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Let’s Get This Centennial Started
4/1/24 DukEngineer Magazine

Let’s Get This Centennial Started

Echoing the date of Duke University’s founding in 1924, Duke began a year-long 100th birthday party with an extraordinary kickoff event on January 9, 2024

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Building Speed: The Revival of Duke Motorsports
4/1/24 DukEngineer Magazine

Building Speed: The Revival of Duke Motorsports

A group of dedicated Duke Engineering undergraduates completely rebuild a racecar from the ground up after the pandemic stalled their club

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Low-key Quantum
4/1/24 DukEngineer Magazine

Low-key Quantum

The university offers an accessible entry into quantum computing through a House Course designed for undergraduate students that is also conducted by the Duke Undergraduate Quantum Information Society (DuQIS)

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When It Comes to Heat Shock Proteins, It’s All About Stress
3/20/24 Pratt School of Engineering

When It Comes to Heat Shock Proteins, It’s All About Stress

With five major chaperone classes identified, particularly the HSP70 family, Dimitra Apostolidou's research challenges the "universal mechanism" concept, aiming to understand specific protein interactions.

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Pushing Duke Tech Down the Commercialization Pathway
3/19/24 Duke Office of Translation and Commercialization

Pushing Duke Tech Down the Commercialization Pathway

Thirty graduate and professional students from across Duke took part in a two-day technology commercialization bootcamp