Lalonde, LoCicero Named Burroughs Wellcome Fund Fellows
June 29, 2022
Sloan Scholars Jessica Lalonde and Ethan LoCicero were among five Duke Ph.D. students named Burroughs Wellcome Fund Fellows under a pilot program to provide professional development support for student researching biological sciences, climate change, and human health.
Duke UCEM Director Jacqueline Looney Wraps Up Remarkable Career
June 29, 2022
Duke UCEM Director Jacqueline Looney retired at the end of June after 30 exemplary years of service at the Duke Graduate School in support of graduate students.
Yeats Helps Middle Schoolers Get in Touch with Fun Side of Engineering
June 1, 2022
Sloan Scholar Eric Yeats has been holding a free robotics afterschool club for Durham Public School students.
Duke UCEM Director Featured in SloanConnect Newsletter
May 27, 2022
Jacqueline Looney, who will retire in June, reflects on her three decades at Duke.
2 Duke UCEM Students Earn Honorable Mentions for NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
April 12, 2022
Among the Duke UCEM’s 40 Sloan Scholars and eight Sloan UCEM Affiliates, seven have received NSF GRFs, and four others have earned honorable mentions.
Video: 2022 Duke UCEM Research Summit
February 26, 2022
Ten Sloan Scholars presented short talks about their research at the 2022 Duke UCEM Research Summit on February 17.
Duke UCEM Director Jacqueline Looney Featured in Chronicle of Higher Ed
February 16, 2022
Jacqueline Looney, director of the Duke UCEM, recently spoke to The Chronicle of Higher Education about lessons learned in the 30 years she spent recruiting and supporting graduate students of color.
Register for 2022 Duke UCEM Research Summit, Feb. 17
February 1, 2022
Ten Sloan Scholars—select Ph.D. students from Duke’s physical sciences and engineering programs—will deliver short virtual talks about their research. The event will also feature a keynote address by Howard Conyers (Ph.D.’09 Mechanical Engineering), an aerospace engineer at NASA and a renowned pitmaster and barbecue enthusiast.
Sloan Scholars Represent Duke at SHPE
November 16, 2021
Natalie Rozman, Gavin Gonzales, and Alex Mangus were among the Duke contingent.
Grit: Why It Matters
November 15, 2021
Takeaways from recent Duke UCEM workshops on the importance of grit.
