a signature strategic advantage

PUTTING KNOWLEDGE IN THE SERVICE OF SOCIETY

The Kenan Institute for Ethics launched an online archive of Case Studies in Ethics.  The collection includes cases from the research project Institutions in Crisis, the undergraduate Business Ethics course, and teaching caselettes for training students and others in situation-specific ethical leadership. more>
Center for Child and Family Policy Research Scientist Elizabeth Gifford developed a new website that can help people better understand the nature of substance abuse problems in every county in North Carolina and track trends over time.  The site can provide policymakers and practitioners at the state, county and local levels with useful information for planning prevention strategies, determining community service needs and evaluating the benefits of alternative programs and policies. more >
The Social Science Research Institute

supports innovative, externally funded research that bridges to policy, integrates knowledge and service, and makes the translation between theory and practice. Connect to SSRI >

NEWS AND EVENTS

  • June 19, 2009

    Duke Institute for Brain Sciences Announces 2009-10 Research Incubator Awards


    The four new awards and five continuation awards will support project development and pilot research for high risk/high gain interdisciplinary faculty collaborations relevant to the DIBS Research Themes. more >

  • June 3, 2009

    IGSP welcomes 15 undergraduate summer fellows


    The students will spend the next two months exploring questions in genome sciences and policy under the mentorship of faculty in the Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy. more >

  • May 14, 2009

    Duke Research features "5 Questions" with Nicholas Institute's Brian Murray


    The Nicholas Institute's director for economic analysis and research professor at the Nicholas School of the Environment answers questions on carbon trading and the economics of climate change policy. more >

  • December 10, 2008

    Listen to a talk by President Brodhead on Interdisciplinary Studies


    from the Kenan Institute for Ethics' November 2008 board meeting. more >

SPOTLIGHT ON INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES:

New Kenan Institute for Ethics program challenges students’ ethical leadership—even before the first day on campus.



No laptops, no cell phones—sometimes not even a bed!  What a way to begin college!  But that’s exactly what twenty-one incoming students experienced for eight days in August, during Project Change, the Kenan Institute for Ethics’ new pre-orientation program.

kenanprojchg

The innovative program, carried out in partnership with the Duke Women’s Center, consisted of two parts—an exploration of Durham, to help students become acquainted with their new home for the next four years, and a “service challenge,” to cultivate students’ organizational and community leadership through an applied problem-solving experience.  The twenty-one students were chosen over the summer through a competitive application process which yielded over 300 applications. more >