Two Duke faculty members -- James W. Vaupel and Huntington Willard -- were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on Saturday, Oct. 11.

 Vaupel is a research professor who is director of Duke's Population, Policy and Aging Research Center and director of the Duke Population Research Institute. Willard is the Nanaline H. Duke Professor of Genome Sciences and director of Duke's Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy.

 The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. Current academy research focuses on: science, technology, and global security; social policy and American Institutions; the humanities and culture; and education. The academy draws on its distinguished membership to address critical social and intellectual issues through studies, publications, meetings and symposia.

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