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Middle School Hackathon Helps Fuel Interest in Engineering and Design
4/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Middle School Hackathon Helps Fuel Interest in Engineering and Design

The Outreach Design Education program’s recent hackathon helped engage students from Lowe’s Grove Middle School with the world of engineering and offered hands-on opportunities to tackle real world problems.

Michell Tempe of Duke University
Helping Students Find Community at Duke
4/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Helping Students Find Community at Duke

Michell Tampe has been deeply rooted in Duke's community, contributing to its educational culture by fostering a collaborative atmosphere for students.

Amanda Randles
Amanda Randles Awarded ACM Prize in Computing
4/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Amanda Randles Awarded ACM Prize in Computing

Randles was recognized for her groundbreaking work to use high performance computing to revolutionize medical diagnostics

Shani Daily and Emily Edwards
Daily, Edwards Appointed to National STEM Pipeline-Building Committees
4/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Daily, Edwards Appointed to National STEM Pipeline-Building Committees

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) appointments will develop future data and computer science talent and improve career opportunities for women of color in tech

Paris Brown
DIBS Trainee Spotlight: Paris Brown
4/22 Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

DIBS Trainee Spotlight: Paris Brown

Paris Brown, an engineer, ceramist, and pilot—is charting a course toward neuroethics and science policy after graduation

Kishor Trivedi
Trivedi Elected a Fellow of AAAS
4/18 Duke Today

Trivedi Elected a Fellow of AAAS

Kishor Trivedi was recognized for his fundamental contributions to software and systems reliability engineering research, practice and education

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Capturing DNA Origami Folding with a New Dynamic Model
4/17 Pratt School of Engineering

Capturing DNA Origami Folding with a New Dynamic Model

Coarser modeling approach allows researchers to better understand the process by which DNA folds into engineered nanoscale structures to speed innovation

Heileen Hsu-Kim of Duke University
Pratt Trailblazers: Heileen Hsu-Kim
4/16 Pratt School of Engineering

Pratt Trailblazers: Heileen Hsu-Kim

Heileen Hsu-Kim is a leading figure in the study of how environmental contaminants move across the landscape and impact human health

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A Blue Devil Family
4/16 Podcast

A Blue Devil Family

When Becky Simmons first got to Duke in the 1990s, she wouldn’t have guessed it then, but a future awaited her that included graduate school, a husband, two daughters, professorship and ties that would bind them all to Duke for decades.