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Pinkies, Prototypes and Endless Possibilities
10/14/25 Duke Trinity School of Arts & Sciences

Pinkies, Prototypes and Endless Possibilities

BME junior Jackie No seamlessly melds together her love of art with her growing passion for improving accessibility in health care.

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Duke Startup Resolv to Deliver Valuable Building and Construction Insights
10/7/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke Startup Resolv to Deliver Valuable Building and Construction Insights

Resolv, a spinout of Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering, closed on $5 million seed funding round to develop metamaterials-based device that could impact the $10 billion building construction and remediation industry.

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Bending Waves with Metamaterials: Why Do You Study That?
10/2/25 Duke Today

Bending Waves with Metamaterials: Why Do You Study That?

Metamaterials are materials engineered to bend light in ways nature never intended. From invisibility cloaks to seeing through objects, David R. Smith’s research shows how metamaterials are changing optics, physics, and the future of technology.

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Scaling Up: Building a 96-Qubit Quantum Computer by 2027
10/2/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Scaling Up: Building a 96-Qubit Quantum Computer by 2027

New $2.66 million grant from the National Science Foundation will support the construction of a 96-qubit quantum computer to enable future advances in the field.

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Quelling Chaos Through Clever Control System Construction
9/23/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Quelling Chaos Through Clever Control System Construction

Leila Bridgeman is steadily laying foundations for the software needed to precisely control the large, complex networks of individual agents underscoring a wide range of applications from autonomous drones to laser-wielding surgical robotics.

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Duke Engineering Ranked #17 Undergraduate Program in the Nation
9/23/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke Engineering Ranked #17 Undergraduate Program in the Nation

Rising three places, the ranking from U.S. News and World Report recognizes the school’s world-class program focused on design thinking, hands-on learning and purpose-driven results.