PUTTING KNOWLEDGE IN THE SERVICE OF SOCIETY

The Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy launched a study to find out what people who decide to get genome-wide scans hope to gain by knowing what's "written" in their DNA, and what they will do with the information once they have it. more >
The Center for Child and Family Policy was selected by America's Promise Alliance to evaluate the first phase of its new five-year nationwide effort to deliver developmental resources to 15 million young people in an effort to improve high school graduation rates.  more >
The Kenan Institute for Ethics, through its business ethics program, helps organizations build long-term economic success, increase customer loyalty, and improve employee retention by creating ethically effective employees, leaders, and cultures. more >
The Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy

Strives to enrich the human condition by addressing both genome discovery and the translation of those discoveries into useful advances for society. Link to IGSP >

NEWS AND EVENTS

  • April 6, 2008

    World Health Day 2008


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  • March 25, 2008

    Interdisciplinary Faculty Hires


    New program supports interdisciplinary faculty hires between schools and university institutes more >

  • February 22, 2008

    Primate Evolutionary Family Tree Mapping


    Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy partners with Lemur more >

SPOTLIGHT ON INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES:

April 2008

Provost’s Common Fund winner will give Duke community an opportunity to experience interdisciplinary studies in action.

Rarely does an opportunity arise to actively and simultaneously engage departments in the university as diverse as economics, literature, art, psychology, gender studies, theatre and dance, history, and more. Such an opportunity will come to Duke in fall 2008 with the program “Vision and Design: Bloomsbury Then and Now,” sponsored in part by the Provost’s Common Fund.  more >