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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

Judy Ledlee
Climate Changemakers by Design
2/4 Duke Climate Commitment

Climate Changemakers by Design

As a rising star in green tech and the new executive director of an entrepreneurial ideas incubator called Design Climate, Judy Ledlee is helping the next generation of climate changemakers think differently about how to unleash climate solutions for the world.

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Uncovering the Might of Microbes Around Us
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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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When a Disaster Hits Home
1/23 Duke Today

When a Disaster Hits Home

After catastrophic damage, how does a community rebuild? This an introduction to the disaster management cycle.

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Working Toward a Biologically Healthy Indoors
1/17 Pratt School of Engineering

Working Toward a Biologically Healthy Indoors

The PreMiEr Industry Summit gathered stakeholders from academia and industry to discuss a roadmap to commercialization of research that could make our built environments healthier

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RESILIENT Voices Draws a Diverse Crowd
12/13/24 Duke RESILE

RESILIENT Voices Draws a Diverse Crowd

Students and faculty from all across Duke and the local community gathered to discuss climate resilience