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Michael Rubinstein Receives National ACS Award in Polymers

career has shed multiple insights into the molecular basis for the physical behavior of polymers through theoretical modeling of polymeric liquids and networks, including association and entanglement effects
Awards season updates

| Duke Engineering

Duke Engineers Awarded 24 Major Externally Funded Graduate Fellowships

Highly competitive national awards will help new and returning BME graduate students and post-docs conduct exciting research
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| Duke Engineering

Reimagined First-Year Computing Course Teaches Students to Think Like an Engineer

New curriculum for intro engineering class focuses on computational thinking.
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| Duke Engineering

Predicting Cyanide’s Role in Making Mercury More Dangerous
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| Duke Engineering

$25 Million Gift to Establish New STEM+ Scholars Program

| Duke School of Nursing

Nursing and Engineering Launch Transdisciplinary Collaborative Research Program with Joint Pilot Funding
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| Duke Today

In Flood-Prone Parts of North Carolina, Climate Adaptation Meets the Data Gap

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Spaceship-Like Disc Detects Colon Cancer With Sound-Driven Droplet Vibration

Discover the innovative spaceship-like disc that allows quick and precise tests for cancer

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Why Time Seems to Accelerate as We Get Older and What We Can Do to Slow It Down

Adrian Bejan's theory of time perception changing as we age due to neural processing speeds is featured amongst several others.

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NSF AI for Materials Design, NIH Tissue Engineering, and NSF Surgical Technologies

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$14 million

in new research awards —fiscal 2024

Nearly 80%

of undergrads have jobs or offers at graduation