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Welcome to the Environment Neighborhood
12/9/21 Pratt School of Engineering

Welcome to the Environment Neighborhood

The new 150,000-square-foot Wilkinson Building was designed for sustainable collaboration

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An Engineer on Writing
12/9/21 Pratt School of Engineering

An Engineer on Writing

For more than 30 years, noted civil engineer and Duke CEE professor Henry Petroski has explained our world from an engineering perspective, as a columnist for American Scientist

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Building Bridges and Building Audiences
12/9/21 Pratt School of Engineering

Building Bridges and Building Audiences

Duke CEE attracts a particular type of student: scrappy, resourceful and deeply interested in improving human health and the state of the environment. Many of these students focus on global development projects; others are exploring science communication as a new avenue to create meaningful change

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Duke CEE Highlights: 2020-2021
12/9/21 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke CEE Highlights: 2020-2021

National accolades, new grants and professional society recognitions—see who captured top honors in 2020-21

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Duke CEE Research Awards 2020-2021
12/9/21 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke CEE Research Awards 2020-2021

Eight significant new awards for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will support research in sustainability, resilience and human health

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Mapping Complex Variability onto Intricate Virtual Models
12/7/21 Pratt School of Engineering

Mapping Complex Variability onto Intricate Virtual Models

String of papers shows how advanced modeling algorithms can enable and improve statistical models for individualized heart care, biomedical devices, transcrania

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Inside Class’room’ Learning
12/3/21 Duke University

Inside Class’room’ Learning

This year, across Duke University, safety came first. Professors had to envision new learning methods, those that drew on the intimacies of a shared environment but allowed for interactions amid masking, distance and testing

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Duke Science and Technology is ‘Accepting the Challenge’
11/23/21 Duke Today

Duke Science and Technology is ‘Accepting the Challenge’

The faculty recruitment and retention effort, called Duke Science and Technology, will give the university resources to expand core strengths in Duke’s research, extending to nearly every corner of the university.