Stiff, Achy Knees? Lab-Made Cartilage Gel Outperforms the Real …
Aug 11, 2022 · Duke researchers have developed a gel-based cartilage substitute to relieve achy knees that’s even stronger and more durable than the real thing. Clinical trials to start next year. Credit: Canva. DURHAM, N.C. -- Over-the-counter pain relievers, physical therapy, steroid injections -- some people have tried it all and are still dealing with ...
Why So Many Young People Don’t Vote | Duke Today
Oct 29, 2018 · If Taylor Swift’s admonition to vote doesn’t move the needle among young Americans this year, researchers at Duke can help explain why.. Students in a Bass Connections project are researching why so many young voters, even those who say they’re politically motivated, often fail to turn out at the polls. “It’s always been pathetic,” says Sunshine Hillygus, a political scientist at ...
Updated Deadline: Search Launched for Associate VP for Research …
Oct 3, 2024 · An internal search has begun for a faculty leader to guide the Office for Research & Innovation in supporting research and scholarship in the social and behavioral sciences, humanities and the arts, said Jennifer Lodge, Duke's vice president for research & innovation.
Duke Resources For Those Affected By Helene | Duke Today
Sep 28, 2024 · DukeLine is an anonymous, text-message platform where undergraduate students can take concerns about anxiety, conflict, identity struggles, financial stress and other topics to a peer coach who is also a Duke undergraduate students. Students can text (984) 230-4888 on evenings and weekends to reach a peer coach.
Fredric Jameson, Influential Cultural Theorist and Literary Critic ...
Sep 23, 2024 · His 1971 book, "Marxism and Form," helped revitalize Marxist study in literary theory, and his emphasis on the connection between the historical and political encouraged a turn toward political concerns in literary criticism. Literary scholars from around the world posted tributes Sunday following news of his death. Many of Jameson’s Duke colleagues and former students paid homage to his ...
Infectious Fungi Are Loving Global Warming | Duke Today
Oct 11, 2024 · Climate change has the potential to make fungi even more hazardous to our health, according to research at Duke University. Asiya Gusa 's climate change research focuses on how warming temperatures affect fungal diseases, particularly Cryptococcus. Her team found that higher temperatures increase the fungus’s mutation rate, helping it survive.
Parents Underestimate the Privacy Risks Kids Face in Virtual Reality
May 16, 2024 · DURHAM, N.C. -- Virtual reality lets kids play 3D games with their friends as avatars, go back in time, even journey to outer space, all without leaving their living rooms. But while children are immersed in the metaverse, they also face privacy risks that their parents might not recognize, new research suggests.
A Professor Who Almost Wasn’t - Duke Today
Feb 8, 2016 · Name: Mark GoodacrePosition: Professor, Department of Religious StudiesYears at Duke: 10 What I do at Duke: I’m a professor New Testament and Christian origins, which means I study the New Testament and associated literature.In some sense, the New Testament is an arbitrary collection of texts – they are the texts that found their way into the canon of scripture, but lots of texts didn’t ...
Different Perspectives, Similar Messages on Gun Violence and …
Feb 8, 2019 · Professor Phillip Cook of the Sanford School takes a public policy approach, seeing guns as an issue of technology and markets. "Gun violence imposes a very heavy tax, if you will, on our standard of living,” Cook said. “It degrades the quality of life for everyone." Gun laws in the United States cannot limit access to guns broadly as in ...
Kimberly Hewitt Reappointed to Second Term as Vice President for ...
Jun 17, 2024 · Race & Equity. Staff. Kimberly Hewitt has been reappointed to a second five-year term as vice president for institutional equity and chief diversity officer, President Vincent Price announced this week. Hewitt has served as the leader of the Office of Institutional Equity (OIE) since August 2019. The appointment came after a regular review of ...