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April 6, 2020

NC Survey Tracks How Residents Are Changing Behavior In Pandemic

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Positron Emission Tomography scan of a brain affected by cognitive declines . (NIH

September 24, 2019

Alzheimer's Has Many Causes. Research Needs to Be Broader

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Through our Farm to Table Food initiative, we hope to address food insecurity through high-quality meals and education about local foods.

September 5, 2019

In Madison County, Promoting Girls' Education Project By Learning About Local Foods

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Don Taylor will finish his term as the chair of Duke's Academic Council later this year. Photo by Stephen Schramm.

April 15, 2019

Blue Devil of the Week: Harnessing the Power of Scholarship

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Eat Better, Lose Weight

March 20, 2019

Generic Advice Doesn't Help Patients Drop Pounds

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Michael Cary, associate professor at the Duke University School of Nursing, sits in the classroom where he gave his first lecture as a Duke faculty member. Photo by Stephen Schramm.

March 11, 2019

Blue Devil of the Week: Showing How to Care for Older Adults

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February 22, 2019

Don Taylor Appointed Director of the Social Science Research Institute

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Dr. Kyle Bradbury, managing director of the Energy Data Analytics lab, convenes monthly meetings where the fellows share work-in-progress and offer brief talks on specific data analytics tools and skills.

February 12, 2019

Training Scholars to Lead in Emerging Field of Energy Data Analytics

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August 27, 2018

Hillygus To Chair Search for New SSRI Director

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Aria Chernik and OSPRI student Sharon Peng participate in the Red Hat CO.LAB project, which seeks to close the STEM diversity gap and teach middle school girls about the power of collaboration.

August 7, 2018

Harnessing the Power of Open Source Research and Teaching to Transform Education

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July 16, 2018

Kim Carpenter on Autism, Anxiety and the Importance of Collaboration

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Bass Team members discuss how to develop questions through which people can learn to engage thoughtfully and critically with different perspectives.

July 8, 2018

Seeking Change in How We Talk Politics

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A Bass Connections team for The Cost of Opportunity? Higher Education in the Baixada Fluminense

June 28, 2018

Collaborative Research in Brazil Delves into Higher Education, Politics and Social Justice

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EARLY INTERVENTIONS COULD HELP LESSEN BURDEN OF CARE

June 25, 2018

Diagnosis Of Alzheimer’s Becoming More Common, But Less Severe

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Durham park

June 19, 2018

Social Science Tool Keeps Track of Rapid Change in Durham Neighborhoods

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Demography Daze

May 23, 2018

What Rivalry? Duke and UNC Social Scientists Collaborate at Annual Demography Daze

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