A Duke professor's research on Nepalese child soldiers demonstrates that resilience could curb effects of post-traumatic stress disorder.
As several major construction projects on campus come to an end, space in the Bryan Center has been rearranged to create more room for student activities and organizations.
The University has launched a new institute to accelerate the transformation of scientific discoveries into benefits for patients.
The effects of television violence is hotly contested by parents and educators alike, but a study co-authored by a Duke researcher may impact future discussions.
A Duke alum is launching a new restaurant that will bring the West Coast a little closer to Ninth Street.
Mathematical physicist Arlie Petters will serve as the new Dean of Academic Affairs through June 2020.
Construction is expected to begin shortly on two new mixed-use buildings in downtown Durham, one of which will be occupied by the Duke Clinical Research Institute.
In 1993, the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program of Duke Medicine was the first center in the world to perform a transplant using unrelated umbilical cord blood as an alternative donor source for patients who didn’t have a matching donor in their family or in the adult donor registries.
For some Duke community members, the end of their official Duke employment is only the beginning of their service efforts.
Durham residents have been given a new voice through “Storymakers”, an initiative that provides an opportunity for members of the community to converse with one another about the forces that unite and divide them and share those perspectives on public radio. John Biewen, director of audio programs at the center for documentary studies and former radio producer, created the project in response to a call from The Association of Independents in Radio for innovative concepts that engage local radio stations with their communities. The “Storymakers” project, which was one of fifteen proposals selected out of over 200 from across the country, does just that by empowering Durham residents to share their perspectives on various social issues that divide the Durham community, explained Biewen.
