University Scholars Program

  • Cathy Davidson, Duke Professor will be speaking at a USP Seminar on "Now You See It:  How the Science of Attention Can Help Us Succeed in a World of Distractions."  Wednesday, April 3, 7:00 pm, room 240 John Hope Franklin Center

    Cathy Davidson, Duke Professor speaks to the University Scholars at a USP Seminar on "Now You See It: How the Science of Attention Can Help Us Succeed in a World of Distractions" on Wednesday, April 3, 7:00 pm, room 240 Franklin Center.

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  • USP Annual Spring Symposium, Saturday, March 2, 10:00 am, Smith Warehouse

    USP Annual Spring Symposium, Saturday, March 2, 10:00 am, Smith Warehouse

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  • University Scholar alumnus Jimmy Soni (Trinity '07) discusses his new book, "Rome's Last Citizen" with co-author and fellow Duke alum Rob Goodman at the Rare Book Room in Perkins Library.

    University Scholar alumnus Jimmy Soni (Trinity '07) appeared at the Rare Book Room in Perkins Library with co-author and fellow Duke alum, Rob Goodman, to discuss their book, "Rome's Last Citizen."

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  • Kevin Momber (Nursing 2014) in the operating room

    Professional School University Scholar Kevin Momber (Nursing 2014) in the operating room.

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  • Melinda Gates, whose generous gift helped launch the University Scholars Program in 1998, has been named as the 2013 Commencement Speaker at Duke University.

    Melinda French Gates, whose generous gift in 1998 helped launch the University Scholars Program, has been named the 2013 Commencement Speaker. Above: Melinda Gates and participants at a Sure Start Project initiative to promote maternal and newborn health in Kathghara Village, Fatehpur District, U.P., India on March 23, 2010. The women are playing a stacking game to promote family wellness.

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  • Yavuz Açikalin, Neuroscience and Economics Double Major, Trinity 2014

    Undergraduate University Scholar Yavuz Açikalin, Neuroscience and Economics double major, Trinity '14, combines his academic interests in true interdisciplinary fashion through his research on marketing to monkeys with Dr. Michael Platt's lab at Duke.

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  • Big Data Humanities Word Cloud

    USP Seminar "Big Data and the Humanities," with Grad Unis James Johndrow and Allen Riddell, October 9, 2012

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  • Law Student and University Scholar, Lesley Hamming, starts nonprofit.

    Law Student and University Scholar, Lesley Hamming, was spotlighted by Duke Law School for the work she has done via her nonprofit to bring together area youth and business professionals in the sciences.

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  • Ph.D. Candidate and Uni, Laura Lombard, blogs from South Sudan.

    Cultural Anthropology Graduate Uni Alum, Louisa Lombard, writes for the International Herald Tribune on her research and experience in South Sudan.

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  • Anna has spent the past year completing a Master's in Oncology in Cambridge, England.

    Check out our interview with our distinguished alumna, Anna Brown, Pratt 2011, who just returned to Duke to start medical school after earning her Master's degree at the University of Cambridge .

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Welcome to the University Scholars Program!

Welcome!

Welcome to the new University Scholars Program website! We are pleased to invite you to check out a range of new content and features that we hope you will enjoy. There are several areas of the site that are still under construction and we invite you to check back often to see our upcoming improvements.

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