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Duke to Lead $5 Million Center to Develop U.S. Air Force Wireless Communications Protocols
Researchers at Duke University will work with colleagues across the nation to ensure that future communication protocols used by the United States Air Force are suitable for handling the most data-...
Duke Dance's Ava Vinesett Captures Single Moments for the NC Festival of Dance
Duke Dance Program Professor Ava LaVonne Vinesett is one of only 20 choreographers selected to participate in the North Carolina Dance Festival (NCDF). Traditionally a touring festival that brings...
Going to Church? Bring Your Smartphone!
The COVID-19 pandemic has made technology essential to collective religious life. Livestreamed services, viewed from home, are the new normal. But a new study from Duke University shows the number of...
Here, There Be Monsters
Years ago, Theater Studies Professor Neal Bell was asked to do a complete screenplay overhaul of a horror movie being shot in Toronto. The director, who shared a similar theater background,...
Knoll Shares Story of Brazil's ‘Book Revolution’
In the 1990s, a movement inspired by activists, educators, and the Catholic Church sparked change that would help put Brazil on the path to more diverse universities. In his directorial debut, Travis...
Stimulus One of Few Options to Help Households, Businesses Survive, Experts Say
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has devastated many sectors of the US economy. Businesses have failed and many Americans are struggling to feed their families and pay the rent. But there are glimmers...Faculty Achievements
Sarah Gaither Receives 2020 SAGE Young Scholar Award
Sarah Gaither, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience has received the prestigious 2020 Sage Young Scholar Award. The Sage Young Scholar Awards recognize...
Mueller Enters Next Phase With Feshbach Prize
When he received the email announcing that he had won the 2021 Herman Feshbach Prize, Berndt Mueller was in the hospital recovering from surgery. “Suddenly I get that email,” Mueller said. “It was...
Duke Herbarium Part of $3.6 Million Grant
The Duke University Herbarium houses samples of roughly half of the known mosses in North America. It total, it holds 800,000 specimens. Soon, they will all be available to explore online. A...
Duke Guggenheim Fellow Asks What Makes Literature Feel Timely
In 2011, at the unveiling of a highway marker honoring Pauli Murray — the lawyer, priest, civil rights advocate, and Durham native — Helen Solterer began a literary journey through time and place. It...In the Media
The Light Within
Beverly McIver, Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History & Visual Studies, is profiled in this article at O'Henry Magazine.
How Much Is Owed to Afro-descendants in the Americas?
Sandy Darity, Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, African & African American Studies and Economics, explains his research on reparations in this article at GQ.
Thank This Ebola-fighting African Doctor for Monoclonal Antibody Treatments
Deborah Jenson, Professor of Romance Studies, explains the role played by Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum in finding treatments for Ebola. Read the article at STAT.