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Duke Summit Forges Purposeful Partnerships to Tackle Extreme Heat

Some of the hottest two weeks on record in the United States has put a spotlight on the much-needed, continuous effort to address issues surrounding extreme heat. The Heat Policy Innovation Hub at Duke University held its first-ever HeatWise Policy Partnership Summit, bringing together more than 100 leaders from varying sectors including financial and insurance companies, high-ranking federal and state officials, foundation officers and Duke faculty, as well as community organizers whose work supports vulnerable populations. The three-day event centered on three core themes: rural heat interventions, data for risk, exposure and impact and blended finance and the future of the insurance industry.

Heating Up

Heather Mechler Named Associate Vice Provost and Director of Institutional Research

Executive Vice Provost Mohamed Noor announced this week that Heather Mechler, currently the director of institutional analytics at the University of New Mexico, will serve as the associate vice provost and director of institutional research at Duke University. In this role, Mechler will oversee the collection of historical and comparative data about academic and campus life trends and analyze the data to advise Duke leaders on how to best serve students, faculty and staff. She takes over the position from David Jamieson-Drake, who is moving to part-time status after serving in the Office of Institutional Research since 1983, beginning August 1.

Meet Mechler

Celebrating the Centennial...

Check out Duke in the 1970s with photos and videos from the Duke archives!

Federally Funded Research at Duke...

Building a Prototype of the Cosmos

Duke researcher and physics professor Michael Troxel is working on creating the "most realistic preview yet" of what astronomers might see when two federally-funded telescopes go live in 2025 and 2027. Once those telescopes are completed, Troxel says they will produce unprecedented amounts of data. To help get in front of this data deluge, Troxel is leading an effort to essentially reconstruct what these telescopes will see, galaxy by galaxy, as close as possible to the actual data to allow scientists to explore and sift through it the way they could with the real thing.

This work is made possible with support from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy.

Galaxy Gizmos

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What Unites the United States With Mexico

The Mexican ambassador to the United States, Esteban Moctezuma Barragán, visited campus recently to participate in a fireside chat with Jeremy Petranka, the senior associate dean of Executive MBA and Quantitative Management Programs at the Fuqua School of Business. Moctezuma highlighted Duke's strong research network in education, saying, “I believe that the association of the Mexican government with Duke University and the local authorities can create different educational, scientific and technological programs for our population."

International Connections

New DGHI Fellow Focuses on HIV Policy

Jirair Ratevosian, Duke Global Health Institute's fist-ever Hock fellow, will work on HIV policy and aims to advance DGHI's leadership in the global HIV response. Ratevosian has previously served as a former senior advisor to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The Hock fellowship is a newly created role to promote research and policy impact on HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases.

Hock Fellow

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