Duke Today Schools Feed / en Wed, 30 Apr 2025 05:05:29 -0400 Fri, 21 Mar 25 08:57:50 -0400 Where Experts Go Wrong in Estimates of Dementia /2025/03/where-experts-go-wrong-estimates-dementia Social Science Research Institute /2025/03/where-experts-go-wrong-estimates-dementia Fri, 21 Mar 2025 08:57:50 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Social Science Research Institute The Social Science Research Institute Celebrates 20 Years /2025/02/social-science-research-institute-celebrates-20-years Faculty at the Social Science Research Institute discuss the many ways that the institute has brought together researchers from across the university. Duke Today /2025/02/social-science-research-institute-celebrates-20-years Mon, 10 Feb 2025 09:41:59 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Centennial|Social Science Research Institute|Social Sciences Aria Chernik named Duke Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Applied Research /2024/02/aria-chernik-named-duke-assistant-vice-provost-faculty-development-and-applied-research Learning Innovation & Lifetime Education /2024/02/aria-chernik-named-duke-assistant-vice-provost-faculty-development-and-applied-research Mon, 26 Feb 2024 09:31:52 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Faculty|Faculty Advancement|Social Science Research Institute Is Online Research Losing Its Edge? The Case for In-Person Research in the Age of AI /2024/01/online-research-losing-its-edge-case-person-research-age-ai Social Science Research Institute /2024/01/online-research-losing-its-edge-case-person-research-age-ai Mon, 29 Jan 2024 09:53:52 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Faculty|Social Science Research Institute|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Former Astronaut Discusses Space Travel and Its Future With Students /2023/10/former-astronaut-discusses-space-travel-and-its-future-students Daniel Tani traces his love of engineering and space exploration to his childhood. As a young boy, Tani loved playing with model rockets. He would use the money he made delivering newspapers to buy and build them. “I was enthralled by the magic of the power of my thumb, making something go so fast and so high,” Tani recently told students of professor Giovanni Zanalda’s space economics class. “We were astronaut crazy in the 1960s. I never thought it would be a reality.” Zanalda, professor of the practice in economics and history with the Social Science Research Institute at Duke,… Duke Today /2023/10/former-astronaut-discusses-space-travel-and-its-future-students Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:43:06 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Sanford School of Public Policy|Social Science Research Institute Meet the Winners of the 2022 DST Launch Seed Grants /2022/08/meet-winners-2022-dst-launch-seed-grants Comprising eight teams from across Duke, 20 faculty recognized for high-impact interdisciplinary projects Duke Today /2022/08/meet-winners-2022-dst-launch-seed-grants Tue, 23 Aug 2022 11:30:00 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Awards and Honors|Biology|Biomedical Engineering|Chemistry|Civil and Environmental Engineering|Duke Global Health Institute|Electrical and Computer Engineering|Engineering|Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies|Mathematics|Natural Sciences|Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability|Pratt School of Engineering|Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences|Public Policy Studies|Research|Sanford School of Public Policy|School of Medicine|Social Science Research Institute|Surgery|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Get Help Uncovering and Building Your Family Tree /2022/02/get-help-uncovering-and-building-your-family-tree Duke Libraries offers staff, faculty and students genealogy tools at no charge Duke Today /2022/02/get-help-uncovering-and-building-your-family-tree Wed, 02 Feb 2022 10:51:25 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Benefits & Discounts|ţӰ Libraries|HR|Sanford School of Public Policy|Social Science Research Institute|Staff|Students NC Educators Create Inclusive Solutions in Open Design Academy /2021/12/nc-educators-create-inclusive-solutions-open-design-academy PUBLISHED December 16, 2021 IN Academics NC Educators Create Inclusive Solutions in Open Design Academy Share this story… Innovation and Entrepreneurship /2021/12/nc-educators-create-inclusive-solutions-open-design-academy Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:46:05 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Civic Engagement|Durham & the Region|Education|Entrepreneurship & Innovation|North Carolina|Social Science Research Institute|Social Sciences|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Project ROUSE: Work and Well-Being at Duke During the Pandemic /2021/05/project-rouse-work-and-well-being-duke-during-pandemic PUBLISHED May 24, 2021 IN Campus, WorkingţӰ Project ROUSE: Work and Well-Being at Duke During the Pandemic Share this story… Social Science Research Institute /2021/05/project-rouse-work-and-well-being-duke-during-pandemic Mon, 24 May 2021 09:38:26 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Covid|Faculty|Social Science Research Institute|Staff|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 4 Tips for Making Your Online Surveys Shine /2021/05/4-tips-making-your-online-surveys-shine Learn how to build stronger surveys in Qualtrics Duke Today /2021/05/4-tips-making-your-online-surveys-shine Wed, 19 May 2021 11:17:16 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Computing & Technology|Duke Global Health Institute|HR|Mathematics|OIT|Social Science Research Institute|Staff|Training & Development|Training & Professional Development