/ en Wed, 30 Apr 2025 02:27:09 -0400 Sun, 07 Jul 24 22:55:56 -0400 /2024/07/interrupting-relationship-violence-its-most-likely-start Duke Global Health Institute /2024/07/interrupting-relationship-violence-its-most-likely-start Sun, 07 Jul 2024 22:55:56 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Natural Sciences|Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences|students, graduate and professional|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences /2024/04/watching-day-go-mostly-dark Monday was a day of awe for the Duke community. At 3:15 p.m., crowds on the Bryan Center Plaza and at Duke Gardens spontaneously broke out in applause at the moment of peak solar eclipse in Durham. With the sun’s power partially blocked by the moon, shadows became crescents and the daylight looked filtered. Special eclipse glasses that filtered dangerous ultraviolet rays were a precious commodity, but across campus, community members shared theirs so others could watch the rare and remarkable event. Watching the eclipse on West Campus. The eclipse reached around 75% of… Duke Today /2024/04/watching-day-go-mostly-dark Mon, 08 Apr 2024 21:56:07 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Natural Sciences /2024/02/what-so-special-about-leap-year And what do the seasons have to do with it? Duke Today /2024/02/what-so-special-about-leap-year Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:11:12 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Faculty|Natural Sciences|Physics|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences /2024/01/sloan-scholarships-attract-innovative-thinkers-stem-fields Program received $1 million grant to support Duke efforts Duke Today /2024/01/sloan-scholarships-attract-innovative-thinkers-stem-fields Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:52:00 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Graduate School|Natural Sciences|Pratt School of Engineering|Race & Equity|students, graduate and professional|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences /2024/01/how-do-animals-get-where-theyre-going Duke Research Blog /2024/01/how-do-animals-get-where-theyre-going Tue, 09 Jan 2024 11:43:52 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Biology|Natural Sciences|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences /2023/11/new-physics-faculty-members-big-thoughts-how-universe-will-end Department of Physics /2023/11/new-physics-faculty-members-big-thoughts-how-universe-will-end Wed, 08 Nov 2023 09:17:06 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Faculty|Natural Sciences|Physics|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences /2023/04/secret-more-resilient-tomatoes-no-seeds Duke Research /2023/04/secret-more-resilient-tomatoes-no-seeds Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:09:23 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Biology|Faculty|Natural Sciences|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences /2023/03/calculus-classes-dismantle-barriers-stem-success Trinity College of Arts and Sciences /2023/03/calculus-classes-dismantle-barriers-stem-success Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:16:33 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Education & Classroom Learning|Mathematics|Natural Sciences|students, undergraduate|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences /2023/03/catching-dark-matter-basement Trinity College of Arts and Sciences /2023/03/catching-dark-matter-basement Tue, 28 Mar 2023 09:31:15 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Faculty|Natural Sciences|Physics|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences /2023/03/celebrating-pi-day-duke-mathematicians Pi Day presents a special opportunity to eat pie and talk about favorite equations and other mathematical uses of Pi. Here's three examples from previous years showcasing Duke faculty discussing why this irrational number is essential to making the world around us seem more rational. Jonathan Mattingly and other math professors share what Pi means to them. (2019)Ingrid Daubechies, the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke, talks math while she makes special Pi Day cookies. Ingrid Daubechies received a blue Pi… Duke Today /2023/03/celebrating-pi-day-duke-mathematicians Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:28:28 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Faculty|Mathematics|Natural Sciences|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences