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Going Graphic: Six Questions with Duke Professor Courtney Lewis on Her Superpowered Library Exhibit

<div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p>Two years ago<strong>,&nbsp;</strong>Courtney Lewis launched the university’s first-ever Native American studies research program: Research for Indigenous Studies and Engagement in the United States (or <a href="https://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/rise-us/">RISE-US</a>). 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… read more about Going Graphic: Six Questions with Duke Professor Courtney Lewis on Her Superpowered Library Exhibit »

Duke Alumna Selected To Be in the 24th NASA Astronaut Class

<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&nbsp;<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 »

Visiting Keohane Professor to Explore Race, Policing and the Roots of U.S. Immigration

<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 »

Mbaye Lo Named Director of Duke’s Islamic Studies Center and Middle East Studies Center

<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 »

A Duke Professor’s Play on Jackie Robinson Is a Hit for Clayton’s Juneteenth Celebration

<div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p>In 1947, the sweet crack of a bat connecting with a baseball was amplified in ballparks big and small when <a href="https://jackierobinson.org/">Jackie Robinson</a> crossed major league baseball’s color line and the national pastime truly became America’s game.&nbsp;</p><p>June 19 is the date of <a href="https://president.duke.edu/2025/06/17/honoring-juneteenth/">Juneteenth</a>, an earlier milestone along the arduous journey… read more about A Duke Professor’s Play on Jackie Robinson Is a Hit for Clayton’s Juneteenth Celebration »