Duke students are defined by their ability to excel academically and socially. What many don’t see is the cost of that drive to succeed.

The first genomes to be sequenced revealed something surprising: On a genetic level, we’re not that different from other species—even some very distantly related ones. What makes us human and them not? Biologist Greg Wray is learning that it’s not the genes that matter—it’s the way they are used.

On New Year’s Day in 1942, with the U.S. gripped by war, the Rose Bowl made an extraordinary visit to Duke. Why the Blue Devils lost that day—and ultimately won.

Despite persistent faith-based conversation in our political culture, a Duke professor, drawing on extensive national surveys, finds few signs of growth in American religiosity.