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The 2020 election stands out for many reasons, including voter confusion. For reliable information about the voting process this election season, Deondra Rose, assistant professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy and research director of...

Voter intimidation can be as subtle as staring at someone because they come from a specific ethnic group or questioning their citizenship status to pretending to be an official poll worker, attempting to block someone’s entrance into the polling...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Transcription factor proteins are the light switches of the human genome. By binding to DNA, they help turn genes “on” or “off” and start the important process of copying DNA into an RNA template that acts as a blueprint for a new...

In the weeks following the return of Duke students to campus this fall, a comprehensive plan that involved robust testing, reduced the campus residential population and reconfigured classrooms and public spaces for physical distancing kept positive...

Not sure whether to get a flu shot this year? The flu has similar symptoms to COVID-19, and while you don’t want either virus, you certainly don’t want both, three Duke vaccine experts said Friday in urging people to seek out the flu vaccine as it...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Close bonds with the opposite sex can have non-romantic benefits. And not just for people, but for our primate cousins, too. Drawing on 35 years of data, a new study of more than 540 baboons in Amboseli National Park in Kenya finds...

The willingness of left-leaning religious congregations to engage in political activity has spiked in the Trump era, new research shows. In particular, many American congregations report becoming substantially more involved in immigration issues,...

DURHAM, N.C. -- You know the type: Loud. Swaggering. Pushy. The alpha male clearly runs the show. Female alphas are often less conspicuous than their puffed up male counterparts, but holding the top spot still has its perks. Wearing the crown means...

Forbes has named both Duke University and Duke University Health System among the “Best-in-State Employers” in North Carolina in 2020. According to the rankings released on Monday, Duke Health System placed sixth and the University 26th out of 100...

DURHAM, N.C. --If you’re reluctant to identify as a Democrat or Republican even though you are staunchly liberal or conservative, you’re probably also less prone to bias in other ways. In a time where political affiliations can feel like they’re...

Students returning to Duke University are participating in surveillance testing to help rapidly identify and isolate people who may have contracted the COVID-19 virus. This is done using pool testing, which combines nasal samples from five people...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University’s ambitious effort to become carbon neutral by 2024 will add an expanded solar energy component through a partnership with an Asheville, North Carolina-based solar developer. The university will bolster its renewable...

Duke University’s comprehensive COVID-19 testing program received results from 5,028 tests administered to students, faculty and staff from Aug. 15-21. Since the start of the program on Aug. 2, Duke has completed 11,398 tests.

Nicki Washington is a woman on a mission: As a professor of the practice of computer science at Duke, she teaches a course called Race, Gender, Class & Computing, which explores the diversity challenges in computer science and the effects that this...

Duke University’s comprehensive COVID-19 testing program has administered 5,765 tests to the students who have returned to campus since Aug. 2, school officials announced Monday, the first day of undergraduate classes for the fall semester.