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Pratt Trailblazers: Heileen Hsu-Kim
4/16/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Pratt Trailblazers: Heileen Hsu-Kim

Heileen Hsu-Kim is a leading figure in the study of how environmental contaminants move across the landscape and impact human health

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A Blue Devil Family
4/16/24 Podcast

A Blue Devil Family

When Becky Simmons first got to Duke in the 1990s, she wouldn’t have guessed it then, but a future awaited her that included graduate school, a husband, two daughters, professorship and ties that would bind them all to Duke for decades.

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The Images of a Legendary Female Mathematician
4/15/24 Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

The Images of a Legendary Female Mathematician

Cynthia Rudin pens a tribute to the work and leadership of her former advisor and longtime pillar at Duke, Ingrid Daubechies

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Sun Wins AAAI Best Paper Award
4/2/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Sun Wins AAAI Best Paper Award

Research aims to allow the computationally heavy fine tuning of large language models on users’ own mobile devices

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How it Works: Mass Spectrometer
4/1/24 Pratt School of Engineering

How it Works: Mass Spectrometer

Learn how Lee Ferguson and other researchers across North Carolina are using a technology called mass spectrometry to protect our drinking water

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Bacteria vs. Plastic
4/1/24 DukEngineer Magazine

Bacteria vs. Plastic

An interdisciplinary Duke team harnesses the destructive powers of bacteria to break down plastics in the environment

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Mapping the Invisible
4/1/24 DukEngineer Magazine

Mapping the Invisible

Duke researchers are gearing up to take advantage of the new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to explore the history (and present) phenomena of our galaxy