Duke University

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

Duke offers rigorous academics with a strong interdisciplinary focus and encourages its students to use their knowledge to make an impact on the world. Duke students exhibit exceptional spirit and enthusiasm on a beautiful campus that combines proud traditions with a global presence and an entrepreneurial outlook.

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When purely economic incentives drive the media business, says Duke University’s James Hamilton, important civic benefits are lost.
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Duke University Professor Negar Mottahedeh says Islamic law in Iran helped produce the country’s distinctive film aesthetic.
Duke University Professor Randy Jirtle gives a definition of the emerging science of epigenetics.
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William Chafe explains how Ella Baker nurtured the movement—and sometimes challenged its male leadership.
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Duke University Professor David Schanzer says President Obama has largely maintained the Bush administration’s anti-terrorism tactics and personnel.
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As the Duke historian explains, soccer, first brought to Algeria by their French colonizers, later became a symbol for Algerian nationalism.
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Duke University Professor Donald H. Taylor, Jr. says the worst health care policy option is the status quo.
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Andy Warhol’s art junk? Not even close, according to the director of the Nasher Museum of Art: it’s gone from avant-garde to old standard.
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Duke University Chapel Dean Sam Wells says Jesus’ way of leading puts devotion and service ahead of prominence and power.
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Plans to unveil a new strategy to “finish the job” in the country were announced today, but a former national security adviser for the Bush administration reminds the president that […]
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Duke University Professor Priscilla Wald says the TV series ‘Heroes’ illumines human nature.
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Duke University Professor Noah Pickus says the health care reform debate is already affecting the fate of potential immigration legislation.
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Duke University Professor William “Sandy” Darity says a “Baby Bonds” program could address racial wealth disparities.
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Duke University Professor David Goldstein says genetics researchers must be vigilant against sensationalism.
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Duke University New Testament scholar Mark Goodacre says Saint Paul would be more inclined to Twitter.
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Duke University Professor Jen’nan Read says September 11 raised issues of identity among some Muslim women.
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Bill Chameides, dean of Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment, says plans for humans to control the global climate are premature.
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Dean of the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University Blair Sheppard talks about how sustainability became embedded into global business plans and where to search for the next big […]
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Duke University Professor Cathy N. Davidson says scholars in the humanities need to unlearn old ways of teaching and publishing.
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Duke University professor Ruth Grant says that selflessness and goodness are not necessarily the same.