Duke University

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Duke University is a top-ranked U.S. university located in Durham, North Carolina. The private research university provides undergraduate education to more than 6,000 students and graduate and professional education to more than 8,000 students. The university includes graduate schools of law, medicine, business, nursing, engineering, divinity, public policy and the environment. 

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12 Pieces

What's missing from the discussion this election season? Duke University experts weigh in with a series of brief pieces, each about 2 minutes long.


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Education is more than job training, says Duke University professor Priscilla Wald.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2016
  • Length: 02:06
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Norman Wirzba sees a moral vacuum at the heart of the presidential campaign: He says candidates are ignoring society's most vulnerable citizens. Wi...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2016
  • Length: 02:11
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We could do a lot to improve public health and reduce runaway medical expenses if we focussed more on preventing disease and less on medical fixes,...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:18
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As the National Park Service turns 100 this year, our national parks represent a terrifically valuable asset in need of attention, says Stuart Pimm.

  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:18
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It's "very expensive to be poor in contemporary America," says Duke Divinity School professor Luke Bretherton. Usury is one reason why.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Climate change debates often center on the future. But our dirty environment carries a heavy price tag right now, says Drew Shindell, a physicist a...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:06
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The word that best describes America's infrastructure is "crumbling," says Henry Petroski. Petroski is Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engi...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 02:07
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Rising sea levels are just one way climate change is reshaping the world's oceans, says Duke University oceanographer Susan Lozier.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 01:40
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New voter identification laws could sharply curb voter participation in N.C. and other states, says Duke University historian Gunther Peck.

  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:14
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With our piecemeal coastal policies, "We're haphazardly geo-engineering a whole coast," says Duke University economist Martin Smith.

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  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1