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Reprogramming First-Year Computing

“I want our first-year engineering students to know their computing skills will serve them throughout their time at Duke and later in their career,” says course designer and instructor Genevieve Lipp. “I want them to have no fear.”

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In this episode of the Dean's Minutes, join Dean Lynch and Professor Genevieve Lipp as they discuss Duke’s First Year Computing course, where students learn approaches to computational problem-solving that go beyond just writing code.

Learn more about First Year Computing at:
https://pratt.duke.edu/news/first-year-computing/

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Resilient Communities

Connecting aerial imagery with info about coastal waters raises the hope that waterfront communities on the North Carolina coast will be better prepared for rising sea levels.

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Meet professor Joanna Bertram, whose work is focused on robotic technologies aiming to save lives by making surgery safer and more precise.

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We take you inside one engineering student’s quest to earn a court-side seat at a Duke-UNC game—by living in a tent outside Cameron Indoor Stadium.

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