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At Home with Doris Duke: Selections from Her Personal Home Movies
Footage from the Doris Duke Foundation Historical Archives. This collection is housed at Duke University Libraries' Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library ( http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/ ). The home movies are part of the exhibit "Philanthropist, Environmentalist, Collector: Doris Duke and Her Estates," curated by Mary Samouelian and Molly Bragg at Duke University Libraries' Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. See the online exhibit at: http://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/dorisduke More information / online exhibit: http://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/dorisduke
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Pandemic 2011 - NBC17 Flipcam Report by Penn Holderness
The Winter Forum is a free two-and-a-half-day conference for undergraduates that is held annually prior to the start of spring semester. Each forum focuses on a single global issue and is led by a different university institute or school each year. Students, led by Duke faculty members and experts, evaluate a global issue from perspectives of multiple disciplines and cultural perspectives as well as engage in collaborative work. http://undergraduatedean.duke.edu/winterforum/Published 2 years ago
Duke Researchers: Can Smart Phones Help With Weight Loss? (WRAL)
Researchers at Duke who say special smart phone applications may help young adults stick to their weight-loss goals. Bryan Batch, M.D., an endocrinologist, said, "In participating in the study, people have a real unique opportunity to help us answer what is a critical question about weight loss in the young adult age group, because traditionally, these studies have been done in older individuals."
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Transforming Education at Duke
University leaders describe how teaching and learning are evolving with changes in information technology, in this video produced in collaboration with Cisco Systems.Published 2 years ago
Duke Uses New Technology to Advance Learning In – and Out – of the Classroom
Collaboration with Cisco sparks new approaches for empowering students in a 24/7 global world http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Duke-University-Global-MBA-Students-Use-Cisco-Quad-Social-Software-Collaborate-Across-NASDAQ-CSCO-1370050.htmPublished 2 years ago
'The Feedbacker' Internet Application
Sam Iglesias and Jade Davis present 'The Feedbacker', an internet application which allows students to provide realtime feedback during lecture. Sam Iglesias and Jade Davis are currently enrolled in 'Future Class', a seminar taught by Cathy Davidson in which graduate and undergraduate students develop projects around HASTAC (hastac.org). This Wednesday at the Center event was presented by HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, and Science, Technology Advanced Collaboratory). Wednesday at the Center is a Franklin Humanities Institute event sponsored by Duke University.Published 2 years ago
Public Debate: Future of the Public Domain in Europe
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12, 2010 A public debate about the future of the public domain in Europe and the role of evolving media and information infrastructures. Speakers: James Boyle is William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law and co-founder of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke Law School. Bas Savenije is Director General of the Dutch Royal Library, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, in the Netherlands. Lucie Guibault is assistant professor of copyright and intellectual property law at the Institute for Information Law of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Simona Levi is a multidisciplinary artist born in Italy and established in Barcelona since 1990. She is the Director of Conservas, a cultural activity centre. Charlotte Hess, Syracuse University. Marietje Schaake, member of the European Parliament on behalf of D66, member of the committee on culture, media and education, and co-founder of the Intergroup on New Media of European Parliament members. Moderator: Paul Keller is copyright and social media expert. He is the national project lead for Creative Commons Netherlands, and he coordinates Knowledgeland’s copyright activities through the project Images for the Future.
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Medical Device Allows for Less-Invasive Surgeries (WRAL)
Richard Stack, M.D., Duke professor emeritus of cardiology, comments in this story about inventing the SPIDER surgical system to perform abdominal surgeries through a single, small incision. "We hope that this is a way to make the often very difficult decision that people go through to have major surgery, make it much easier for them to tolerate this procedure," said Stack, who developed the device with other local doctors.Posted 2 years ago
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Joyce Yu First-Year Internship at Duke
Joyce Yu explains her first year internship at the Center for Instructional Technology.First-Year Internships at Duke is designed in response to the burning question, “How can I get experience when I don’t already have experience?!” http://www.studentaffairs.duke.edu/career/first-year-internship
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MAKN 'Town Hall' Meeting, Nov. 8, 2010
Cathy Davidson and the HASTAC team hosted an informal "Town Hall" meeting to discuss our proposed Duke Master's of Arts program in Knowledge and Networks (MAKN). To read the full proposal visit http://hastacblogs.org/duke/makn.Published 2 years ago
Learning, Freedom and the Open Web - Cathy Davidson
Duke professor and HASTAC cofounder Cathy Davidson opened the Mozilla Drumbeat Festival on "Learning, Freedom, and the Open Web" (Nov 3-5, 2010, Barcelona)Published 2 years ago
The Walltown Neighborhood History Project
In Summer 2010 DukeEngage, History, and ISIS partnered on a summer camp at the Carter Neighborhood School. A faculty-student team created and taught a summer workshop for Durham middle-school students around the twin themes of computer technology and Durham history, particularly the history of the Walltown neighborhood which lies north of East Campus. The workshop helped middle-school students master core technology skills while they built an interactive historic map of their neighborhood using GIS technologies.Published 2 years ago
