One important thing that hasn’t changed in a semester of the pandemic is the arrival of new faculty members. They come with new ideas, research problems and classes. Their importance in sustaining existing strengths and guiding Duke toward new areas of excellence can’t be underestimated.
One important thing that hasn’t changed in a semester of the pandemic is the arrival of new faculty members. They come with new ideas, research proble...
Scott Lindroth’s 13-year tenure as Duke’s first vice provost for the arts will soon conclude. When he started the job, he already had 17 years of facu...
We take a look at two popular Duke courses that trace the evolution and cultural significance of hip-hop – and offer a peek inside those classes durin...
Scholars across Duke are working to expand humanity’s understanding of the ocean, consistent with the university's mission to seek solutions to the wo...
This year, Duke University welcomes more than 100 new scholars, many hired to build on strengths in fields critical to addressing complex social, heal...
As it celebrates its first birthday, the Rubenstein Arts Center is becoming the campus hub for the creation of art. We tell its story here through the...
Dr. Ray Barfield was once broken by physician burnout. Now he's mentoring the next generation of doctors on how to keep their humanity intact — while ...
Duke University has become a hub of research to improve the way the world protects people and water from human waste.
Fresh ideas drive universities, and one essential source for these are new faculty members across the university. They come at the junior and senior f...
The 7,052-acre Duke Forest became the largest research lab on campus and home to perhaps the longest-running experiment at Duke: an 85-year study into...
How a Duke scholar uses soccer as a prism to teach about politics, history and culture.
Duke-developed “metamaterials” are carefully designed structures that control all sorts of physical waves in previously impossible ways. Our researche...
In creating its new campus in Kunshan, China, Duke University had the rare opportunity to build a new faculty and curriculum from scratch. Here’s how ...
In her new memoir and podcast, Kate Bowler brings empathy, intelligence and even humor to life’s darkest moments.
In March 2011, renowned composer Steve Reich spent an evening at a downtown Durham watering hole discussing his newest work, which would premiere late...
By limiting production in member countries, OPEC drove up oil production costs and reshaped the world’s oil industry.
How art history scholar Caroline Bruzelius used technology to create and improve her iconic Gothic cathedrals course.
Two-thirds of the Earth’s surface - and an untold quantity of its lifeforms - lie hidden beneath the oceans. Yet only a handful of scientific instrume...
From the outside, nothing about Buchanan House advertises its importance. The two-story 1920s clapboard perches on the wooded edge of the George Mason...
