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MTV is aiming to boost the numbers of young voters with an early voting campaign ahead of this year’s midterm elections, which will decide control of Congress for the next two years.
The global media giant’s “Voting Early is Easier” plan zeroes in on voters on college campuses— a group that has historically faced barriers to voting....

SSRI is seeking nominations for the Program for Advanced Research in the Social Sciences (PARISS) Fellowships for the coming academic year.
The PARISS Fellowship offers Duke graduate students financial support (tuition + stipend) and office space in the Social Science Research Institute and provides various training and professional development opportunities: to present original research...

Charmaine Royal will co-chair a national panel of experts that will recommend best practices for the use of “race,” ethnicity, ancestry and other population descriptors in genetics.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine appointed Duke Professor Charmaine Royal as co-chair of a newly formed committee addressing challenging issues surrounding the use of “race” and other population labels in human genetics research...

SSRI Adjunct Associate Professor and GLS Director Anne Mitchell Whisnant, along with her husband David E. Whisnant, has been awarded this year’s Excellence in Consulting (Group) Award from the National Council on Public History, the major professional...