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Predicting Cyanide’s Role in Making Mercury More Dangerous

CEE PhD student Shannon Plunkett recently won a “Best Student Paper” award for her work on mercury toxicity caused by artisanal gold mining
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Collaborative Diamonds Form Under Pressure of Climate Change

A closer look at the design experiences becoming more common in engineering schools across the country
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Engineering the Acceptance of Climate Change Solutions

No matter how clean our technologies become, people must be persuaded to use them to make a difference
Awards season updates

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Duke Engineers Awarded 24 Major Externally Funded Graduate Fellowships
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Reimagined First-Year Computing Course Teaches Students to Think Like an Engineer
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$25 Million Gift to Establish New STEM+ Scholars Program

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

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How to Reduce Your Exposure to Microplastics

Even tea bags can be made of materials that contain plastic, according to CEE Professor Mark Wiesner.

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Oh, the Humanities: Can You Guess the Most-Regretted College Majors?

Dean Jerome Lynch says that there’s a lot of business for our graduates. There’s a lot of opportunity out there.

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