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Campus Welcomes Class of 2029
8/19/25 Duke Today

Campus Welcomes Class of 2029

Join in all the buzz and excitement as Duke's incoming Class of 2029 moves in to campus. And keep your eyes peeled for a brief cameo by Dean Jerry Lynch!

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How AI is Rewriting the Rules of Materials Discovery
7/15/25 Pratt School of Engineering

How AI is Rewriting the Rules of Materials Discovery

Duke’s Artificial Intelligence for Materials (aiM) program trains graduate students to use AI to accelerate materials discovery.

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Translating Sanitation Solutions Across the World
6/25/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Translating Sanitation Solutions Across the World

Since 2018, Duke has been a critical node in efforts to field test sanitation systems across the world for projects funded by the Gates Foundation.

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Equipping Graduate Students to Tackle Emerging Challenges
6/16/25 Duke Office of Interdisciplinary Studies

Equipping Graduate Students to Tackle Emerging Challenges

Duke Engineering faculty are involved in three new interdisciplinary graduate education collaboratives focused on society-centered AI, advanced climate training, and information science and engineering for the public sector.

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For Securing the Nation’s Energy Supply, North Carolina Is Critical
6/12/25 Duke Office of Interdisciplinary Studies

For Securing the Nation’s Energy Supply, North Carolina Is Critical

The Symposium on Critical Resources, Minerals, and Materials Joint Efforts showed the research Duke Engineering faculty are conducting on critical minerals like lithium.

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New Hubs Represent “Big Bets” on Interdisciplinarity at Duke
6/5/25 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
6/5/25 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.