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Provost Alec Gallimore Visits Washington D.C.

Provost Alec Gallimore traveled to Washington at the end of June to advocate for federal research funding, global education, and other pressing issues with federal policymakers.
Gallimore met with a number of officials, alumni and others to discuss a wide range of issues, including funding for scientific research, immigration and international engagement. In addition to meetings with staff at the White House Office of Science and Technology, Gallimore spent time with officials from the State Department and the National Science Foundation. Gallimore also attended the New Global Universities Summit--more on that below.

Gallimore in Washington

Celebrating the Centennial...

Celebrating Centennial Trailblazer Elizabeth Dole

This week's Centennial Trailblazer is Senator, women's rights activist and philanthropist Elizabeth Dole. Dole has held many leadership positions across different entities, including the president of the American Red Cross, a Board of Trustees member & N.C.’s first woman U.S. Senator. Dole graduated from the Woman’s College of Duke University in 1958. During her time at Duke, Dole was actively involved on campus. In her senior year, she was elected president of the Women’s Student Government Association which earned her the Duke 1958 Leader of the Year award.

Centennial Trailblazer

Federally Funded Research at Duke...

Lithium-Ion Batteries Are an Unidentified and Growing Source of PFAS Pollution

A new study from Lee Ferguson, professor of civil and environmental engineering, indicates that the production and disposal of lithium-ion batteries are an increasing source of a type of polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminating water supplies across North Carolina and the nation. Ferguson and his team of researchers sampled air, water, snow, soil and sediment near manufacturing plants in Minnesota, Kentucky, Belgium and France. This sub-class of PFAS, called bis-FASIs, are also known as "forever chemicals," and show they have similar environmental persistence and ecotoxicity similar to other nefarious compounds like GenX and PFOA.

This research was supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

PFAS Problem

More from Duke...

The New Ventures in Higher Education

A group of almost 50 founders and leaders of new universities recently convened at Duke in DC to share their experiences developing and launching eight innovative colleges and universities in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and North America. The convening was led by Associate Provost Noah Pickus and Vice Provost Yakut Gazi. The two endeavored to highlight innovative universities from around the globe in hopes of charting, "a course toward a more equitable, inclusive and impactful educational landscape."

Global Universities

Mary Pat McMahon Reappointed for Second Term

Mary Pat McMahon will serve a second five-year term as Vice Provost and Vice President of Student Affairs. McMahon joined Duke in 2019, and has been charged with fostering the development of Duke's 16,000 undergrad, graduate and professional students. The reappointment followed an administrative review that was conducted by a committee chaired byPeter Feaver, professor of political science and public policy, and included undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff.

McMahon Reappointed

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