Summer 2018

The Honor Council aims for change in challenging times

When the professor of neurosurgery modified the poliovirus, he helped bolster immunotherapy.

A gateway to the wisdom of civil rights activists

As Duke was celebrating its newest graduates, President Vincent E. Price was marking the end of his freshman year. Here he responds to questions from the magazine’s editor, with first-year reflections on campus hangouts, canine habits, presidential portraits, leaping lemurs, and more.

A new space for biomedical engineering research

Exploring the ways we document history through statues

Brief mentions of things going on among Duke researchers, scholars, and other enterprises

From the editor: When Tom Wolfe came to K-ville

Director of Duke Chapel retires with a song in his heart

Eight was a big number for Duke this past academic year. It's the unusually hefty count of student recipients of postgraduate international fellowships. Here those students reflect on undergraduate experiences, from working to contain a tropical disease to researching the history of the book, that were particularly meaningful for them—and that helped propel them to standout status.

Retro: The evolving living arrangements for freshmen

Alumni profiles: Jack Davis' 14 and Robert Higgins Ph.D. '61

Morgan, professor and chair of religious studies, is the author of Images at Work: The Material Culture of Enchantment (Oxford University Press)

Nicolás Álvarez has competed in the Davis Cup for Peru while in college.

Laurent Dubois helps you understand soccer, Rae DelBianco '14 shares her literary inspirations, and more.

Alumna Cara Robinson is working to keep the prestige brand relevant in a millennial-driven market.