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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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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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Senior Spotlight: Anya Dias-Hawkins
5/5 Pratt School of Engineering

Senior Spotlight: Anya Dias-Hawkins

From Bolivia to Eswatini and from newbie to co-president, follow Anya Dias-Hawkins’ 4-year journey with a student organization that allowed her discover what it truly means to be a civil engineer.

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A Turning Point
5/2 Duke Magazine

A Turning Point

Find out how Deb Liu's civil engineering degree from Duke helped her blossom into a technology executive with notable stops at Meta, eBay, PayPal and Ancestry.com.

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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.