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Being Born in Lean Times Is Bad News for Baboons
April 02, 2015
The saying ”what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” may not hold up to scientific scrutiny. Baboons born in times of famine are more...
Fulbright Scholarship Winners From Duke University Announced
August 19, 2014
Eighteen recent graduates and graduate students from Duke University received Fulbright Scholarships and will spend the 2014-15 academic...
Why Sharks Matter
August 18, 2014
When David Shiffman ‘07 applied to Duke University in 2002, he wrote his application essay about the first time he swam with sharks. The...
Society Bloomed With Gentler Personalities and More Feminine Faces
August 01, 2014
Modern humans appear in the fossil record about 200,000 years ago, but it was only about 50,000 years ago that making art and advanced...
Distant Species Produce Love Child After 60-Millon-Year Breakup
February 13, 2015
A delicate woodland fern discovered in the mountains of France is the love child of two distantly-related groups of plants that haven’t...
Supportive Moms and Sisters Boost Female Baboon’s Rank
July 30, 2014
A study of dominance in female baboons suggests that the route to a higher rank is to maintain close ties with mom, and to have lots of...
Committee Selected to Lead Search for New Arts & Sciences Dean
January 08, 2015
Sociology Professor Angela O'Rand will lead a committee tasked with conducting a national search for a new dean of Trinity...
Crowdfunding for Azolla Fern Research Hits Target
July 02, 2014
A Chinese biotech firm has pushed biology professor Kathleen Pryer and her team over the top in their quest to fund the sequencing of the...
Julian Kimura: Evolutionary Paths of the Sea Urchin and the Sand Dollar
June 30, 2014
Junior Julian Kimura came to Duke with an interest in developmental biology and he found a home on his first day at the university in the...
Mitchell Lee: Student Studies New Processes for Gene Expression
June 27, 2014
Before biologists can understand the role of specific genes, they have to be able to determine whether those genes are "on or off." Howard...
Going Public With Research Funding
June 19, 2014
Oh, the people you will meet when raising money for science. Biology professor Kathleen Pryer knows this now, after first writing an op-ed...