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Predicting the Rise of Ghost Forests in Eastern North Carolina
5/9 Pratt School of Engineering

Predicting the Rise of Ghost Forests in Eastern North Carolina

A Climate+ project built a data mining algorithm capable of connecting satellite imagery data to levels of salinity in coastal rivers, which could help communities prepare for the effects of climate change.

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Focusing Mechatronics on Medicine
5/9 Pratt School of Engineering

Focusing Mechatronics on Medicine

New faculty member Joanna Bertram brings interdisciplinary, fine-movement robotics research to Pratt.

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Tenting is Better with Engineers
5/9 Pratt School of Engineering

Tenting is Better with Engineers

An inside look at one engineering student’s journey tenting in Duke’s famous K-ville over four years.

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Reimagining Academic Publishing with Game Theory
5/9 Pratt School of Engineering

Reimagining Academic Publishing with Game Theory

Duke researchers are launching an open-source publishing model where researchers are incentivized to participate in every step of a paper’s journey.

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The Perfect Fit
5/2 Duke Magazine

The Perfect Fit

Discover how Ted Kaufman's education and experience in Duke's mechanical engineering program helped launch his political career closely tied to President Joe Biden.

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Senior Spotlight: Izzy Dudlyke
5/1 Pratt School of Engineering

Senior Spotlight: Izzy Dudlyke

Graduating MEMS senior Izzy Dudlyke has combined Duke's strengths in engineering and the liberal arts to pursue her dream of working on movie sets and entertainment projects.

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Op-Ed: Trump’s Decimation of US Science and Workforce Funding Is a Gift to China
4/16 The Hill

Op-Ed: Trump’s Decimation of US Science and Workforce Funding Is a Gift to China

Christine Payne pens an op-ed based on her time spent at the State Department’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, where she helped monitor scientific advances across the globe and coordinate with allies to ensure the protection of new technologies.