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State of Energy: What's at Stake
The Rational Middle Energy Series, a new collection of short films covering both the current and future state of energy, features Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions Director Tim Profeta.Published 11 months ago
Rational Middle Energy Series: Trailer
The Rational Middle Energy Series, a new collection of short films covering both the current and future state of energy, features Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions Director Tim Profeta. Produced by the creators of the documentary "Haynesville: A Nation's Hunt for an Energy Future," the films share dialogue from the world's leading energy experts. Profeta is joined by individuals from Rice University, the University of Texas, the Council on Foreign Relations as well as two other Duke faculty members—Energy Initiative Director Richard Newell and Nicholas School of the Environment Dean Bill Chameides.
Published 11 months ago
FDA Clears New Weight-Loss Pill
Ronald Sha, M.D., Ph.D., medical director of the Duke Diet & Fitness Center, said he will wait before offering Belviq to his patients. "There have been a large number of weight-loss medications that have been approved in this country that have subsequently been taken off the market," Sha said.
Posted 11 months ago
'Financialization' of the U.S. Economy
SuperReturn U.S. - http://www.informaglobalevents.com/ytsrusvepSeth Gardner (Executive Director of the Center for Financial Excellence at The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University) interviews Heather Slavkin (Senior Legal Policy Advisor at AFL-CIO)
Published 11 months ago
Are Annual Physicals Necessary?
John Paat, M.D., medical director of the Private Diagnostic Clinic, said the "whole need for routine tests really needs to be questioned for most asymptomatic people."
Posted 11 months ago
Kimberly Blackwell Discusses New Treatment for Breast Cancer
Duke Cancer Institute research led by Dr. Kimberly Blackwell shows that the drug T-DM1 was more effective and had fewer side effects than the standard treatment of breast cancer.Published 11 months ago
Abdeslam Maghraoui on Islamists Trend
Assoc. Professor of the Practice of Political Science Abdeslam Maghraoui discussed the Islamist political leadership trend in Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco — previous to Mohamed Morsi's winning the Egyptian presidency.This conversation between Duke University's Azeddine Chergui (moderator) and Maghraoui was part of a live webcast June 15, when six Duke scholars currently in four different countries discussed the significance of the Egyptian presidential runoff election, scheduled for June 16-17. This event was co-hosted by Duke University Office Hours Program and the Duke Islamic Studies Center's Transcultural Islam Project.
Published 11 months ago
Duke's Shalom Goldman (in Israel) and David Schanzer on Israeli Politics and Egypt Election
Previous to Morsi's win, Schanzer and Goldman discussed the potential political implications of a Morsi/Muslim Brotherhood win on the Palestinians, Israelis, Hamas, PLO.This conversation was part of a live webcast June 15, 2012 when six Duke scholars currently in four different countries discussed the significance of the Egyptian presidential runoff election, scheduled for June 16-17. This event was co-hosted by Duke University Office Hours Program and the Duke Islamic Studies Center's Transcultural Islam Project.
Published 11 months ago
Mind-Controlled Robotic Avatars
The founder of Duke's Center for Neuroengineering presents his astonishing work on mind-controlled robotic avatars, which have already been successful in primate research. TEDMED is a community of people who are passionate about imagining the future of health and medicine.http://www.tedmed.com/about-tedmed/what-is-tedmed
Published 11 months ago
James Salzman: Markets for Ecosystem Services
Jim Salzman holds joint appointments at Duke University as the Samuel Fox Mordecai Professor of Law at the Law School and as the Nicholas Institute Professor of Environmental Policy at the Nicholas School of the Environment. In more than six books and seventy articles and book chapters, his broad-ranging scholarship has addressed topics spanning trade and environment conflicts, drinking water, environmental protection in the service economy, wetlands mitigation banking, and the legal and institutional issues in creating markets for ecosystem services.Published 11 months ago
Dan Ariely: Truth About Dishonesty
Bestselling author and behavioral economist Dan Ariely talks with Google Play about his latest book, The Honest Truth About Dishonesty.Click to get The Honest Truth About Dishonesty on Google Play:
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Published 12 months ago
EPA's Greenhouse Gas Regulations
June 19, 2012. The Subcommittee on Energy and Power hearing on “The American Energy Initiative.” The focus will be on EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Regulations. Duke's Bill Chameides,Dean, Nicholas School of the Environment speaks 45 minutes in http://energycommerce.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetail.aspx?NewsID=9594
Published 12 months ago
One Gigapixel Camera - How Good is the Picture?
Scientists at Duke University have built a one-gigapixel camera that has more than 30 times the data collecting capacity of today's best consumer digital devices. http://www.pratt.duke.edu/node/3261.Published 12 months ago
Understanding Granular Materials
Granular materials -- like sand, rice, or powdered pharmaceuticals -- are everywhere, yet their behavior is poorly understood. In some ways behaving like liquids, in other ways behaving like solids, such materials have unique properties and pose unique questions to answer. From clogged coal hoppers to powdered-snow avalanches, scientists and engineers are gaining new perspective on the fundamental nature of grains. In this video, see some of the latest research into the behavior of granular materials.Published 1 year ago
Egyptian Presidential Election Preview
In a live webcast Friday, June 15, five Duke scholars currently in four different countries discussed the significance of the Egyptian presidential runoff election, scheduled for June 16-17.The election pits competing visions for the future of the fledgling democracy during a time of political instability. The contest has Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi competing against Ahmed Shafik, a former prime minister under past president Hosni Mubarak.
The participants were:
-- Mbaye Lo in Cairo, Egypt. Lo is an assistant professor of the practice in Asian and Middle Eastern studies. He teaches Arabic and recently conducted a study of the role of Al Jazeera Arabic writers during the Arab Spring. He is currently leading a group of Duke students in the DukeEngage Egypt civic engagement summer program (read the group's blog).
-- Shalom Goldman in Israel. Goldman is a professor of religion. His teaching and research interests include modern Hebrew language and biblical themes in Jewish and non-Jewish literature. He regularly comments on current events in the Middle East in the magazine Religion Dispatches as well as on blogs.
-- Abdeslam Maghraoui in Paris, France. Maghraoui is an associate professor of the practice in political science and author of "Liberalism without Democracy: Nationhood and Citizenship in Egypt, 1922â1936" (Duke University Press). His research and teaching address questions about democracy, governance, transparency and political ethics in North African and the Middle East.
-- David Schanzer in Durham. Schanzer is director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, and an associate professor of the practice at Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy. His area of expertise is emergency preparedness, homeland security, civil liberties and strategies for combatting terrorism.
-- Nadia El-Shaarawi in Durham. El-Shaarawi is a postdoctoral research associate at Duke's Kenan Institute for Ethics whose current scholarship examines the mental health and well-being of Iraqi refugees in Cairo.
Moderating the conversation was Azeddiine Chergui, an Arabic instructor at Duke and affiliated faculty member of the Duke Islamic Studies Center.
The online event was part of Duke's "Office Hours" interactive webcast series, which allows members of the Duke community and others to engage with faculty in their areas of expertise. Co-sponsoring the webcast was the Duke Islamic Studies Center's Transcultural Islam Project.
Published 1 year ago
