An photo exhibit at Duke Libraries featured iconic and unsung images by civil rights movement photographer Danny Lyon read more about Remembering the Civil Rights Movement »
The novelist talks about everything from how he came up with “James” to why book clubs are subversive read more about An Evening With Percival Everett »
Two years ago, Courtney Lewis launched the university’s first-ever Native American studies research program: Research for Indigenous Studies and Engagement in the United States (or RISE-US). An enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation, the Crandall Family Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology has established herself as a rising star in Native American studies, as well as a dynamic program builder. She is also a self-described “Indige-geek” who is seriously into American Indian comic books. Lewis and her… read more about Going Graphic: Six Questions with Duke Professor Courtney Lewis on Her Superpowered Library Exhibit »
Duke professor emerita Anne Pusey celebrates the life of her friend and colleague, Jane Goodall read more about Remembering Jane Goodall »
<div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/people/nasa-astronaut-candidate-anna-menon/">Anna Menon</a>, who graduated from Duke in 2010 with a <a href="https://bme.duke.edu/admissions/masters/">master’s degree in biomedical engineering</a>, may be the first woman to touch down on the moon’s rocky, cratered surface.</p><p>Menon was <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-all-american-2025-class-…">selected</a… read more about Duke Alumna Selected To Be in the 24th NASA Astronaut Class »
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<div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p>Kelly Lytle Hernández grew up in the U.S.–Mexico borderlands during the 1980s and ’90s — a period marked by the rapid expansion of immigration law enforcement. Border Patrol was a major part of everyday life, she says, prompting her to ask many questions about race and policing.<br><br>“I wanted to know why Latinos, namely Mexicans, seemed to be the racialized targets of U.S. immigration law enforcement,” says Hernández, who has been appointed the… read more about Visiting Keohane Professor to Explore Race, Policing and the Roots of U.S. Immigration »
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<div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p><a href="https://scholars.duke.edu/person/mbaye.lo">Mbaye Lo</a> has been appointed director of the Duke Islamic Studies Center and Duke University Middle East Studies Center, effective Aug. 1.</p><p>Lo, a professor of the practice of Asian and Middle Eastern studies and international comparative studies, will serve a two-year term. He succeeds Adam Mestyan, who in July joined the faculty at Harvard University.</p><p>Lo has… read more about Mbaye Lo Named Director of Duke’s Islamic Studies Center and Middle East Studies Center »
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