https://today.duke.edu/ en Wed, 17 Jul 2024 01:12:09 -0400 Thu, 02 May 2024 15:58:44 -0400 https://today.duke.edu/2024/05/sullivan-award-honoring-three-who-aid-others-duke-and-community <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p>When he arrived at Duke four years ago as a first-year student in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Elaijah Lapay said he had no idea of what would happen next, but he knew he needed to do something of value.</p><p>As he now prepares to graduate, Lapay leaves with a record of service that has helped address local issues of food insecurity and access to health care for migrant workers. For his leadership and selfless services to others, Lapay recently joined two others at Duke in receiving the</p></div> Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2024/05/sullivan-award-honoring-three-who-aid-others-duke-and-community Thu, 02 May 2024 15:58:44 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Awards and Honors|Civic Engagement|Durham & the Region|Faculty|Race & Equity|Sanford School of Public Policy|students, graduate and professional|students, undergraduate|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2024/04/two-faculty-three-trustees-elected-american-academy-arts-sciences <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p>Historian Thavolia Glymph, cell biologist Cagla Eroglu and three Duke University trustees are among the 250 prominent scholars, artists and leaders elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on Wednesday.</p><p>Trustees Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors; Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc.; and Grant Hill, investor and philanthropist with Hill Ventures Inc. were also elected, as was Duke alumna Melanie Matchett Wood, William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University, a leading</p></div> Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2024/04/two-faculty-three-trustees-elected-american-academy-arts-sciences Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:29:16 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Awards and Honors|Cell Biology|Faculty|History|School of Medicine|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2024/04/two-sanford-faculty-named-distinguished-professors <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p>Sanford faculty members Nicholas Carnes and Kristin Goss have been named Duke distinguished professors, effective July 1.</p><p>Carnes will be the Z. Smith Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Public Policy. In 2021, he received the Alan T. Waterman Award from National Science Foundation, the U.S. government’s highest honor for an early career scientist or engineer.</p><p>Carnes joined the Duke faculty in 2011. As professor of public policy and political science, Carnes’s groundbreaking research</p></div> Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2024/04/two-sanford-faculty-named-distinguished-professors Mon, 22 Apr 2024 13:16:43 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Awards and Honors|Faculty|Public Policy Studies|Sanford School of Public Policy https://today.duke.edu/2024/04/darity-receives-leading-award-american-economic-association <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p>Pioneering Duke economist William “Sandy” Darity, arguably the nation’s leading authority on reparations for Black American descendants of slavery, has been named <a href="https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/honors-awards/distinguished-fellows/sandy-darity">a 2024 Distinguished Fellow</a> by the American Economic Association (AEA), officials with the university’s Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity,</p></div> Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2024/04/darity-receives-leading-award-american-economic-association Wed, 10 Apr 2024 15:25:03 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Awards and Honors|Economics|Faculty|Politics & Public Policy|Public Policy Studies|Sanford School of Public Policy https://today.duke.edu/2024/03/duke-awards-32-new-distinguished-professorships-2024 <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p>Duke University has awarded distinguished professorships to 32 faculty and will recognize them in a ceremony at the Washington Duke Inn on May 23.</p><p>“I am very pleased to honor these faculty members with distinguished professorships,” said President Vincent Price. “Their outstanding scholarship has advanced knowledge across a wide variety of fields and made a positive impact on society, and I am proud to have them as colleagues.”</p><p>Distinguished professorships honor faculty who are well-</p></div> Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2024/03/duke-awards-32-new-distinguished-professorships-2024 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:43:40 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Awards and Honors|Faculty|Fuqua School of Business|Nicholas School of the Environment|Pratt School of Engineering|School of Law|School of Medicine|School of Nursing|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2024/01/dukes-2023-24-presidential-award-winners-honored-embodying-dukes-values Seven individuals and four teams will be recognized at a ceremony on March 7 in Page Auditorium Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2024/01/dukes-2023-24-presidential-award-winners-honored-embodying-dukes-values Mon, 22 Jan 2024 06:59:28 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Awards and Honors|Faculty|HR|President|Staff https://today.duke.edu/2023/07/forbes-ranks-duke-among-americas-best-employers-women-2023 Duke University Health System ranks 73rd and Duke University places 105th among 400 employers honored Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2023/07/forbes-ranks-duke-among-americas-best-employers-women-2023 Tue, 25 Jul 2023 10:23:50 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Awards and Honors|Diversity|Faculty|HR|Staff https://today.duke.edu/2023/06/first-presidential-distinguished-chair-named-honor-chancellor-washington-awarded-dzirasa <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"></div></div> Duke School of Medicine https://today.duke.edu/2023/06/first-presidential-distinguished-chair-named-honor-chancellor-washington-awarded-dzirasa Thu, 15 Jun 2023 09:40:21 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Awards and Honors|Faculty|Psychology and Neuroscience|School of Medicine https://today.duke.edu/2023/05/duke-names-third-class-nakayama-scholars Award encourages students to pursue careers in public service Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2023/05/duke-names-third-class-nakayama-scholars Fri, 19 May 2023 10:43:59 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Awards and Honors|students, undergraduate|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2023/05/sixteen-duke-students-alumni-named-fulbright-recipients <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><div class="wp-block-dt-intro"><p class="text">This list has been updated to reflect Duke students who received the award after the story’s initial publication. One student recipient asked to remain anonymous.</p></div><p>Sixteen Duke students and alumni have been named Fulbright recipients for the 2023-2024 year. They will teach English, pursue graduate study and conduct research across 10 different countries on three continents.</p><p>The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is a</p></div> Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2023/05/sixteen-duke-students-alumni-named-fulbright-recipients Fri, 12 May 2023 10:04:52 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Alumni|Awards and Honors|Global Education Office|students, undergraduate