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Fallout of SVB Bank Collapse
3/14/23 CNN Business

Fallout of SVB Bank Collapse

Sultan Meghji, former chief innovation officer at Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and adjunct professor in Duke's FinTech program, talks about the role of regulation - or lack thereof - in the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.

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Resonance
3/14/23 Pratt School of Engineering

Resonance

She’s an analyst. He’s an algebrist. She loves displays of unbridled creativity; he has journaled every day for thirty years. Between the two of them, Duke power couple Ingrid Daubechies and Robert Calderbank have changed the way society shares and processes information.

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The East Coast Whale Die-Offs: Unraveling the Causes
3/8/23 Yale Environment 360

The East Coast Whale Die-Offs: Unraveling the Causes

ECE Professor Doug Nowacek helps explain why seismic exploration by offshore wind companies might or might not be to blame for a recent spate of humpback strandings off New York and New Jersey.

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Putting the SE Back in Silicon Electronics
3/7/23 Pratt School of Engineering

Putting the SE Back in Silicon Electronics

Researchers gathered at Duke to answer the CHIPS and Science Act’s call to reinvigorate the nation’s silicon-related research and manufacturing abilities

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Duke Engineering: Then & Now
2/20/23 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke Engineering: Then & Now

As part of National Engineers Week, take a look at how Duke Engineering has changed and grown over the years

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Five Questions With Hannah Wilen ’20, Co-Founder of Capd Period
2/17/23 Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Five Questions With Hannah Wilen ’20, Co-Founder of Capd Period

The 2020 Duke ECE graduate's startup makes the first menstrual cup that can be emptied without removing. Wilen recently won a $40K innovation prize to back the distribution of 10,000 CapdCups in Uganda

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The Winners Of The 2023 Wolf Prize Are Announced
2/9/23 Forbes

The Winners Of The 2023 Wolf Prize Are Announced

Mathematics/ECE Professor Ingrid Daubechies won the 2023 Wolf Price in Mathematics for her work in wavelet theory and applied harmonic analysis.

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How Dangerous Is AI? Regulate It Before It’s Too Late
2/9/23 The Hill

How Dangerous Is AI? Regulate It Before It’s Too Late

ECE/CS Professor Cynthia Rudin pens an op-ed warning of the dangers of continuing to let profit-seeking companies use AI indiscriminately and without regulation across a myriad of platforms in society.