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New Hubs Represent “Big Bets” on Interdisciplinarity at Duke
6/5 Duke Office of Interdisciplinary Studies

New Hubs Represent “Big Bets” on Interdisciplinarity at Duke

Leanne Gilbertson is leading the new "Duke Critical Minerals Hub" to examine their full life cycle from extraction and mining to processing, use and reuse.

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Drones, Data and Discovery: Mapping Change in Antarctica
6/5 Duke Office of Interdisciplinary Studies

Drones, Data and Discovery: Mapping Change in Antarctica

Duke engineering students join an interdisciplinary Bass Connections team diving deep into a vast wealth of visual data of Antarctica collected by drones.

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The Fungal Fallout of Climate Disasters 
4/10 Duke University School of Medicine

The Fungal Fallout of Climate Disasters 

A-Andrew Jones is working with an interdisciplinary team across Duke to study how fungal and bacterial microbes spread in the wake of natural disasters.

Duke engineering professor Michael Bergin (left) stands with Indian Institute of Technology-Gandhinagar colleague Chinmay Ghoroi (right) next to that university’s dusty solar panel array
Seed Funding Helps Duke Research Collaborations Flourish
2/20 Office of Interdisciplinary Studies

Seed Funding Helps Duke Research Collaborations Flourish

Seed funding from the Provost’s Collaboratories program helped Mike Bergin develop technologies, found startups and teach students around keeping solar panels clean from pollution

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Uncovering the Might of Microbes Around Us
1/27 Duke Engineering YouTube

Uncovering the Might of Microbes Around Us

Join Dean Jerry Lynch and Professor Claudia Gunsch as they discuss how Duke’s NSF-funded PreMiEr center is revolutionizing microbiome technology: boosting the good, minimizing the bad and transforming public health.

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Planting the Seeds for a More Sustainable Future
1/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Planting the Seeds for a More Sustainable Future

Students in the first Master of Engineering in Climate & Sustainability Engineering cohort share their experiences in this new and unique program.

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Building Air Quality Management Capacities Worldwide
11/18/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Building Air Quality Management Capacities Worldwide

A group of researchers with air quality projects across six continents funded by the U.S. Department of State recently gathered at Duke University to build capacity and collaboration

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A Closer Look at Design Climate
10/28/24 Duke Engineering YouTube

A Closer Look at Design Climate

Join Dean Jerry Lynch for a conversation with Professors Judy Ledlee and Jesko Von Windheim about how Duke's Design Climate program guides students through the creation of a triple-bottom-line startup that will have a positive impact in the world.