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| | Women Advancement in the Law.
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Legal Ladies. Duke Law School hosted an event honoring women's advancement in the legal profession at the Duke in DC office this month. The daylong event marked a singular achievement: On the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, women occupy the editor-in-chief slot of the flagship law journals at the 16-top ranked law schools in America. For the first time in history, the editors-in-chief are all female. U.S. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of the event's panelists, capped off the day by saying, "there has never been a better time to enter the legal profession. My faith is in the young people."
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| | Representative David Price's Visit to Duke.
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Price of Research. U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 4th District, David Price (D-NC), visited Duke on February 18th to meet with faculty, learn more about Duke's expertise and innovation in homeland security and see the great impact that federal research funding has on the state of North Carolina. Representative Price started his day off with the Pratt School of Engineering, where he received an update on a $5.83 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reinvent airport security screening.
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| | NIH Cuts and the Triangle Economy.
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Preserving Life (Sciences) in the Triangle. This month, President Trump released his budget proposal for FY 2021 where he calls for a 7 percent cut in funding to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a 6% cut to the National Science Foundation (NSF). NIH funds research conducted at universities across the nation, and when that shows promise, venture capital firms fund it to move the research forward towards commercialization. The proposed cuts threaten North Carolina's economy and research institutions' ability to fund research, recruit and retain employees.
"If the research out of universities faces cuts from the government, then that science needs another funding source. End result? We will lose these scientists to yes - Silicon Valley."
- Sougata Mukeherjee, Editor for the Triangle Business Journal
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| | Rural and Urban Attitudes on the Environment.
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The Regional Divide. Where we are from and what we do impacts many of our beliefs - that includes one's views on climate change. Robert Bonnie, professor at Duke Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions (NIEPS), released his research on rural and urban attitudes on the climate this month. He finds that while rural Americans value natural resource conservation, they and their elected officials often express less support for existing federal environmental policies. Bonnie's study considers the urban/rural divide on attitudes and suggests that rural voters' distrust of the federal government plays a major role.
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| | Sue Gordon Named 2020 Rubenstein Fellow.
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Where it All Started. Susan N. "Sue" Gordon, a former top official in the U.S. intelligence community will join Duke University as a Rubenstein Fellow in August 2020. Gordon, a member of Duke's class of 1980 and former 3-time captain of the Duke Women's Basketball team, will be bringing her authority on strategy, innovation and leadership back to her alma mater. She served as principal deputy director of national intelligence from 2017-19, the nation's second highest-ranking intelligence officer. While at Duke, Gordon will teach courses and work closely with both the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy (AGS), the Sanford School of Public Policy and the Fuqua School of Business.
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| | Sharing Insights on NC's Upcoming State and National Elections.
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Super Important, Super Tuesday. Three Duke scholars spoke to the media on Tuesday to discuss facets of the upcoming Super Tuesday primaries March 3 as well as other statewide and national races. The panel consisted of Pope "Mac" McCorkle, professor of the practice of public policy and director of Polis: Center for Politics, Deondra Rose, research director of Polis and creator of the Duke NC Policy Lab and Gunther Peck, associate professor of history and public policy.
"Just as in 2016, North Carolina is an absolute must win for Trump. If the Democrats win North Carolina, I will boldly predict we will have a Democratic president in 2020." - Mac McCorkle, professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy
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A Civic Competition. Duke kicked off its early voting on Thursday, Feb. 13 in the Brodhead Center on campus. The Hart Leadership Program (HLP) and POLIS: Center for Politics are partnering up to support the U Can Vote NC Campus Challenge, a competition among eight North Carolina colleges to see which school can get the most students registered and voting. Duke President Vincent Price expressed his support, "at a time when everyone's voice should be heard, I hope that every member of the Duke community will participate in the democratic process."
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| | Filtering NC Drinking Water for PFAS.
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Something's in the Water. The water in our homes from whole-house filtration systems to pitcher-style filters inside a fridge may not remove all of the drinking water contaminants you're most concerned about. A new study by Duke and NC State scientists finds that while any filter is better than using none, many are only partially effective at removing toxic perfluoroalkyl substances known as PFAS. The researchers analyzed filtered water samples from a selection of homes in central and southeastern North Carolina.
"Home filters are really only a stopgap. The real goal should be control of PFAS contaminants at their source."
- Detlef Knappe, S. James Ellen Distinguished Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University
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| | Protect3d Wins NFL Award.
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Protect3d for the Win. While in college, these three former Duke football players and engineers decided to make a customized 3D-printed collarbone brace for their injured teammate and now New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones. With the help of design and entrepreneurship resources across Duke University, Kevin Gehsmann, Clark Bulleit and Tim Skapek created Protect3d. Since then, the trio has grown their idea into a startup and gone on to win the NFL's 1st and Future Innovations challenge for a grand prize of $50,000.
"We hope this event helps spring our business forward so we are able to support NFL and college football teams across the country this coming season. Most of the money will be used to expand our manufacturing facility in Durham to prepare to scale up to meet that challenge."
- Kevin Gehsmann, co-founder of Protect3d
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Engineered for Success. Congratulations are in order for Kenneth Hall, the Julian Francis Abele Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke University, who was named a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) this month. Election to the NAE is one of the highest professional distinctions for engineers. Hall joins a class of 87 new members and 18 international members. Hall becomes the tenth member at Duke Engineering to hold this distinction. He was cited for, "The development of unsteady aerodynamic and aeromechanics theories and analysis for internal and external aerodynamic flows."
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