Rachel
Rachel

Educational Opportunities

Participate in STUDENT GROUPS across Duke.

Get involved in bioethics workshops, genomic research, interdisciplinary innovation projects, science and education outreach programs, and policy discussions.

 

 

Duke Ethical Tech.
Ethical Tech is a nonpartisan initiative at Duke University focusing on research, education, and policy development across all industries and socioeconomic groups.

Tech Policy Club.
The club’s mission is to bring together graduate and professional students from across Duke to explore their common interests in technology policy.

Duke Interdisciplinary Student Innovators (DISI).
Our mission is to create a dynamic interdisciplinary graduate and professional student group at Duke that contributes its talents at the intersection of business principles, technological innovation, and effective policy to serve social organizations.

Duke Outreach in Genetics and Genomics (DOinGG).
We are a group of graduate students who are committed to the mission of increasing public knowledge and appreciation of science.

Duke Sigma Xi.
The Duke Chapter of Sigma Xi is active in promoting scientific collaboration and communication both within the Duke and with the broader Durham community. We sponsor student research and travel grants, presentation awards, symposia and networking events.

Duke Student Think Tank (DSTT).
An organization devoted to finding solutions to current issues in society with poor or no current solutions. This is done by debate and research in collaboration with faculty. The solutions produced are brought to the attention of decision makers by publication or direct submission. All decision have to be “viable” in the current political climate at the time of submission.

Ocean Policy Working Group (OPWG).
The Ocean Policy Working Group (OPWG) draws graduate and professional students from diverse disciplines to explore the political, economic, and cultural dimensions of human interactions with the ocean.

ScienceDays.
ScienceDays is a mentoring program to foster scientific curiosity in elementary school students by engaging them in hands-on learning opportunities beyond the ordinary classroom experience. The program aims to create a national network of enthusiastic high school and college mentors who are dedicated to making a difference in their communities by promoting science education.  We are a nationally recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.