Duke University’s culture of interdisciplinary collaboration attracts exceptional faculty and students, adds a critical dimension to teaching and promotes study at the frontiers of research.
Learn moreInterdisciplinary research at Duke takes many forms and can range from a single scholar to a broad team of investigators expanding the frontiers of knowledge.
Today’s challenges demand new forms of expertise. Duke’s approach gives students opportunities to explore issues across disciplines, departments and methods.
The interdisciplinary experience at Duke goes beyond the classroom and laboratory as faculty and students work to put knowledge in the service of society.
This summer, General Surgery Resident Dr. Shanna Sprinkle is leading a team of Duke undergraduates in building a new educational database for Duke Surgery’s residency programs. The database will enable program directors to evaluate key performance metrics for residents and will serve as a valuable tool for surgical education research. “In order to improve resident […]
Danica Schaffer-Smith, a Ph.D. candidate in the Nicholas School of the Environment, received a grant to participate in a week-long workshop on environmental data analytics in Boulder, Colorado, offered by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). The technical knowledge she gained will inform her dissertation on spatiotemporal variability […]
Philosophy doctoral student Adela Deanova completed a series of online courses in digital marketing in order to contribute to Project Vox, a digital initiative that recovers the lost voices of female philosophers in the early modern era. She was among 19 Duke students who received Graduate Student Training Enhancement Grants in 2016-17 for training beyond […]
Fateme Yousefi Lalimi, a doctoral student in Environmental Science at Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment, received a grant to visit Dr. Andrea D’Alpaos’s lab at the University of Padova and conduct fieldwork in the Venice Lagoon, in order to strengthen her dissertation on coastal wetlands. She was among 19 Duke students who received Graduate […]
Tess Leuthner, a doctoral student in the Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program at the Nicholas School of the Environment, received a grant to attend the 2016 Environmental Genomics training program at the renowned Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory. She was among 19 Duke students who received Graduate Student Training Enhancement Grants (GSTEG) in 2016-17 […]
The Huang Fellows Program at the Duke Initiative for Science & Society trains students to understand science in the context of service to society. Through their participation, Huang Fellows learn how to integrate ethics, policy and social implications into their scientific research. The program fosters a community of accomplished undergraduate scholars trained in the sciences […]
Brian Southwell has spent his professional life dedicated to telling stories of the human condition. In particular, he’s focused on making scientific research relatable. “I’ve been attracted to finding ways social science research can inform the broader public discourse and be useful in finding a way to translate work that happens in the public arena,” […]
Stephanie Gehring Ladd, a doctoral student in Religion at Duke’s Graduate School, received a grant to take a printmaking course at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and to spend time in a Durham printmaking studio. Her aim was to gain insight into the process of intaglio printmaking in order to enhance her […]