Duke students must now pay for University-provided sexually transmitted infection testing that was free until this month.
Not all doctoring is created equal. A recent Duke study found that on average, a primary care doctor’s lifetime earnings come to about half of those of a specialist.
As oil spreading through the Gulf of Mexico is reported on several beaches from Louisiana to Florida, it is still uncertain whether the spill will affect the East Coast.
The Doctor of Nursing Practice program is a graduate degree program designed to train nurses to apply field innovations to practical applications. Program Chair Barbara Turner said the idea for the...
Two Duke scientists have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. NAS, which selected 72 new members Tuesday, currently includes 18 other Duke professors. The society has 2,100 total members.
Professor of mechanical engineering Tod Laursen will serve as the new president of Khalifa University of Science, Research and Technology in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, according to a Duke...
Duke scientists are two of the 72 scholars newly elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the Academy announced Tuesday.
The Duke University Medical Center has announced its new partnership with Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, a laboratory testing company. The collaborators publicized their joint venture...
2004 was a triumphant year for Homme Hellinga, James B. Duke professor of biochemistry. He had just received a $2.5 million Director’s Pioneer award from the National Institutes of Health, won a...
Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne received the 2010 award for Duke Lifetime Environmental Achievement in the Fine Arts in Page Auditorium Saturday afternoon.
The School of Medicine has never taken the creation of a new department lightly. After months of proposals and years of preparation, the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery will upgrade its status from...
As a special portion of Duke’s “Primate Palooza,” renowned bonobo conservationist Claudine André will speak at 7 p.m. today in Love Auditorium. Andre founded and now runs the only sanctuary for...
As the battle over the potential harmfulness of high fructose corn syrup wages on, a study led by a Duke researcher has lent its support to the growing accord that increased fructose intake is...
Just as Duke students are looking forward to finishing up the academic year, swine flu may be on its way out.
The symbol of the University was just one of many illuminated monuments worldwide that switched off its lights for an hour to make a statement. The Golden Gate Bridge, Great Pyramids of Giza and...
Health care experts and policymakers from Duke, Durham and across the nation met Monday for the ninth annual Durham Health Summit.
Last November’s outbreak of drug-resistant H1N1 among four patients at Duke University Medical Center likely occurred through patient-to-patient transmission, according to a report released Saturday.
Nearly forty heads worth of hair lay heaped on the lobby floor of Duke Children’s Hospital Friday afternoon—a quantity that volunteer stylist Amy Torres said she has never witnessed in her years...
The Robertson Foundation has donated $10.2 million to Duke University to advance stem cell research, officials announced Thursday.
The walls of the Biological and Environmental Science Library are being knocked down and turned into lab and office space.
