The core of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences — and Duke University as a whole — is a rigorous liberal-arts education led by world-renowned faculty. Now, the public can experience it too.
In this video series, Duke professors explain an entire biological concept from beginning to end in roughly 10 minutes. They offer an introduction to the insights a Duke education provides.
With the help of author H.G. Wells, Professor Steve Nowicki explains how the study of biology has helped shape our understanding of ourselves, our health and the world we live in.
Duke Associate Professor and MacArthur fellowship recipient Jenny Tung discusses tree metaphors, human evolution, and what might have happened when our ancestors ran into other extinct archaic hominins.
Professor Herman Pontzer discusses the last 7 million years of our species' history, from our ape-like past to the modern bodies we all live in today.
Professor Anne Yoder discusses how evidence-based conservation biology is one of our best approaches to mitigate Earth's current biodiversity crisis.
How do organisms interact with one another and their environment? That's the study of ecology! Learn more about the way we're all tied together from Professor Jean Philippe Gibert.
Assistant Professor of Biology Gustavo Silva discusses protein diversity as well as how the structure and function of protein can control life as we know it.
Why even study plants, much less roots? Professor Philip Benfey discusses root genetics and why plants are at the center of some of the major problems facing the world today.
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