The Undergraduate Program Enhancement Fund (UPEF) empowers faculty to experiment with pedagogical innovations, keeping Duke’s educational experience at the leading edge. Read about a few recent programs that schools piloted with UPEF support.| News RSS Feed
Collaboration is at the core of the Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine (TriCEM) and its innovative training and research.| News RSS Feed
This summer, 270 undergraduate and graduate students took part in team-based research projects through Data+, History+ and seven other “plus” programs, working alongside other teams on campus.| News RSS Feed
Megan Christy’s work with a Duke Bass Connections team led her from eye-tracking studies with young football players to Sinai Biodesign and now to a promising new startup| Office of Interdisciplinary Programs
Megan Christy’s work with a Duke Bass Connections team led her from eye-tracking studies with young football players to Sinai Biodesign and now to a promising new startup.| News RSS Feed
Established in 2013, Rhodes iiD is an interdisciplinary program designed to increase “big data” computational research and expand opportunities for student engagement in this rapidly growing field.| News RSS Feed
The richness of Duke’s intellectual communities and its deep commitment to interdisciplinarity are major draws for top scholars who are leaders in their fields. Nine of these academic stars share why they came to Duke and why they stay.| News RSS Feed
The Office of the Provost and The Graduate School have chosen three faculty-led proposals to establish new Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Collaboratives focusing on complex societal challenges.| News RSS Feed
Can a summer program spark a lifelong passion? For Matthew Ross, a Duke Ph.D. graduate in ecology, one of Duke’s interdisciplinary “plus programs” helped lead to a career that blends environmental science, data visualization and collaborative teaching.| News RSS Feed
The Office of the Provost has chosen three faculty-led projects to receive Multiyear Interdisciplinary Hubs grants for research, education and engagement.| News RSS Feed
Addressing this vital area, a group of Duke faculty came together to form the Critical Minerals Intellectual Community.| News RSS Feed
A Duke graduate student got involved in a grant to use drones to study whales in Antarctica. He ended up finding more than he imagined.| News RSS Feed
As Will Lieber graduates, he leaves behind not just a custom major, but a model for turning personal passion into public impact. This transfer student turned community-engaged researcher is a Duke maximalist, in the best way.| News RSS Feed
Science & Society is among 11 university institutes, initiatives and centers that complement and amplify the widespread interdisciplinarity found in every school at Duke. Hoffman begins serving as interim director on July 1.| News RSS Feed
Duke University’s deep commitment to interdisciplinary education empowers students across campus, and at all schools and levels, to explore their interests while often addressing complex societal issues.| News RSS Feed
Through the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, the Social Science Research Institute, the Rhodes Information Initiative, Duke Science & Society and other units, Gross Hall is alive with boundary-crossing scholarship.| News RSS Feed
“There had been effort-based project management support in the clinical world for a while,” says Jamie Wylie, who directs Duke’s Office of Research Initiatives. “But lots of others need this kind of time-limited support, too.”| News RSS Feed
Faculty and students joined community partners to explore how they developed their projects, the impact of their efforts and challenges they encountered. And they offered some advice for those interested in getting involved in community-engaged work.| News RSS Feed
Ashon Crawley is the 2024-25 Nannerl Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor at Duke and UNC Chapel Hill. “One of the things I’m trying to work through is that we’re all southern people,” he says. “Our relation to the land is what we need to rediscover.”| News RSS Feed
His advice for students with multiple interests: “Build your own dream degree.” From FOCUS to Program II, Zenke leveraged Duke’s interdisciplinary programs to merge his passions for computer science, education and policy, and build a career he loves.| News RSS Feed
During the launch of the Duke Campaign, a session highlighted ways in which Duke researchers and stakeholders are collaborating to achieve global energy goals and create a more equitable and sustainable world.| News RSS Feed
An institutional effort dubbed PERC has been identifying and addressing administrative barriers to community-engaged research and scholarship. Rebecca Brouwer shares progress on three particularly sticky issues.| News RSS Feed
Mercedes Muñoz is on a mission to make the field more inclusive. As a Ph.D. student in Duke’s Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, she’s researching how to inspire young people to pursue science and how to authentically capture Latine identity.| News RSS Feed
Many Duke faculty members have leveraged seed funding from interdisciplinary units or the Office of the Provost to advance their research, create strong proposals for longer-term external grants, inform public decision-making and generate start-ups.| News RSS Feed
Thanks to funding from The Duke Endowment and the Office of the Provost, Duke faculty were invited to submit proposals to serve as fellows with the Wilhelmina M. Reuben-Cooke Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Practices Project.| News RSS Feed
Laura Howes, formerly director of Duke’s Bass Connections program, is taking on a new role as assistant vice provost for interdisciplinary programs and strategic initiatives. Meghan O’Neil is now the interim director of Bass Connections.| News RSS Feed
Part of the Duke community since 2010, Sommer begins serving as director of DIBS on January 1, following the interim directorship of Alison Adcock, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences.| News RSS Feed
Learn how local universities are teaming up to support community schools.| News RSS Feed
Deadline: March 19, 2025. The Office of the Provost and The Graduate School solicit internal proposals for new IGECs for Ph.D. students. Each proposal should be submitted by a leadership team comprised of regular-rank faculty from participating units.| News RSS Feed
The deadline for letters of intent has passed. Feedback will be provided to teams in mid-January. Proposals are due March 19, 2025, and will only be accepted from teams who submitted a letter and are invited to submit a proposal following that process.| News RSS Feed
Deadline: January 3, 2025 (extended). We invite proposals from faculty members that link research and advocacy in their teaching or relate to social justice, environmental justice, voting rights or public history more broadly in Durham and North Carolina.| News RSS Feed
This summer, History+ joined Duke’s “plus” suite of collaborative summer research experiences. After eight weeks of working together, participants gathered on East Campus to celebrate and share insights from their personal and communal work.| News RSS Feed
Deadline: September 15, 2024. The DIBS director will contribute to the wider leadership of interdisciplinary research, education and engagement at Duke, and will play a pivotal role in shaping Duke’s priorities in neuroscience.| News RSS Feed
Deadline: August 15, 2024. The faculty director for Duke’s new Center for Community Engagement will facilitate greater coordination of engaged education and research across the university.| News RSS Feed
By showcasing inspiring stories from innovative universities around the globe, “The New Global Universities” reveals a path for colleges and universities to chart a course toward a more equitable, inclusive and impactful educational landscape.| News RSS Feed
Deadline: July 19, 2024 (extended). Faculty members may submit proposals that link research and advocacy in their teaching or that relate to social justice, environmental justice, voting rights or public history more broadly in Durham and North Carolina.| News RSS Feed
The Office of the Provost has awarded Intellectual Community Planning Grants to nine projects led by Duke faculty members based in seven schools and one institute.| News RSS Feed
Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke, one of the first African American students admitted to Duke in 1963, went on to have a distinguished legal career. As Reuben-Cooke Fellows, faculty members are engaging students in issues of social justice, voting rights and more.| News RSS Feed
Ashon Crawley is the 2024-25 Nannerl Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor at Duke and UNC Chapel Hill. “One of the things I’m trying to work through is that we’re all| Office of Interdisciplinary Studies
Collaboratory funding helps Duke University faculty members grow their ideas and build a foundation for larger external grants.| Office of Interdisciplinary Studies