Intro chemistry lab takes on energy
DUKE: It looks like an average lab session—but the students are actually doing cutting-edge energy science. Deep in the basement of the French Family Science Center, eleven chemistry 210 students are...
View ArticleCampus ‘bar’ has research advice on offer
DUKE: For 40 hours each week, advanced graduate students are available with research advice at the Connections Bar. Modeled after Apple’s Genius Bars, the Connection Bar offers tech support with a...
View ArticleExplore the arts and get a job, too
DUKE: The 18 students enrolled in an arts entrepreneurship course this semester are majoring in everything from electrical engineering to international comparative studies. Just two are studying the...
View ArticleEmily: Let’s send a time capsule to Mars
DUKE: Growing up, Emily Briere didn’t have an adequate outlet to pour her enthusiasm for space exploration into. That’s a problem she intends to fix for the generation growing up behind her. “I am...
View ArticleProfessor Haynie: Here’s what inspired me as a teen
DUKE: Meet Kerry Haynie, associate professor of political science and African and African American Studies. He’s also the director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the...
View ArticleYou don’t need to be an expert to do research
DUKE: Shane Daly says he’s very grateful he responded to an ad for a student researcher on DukeList, the classifieds site for the Duke community. Getting the position has resulted in a national award...
View ArticleChris: Research means ‘you have to solve puzzles’
DUKE: Senior chemistry major Chris Podracky is spending his summer in the lab. The goal of his research—looking at enzymes secreted by chlamydia bacteria—is to identify targets for treatment. The...
View ArticleTeam creates 3D model of delicate Etruscan tomb
DUKE: A research team, including eight students in the Duke in Tuscany program, took part in an archeological race to save an ancient, untouched Etruscan tomb. The archeologists desperately wanted to...
View ArticleErin: I’m studying my hometown’s debutante ball
DUKE: “I feel really connected to people in the past when I’m reading,” says senior French and history major Erin Russell. “History is really important because you can interpret the past in so many...
View ArticleI spent the summer testing service dogs
DUKE: For junior Ben Allen, summer research means playing games with service dogs. As a pre-veterinary student, Allen says he enjoys his research at the Canine Center for Independence (CCI) in...
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