a signature strategic advantage

PUTTING KNOWLEDGE IN THE SERVICE OF SOCIETY

A team of authors from the Department of Economics and Duke Global Health Institute developed the report “Why Global Health Matters to North Carolina.” The report details and quantifies $2 billion in annual economic impact in the state from the nonprofit, pharmaceutical, research and academic sectors working in global health.  more>

Geoffrey Ginsburg, director of the IGSP Center for Genomic Medicine, is leading a team researching methods to detect and screen for H1N1 flu and other infectious diseases. Looking at molecular changes in blood samples as people get infected (or don’t), the screening could make diagnosis and treatment more effective and efficient (from Slate.com).  more>

The Duke Global Health Institute

examines how poverty, gender, environment, and globalization reinforce existing health disparities, and works to develop research and policy approaches to remedy these areas. Connect to DGHI >

NEWS AND EVENTS

  • November 9, 2009

    DIBS Workshop "Advancing the Neuroscience of Addiction"


    November 12 "Transcending the Boundaries" workshop will bring together research on neurological, clinical, social, and psychological aspects of addiction. more >

  • October 21, 2009

    New Faculty Profile: Ahmad Hariri (Psychology & Neuroscience, IGSP and DIBS)


    Neuroscientist uses genetics and neuroimaging to explore the circuitry of the mind in an effort to better understand individual behavior. more >

  • October 21, 2009

    Kenan Institute releases joint report on immigration issues and policy options


    "Breaking the Immigration Stalemate," written in collaboration with the Brookings Institution, addresses the trade-offs and assumptions underlying the current immigration debate and generates policy recommendations. 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:

Nicholas Institute Taking the Lead in "Making the Green Economy Work"

First Annual Winter Forum Set for January 10-12, 2010

There will be a new way this year to get a jump-start on the spring semester — by attending the first annual Winter Forum.  The two-day conference for undergraduates will be held from Sunday evening, Jan. 10, to Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Sanford School of Public Policy, just before classes begin on January 13.  The topic for this year’s first forum, “Making the Green Economy Work,” will feature the perspectives of Duke faculty and invited guest speakers from fields as diverse as engineering, economics, law, business, environment, and sociology, among others.

The annual forum will evaluate a global issue from the perspectives of multiple disciplines and cultures, and engage faculty and students in collaborative work.  This year’s forum is being led by the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, in collaboration with the Office of the Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education.

“We’re excited to be organizing this first Winter Forum,” remarked Tim Profeta, director of the Nicholas Institute.  “We’ve invited top-notch speakers, including Chad Holliday, Chairman of DuPont, and some of the best faculty at Duke, to make this a thought-provoking—and solutions-provoking—couple of days.  The green economy—what exactly it is, what the potential for it is, and how it works—is on a lot of minds right now, and the Winter Forum will engage everyone in thinking and working through these and other important questions.”

More information about the Winter Forum, including application materials, is posted at: http://undergraduatedean.duke.edu/winterforum/.

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