, 2019
New York Times
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Features research by Doug Boyer, an associate professor of evolutionary anthropology, and graduate student Arianna Harrington
November 12, 2019
MSN Health & Fitness, Live Science
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Quotes conservation ecology professor Stuart Pimm
November 12, 2019
New York Daily News, Associated Press
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Includes comments by professor Timur Kuran, an economist and political scientist
November 12, 2019
The Guardian
Research
Duke’s research community is widely recognized for its collaboration and its ability to tackle difficult problems from fresh, new angles.
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Half of Piedmont Drinking Wells May Exceed NC’s Standards for Cancer-Causing Chemical
Study of more than 1,400 wells find high levels of hexavalent chromium
November 12, 2019
Nicholas School of the Environment
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With Category Theory, Mathematics Escapes From Equality
Includes comments by Jonathan A. Campbell, an assistant research professor of mathematics
November 07, 2019
Quanta Magazine
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10-Year Proton Measurement Mystery Is Probably Solved
Covers the work of Duke and other researchers, quotes physics professor Haiyan Gao
November 07, 2019
Gizmodo
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Features research by Doug Boyer, an associate professor of evolutionary anthropology, and graduate student Arianna Harrington
November 12, 2019
MSN Health & Fitness, Live Science
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Quotes conservation ecology professor Stuart Pimm
November 12, 2019
New York Daily News, Associated Press
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Includes comments by professor Timur Kuran, an economist and political scientist
November 12, 2019
The Guardian
University News
Duke is working to transform teaching and discovery for the 21st century while building a robust, responsive and inclusive learning community.
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UNC, Duke Join Forces to Help Fight Childhood Brain Cancer
Covers a research collaboration; interview with Dr.
November 05, 2019
WTVD
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Open Enrollment for 2020 Health Care Plans
Interview with Dr. Charlene Wong, assistant professor of pediatrics who has studied how people make health insurance choices
November 05, 2019
NPR’s ‘Weekend Edition-Sunday’
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American Business Schools Are Reinventing the MBA
Includes comments by Fuqua Dean William Boulding
November 01, 2019
The Economist
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Features research by Doug Boyer, an associate professor of evolutionary anthropology, and graduate student Arianna Harrington
November 12, 2019
MSN Health & Fitness, Live Science
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Quotes conservation ecology professor Stuart Pimm
November 12, 2019
New York Daily News, Associated Press
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Includes comments by professor Timur Kuran, an economist and political scientist
November 12, 2019
The Guardian
Science
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Bacterial Swarmbots to Produce Biologic Drugs
Covers a Duke study
September 19, 2019
Medgadget
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The Week’s Best Science GIFs: Super AI Vision
Spotlights how biomedical engineers at Duke have used machine learning to augment an already powerful technology for imaging tissues
September 09, 2019
Scientific American
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Embodied: The Science and Art of Your Gut
Interview with Lydia Greene, a postdoctoral fellow at the Duke Lemur Center
August 26, 2019
WUNC’s ‘The State of Things’
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Features research by Doug Boyer, an associate professor of evolutionary anthropology, and graduate student Arianna Harrington
November 12, 2019
MSN Health & Fitness, Live Science
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Quotes conservation ecology professor Stuart Pimm
November 12, 2019
New York Daily News, Associated Press
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Includes comments by professor Timur Kuran, an economist and political scientist
November 12, 2019
The Guardian