Two months ago, President Barack Obama launched his “Educate to Innovate” campaign to advance science, technology, engineering and math education, but a Duke professor has been working toward that...
The Chronicle talks with Catherine Gilliss, professor of nursing and dean of the School of Nursing. Gilliss is Duke Medicine's first vice chancellor for nursing affairs.
The pandemonium following the detonation of a “dirty bomb” may be diminished by the work of Duke researchers.
A team of Duke students and faculty are aiming to improve the quality of medical equipment in the developing world.
Dr. Edward Buckley, vice dean for medical education, spoke with The Chronicle’s Alejandro Bolívar about plans for the new Learning Center and how it will improve medical education and training at...
In an effort to keep the number of swine flu cases low, Student Health has organized a clinic Friday to administer H1N1 vaccines to students.
The Duke Global Health Institute unveiled 14 of the 20 members that will comprise its new Board of Advisors, Dec. 8. More members will be announced in the coming months.
The transfer of responsibilities from the Student Health pharmacy to the Outpatient Pharmacy will be complete before the new year.
When it comes to teaching, David Needham avoids convention. The mechanical engineering professor has been implementing his own original teaching method to his Focus Program seminar “Mapping...
After extensive testing, no more cases of drug-resistant H1N1 virus have been discovered at the Hospital, WRAL reported Tuesday.
Duke researchers recently discovered an antibody in human blood serum that could have a significant impact on the development of a vaccine for human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV.
The number of H1N1 cases at Duke is leveling off just in time for the regular flu season to begin.
Although uncertainty still surrounds the origins of the four drug-resistant H1N1 cases recently identified at the Medical Center, officials are not greatly concerned that the virus will become...
As residents switched the lighting mode of the Home Depot Smart Home from “all-on” to “partay,” partygoers hit the dance floor Friday to celebrate the two-year anniversary of the building’s...
The Grand Challenge Scholars program has been endowed with a $1 million donation from the family of a late Board of Visitors chair.
Testing conducted last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed four drug-resistant cases of H1N1 influenza at the Duke University Medical Center.
For those tired of the same old conventional medical practices, Duke Medicine is offering an alternative way to address health needs.
60 of Duke's 200 lemurs will move into a $3.2 million, 7,000 sq.-ft. facility surrounded by 10,000 square feet of grounds where they will be able to roam free all year.
