Check out our latest faculty spotlight feat. privacy and ethics professor Jolynn Dellinger. At Duke, she combines her legal experience with a passion for protecting our privacy, particularly in mental health and reproductive care. scienceandsociety.duke.edu/jolynn-delli... #DataPrivacy #TechEthics

“One journalist actually said to me, ‘Maple syrup urine disease? Well, that doesn't sound too serious,’” she told me. “And I thought, ‘Oh my God, we really need a name change.’” :: Read the latest from Prof. Misha Angrist. scienceandsociety.duke.edu/to-name-a-ra...

Congrats to the two successful candidates who presented their final presentations in our Applied Ethics & Policy Master's program this morning! Clayton and Murphy are moving #bioethics policy forward in #endoflifecare and #reproductivetechnology.

Why are PFAS (forever chemicals) so risky to pregnancies and babies? Learn what research tells us and what steps you can take to mitigate those risks at our next science cafe! 🗓️: Friday, 11/21, 5:30pm, Night School Bar 🔗 RSVP: duke.is/9/dazn #bullcity #durhamevents #FREE

Toward global reproductive justice: a universal framework for evaluating equity and autonomy in #IVF policies - NEW RESEARCH by two of our grad students analyzes IVF policies around the world and presents a framework to empower policymakers. scienceandsociety.duke.edu/toward-globa... #bioethics

Meta Layoffs Included Employees Who Monitored Risks to User Privacy - While the company announced job cuts in artificial intelligence, it also expanded plans to replace privacy and risk auditors with more automated systems. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/t... #TechEthics #AIAlignment

TONIGHT at our Periodic Tables Science cafe in #DurhamNC: "Less Radical: The Evolution of Breast Cancer Treatment, from Brutal Surgeries to Personalized Care, w/ award-winning physician, author, and cancer survivor, Stacy Wentworth. scienceandsociety.duke.edu/events/perio... #SciComm #Bioethics

Take a free (virtual) seat in @nitafarahany.bsky.social's Duke Law class. This week, "When Anyone Can Fake Anything" the state of #deepfakes, their harms, and the difficulty detecting them. nitafarahany.substack.com/p/when-anyon... #AI #DukeLaw #PostTruth #TechEthics #TechPolicy

Dangerous Helpers: Understanding the Privacy Trade-Offs of #AI Mental Health Support trinity.duke.edu/news/dangero... #TechEthics #ResponsibleAI #AIHealth #MentalHealth

Duke Team Expands #AI Tool to Predict Teen Mental Illness. psychiatry.duke.edu/news/15-mill... #ResearchSavesLives #MentalHealth #TechEthics #MentalHealth

Dangerous Helpers: Understanding the Privacy Trade-Offs of #AI Mental Health Support trinity.duke.edu/news/dangero... #TechEthics #ResponsibleAI #AIHealth #MentalHealth

As Neurotechnology Outpaces Existing Protections, Leader Schumer And Senators Cantwell And Markey Introduce Legislation To Shield Americans’ Brain Data From Exploitation www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/pre... #dataprivacy #neuroprivacy #futurelaw

How States are Tackling Algorithmic Pricing: 2025 Bill Tracker and Analysis - a new report from DukeEngage student Cheyenne Tan highlights how new legislative efforts are focusing on algorithmic price fixing, surveillance pricing, and dynamic pricing. innovation.consumerreports.org/How-U.S.-Sta...

Will AI prompt a new golden era? On Policy 360 Podcast, @robyncaplan.bsky.social explores deepfakes to the growing importance of social media verification w/ @agpines.bsky.social. @duke-dewitt.bsky.social @datasociety.bsky.social @dukescisoc.bsky.social #EduSkyAI sanford.duke.edu/story/will-a...

The deadline for spring admission in our Applied Ethics & Policy MA program is 10/1. Lead through #Bioethics, #Techethics, and #PublicPolicy. Address complex ethical and regulatory challenges in tech, science, or health policy. scienceandsociety.duke.edu/learn/ma/ #gradschool #gapyear

Duke is sharing its 3-Year Plan of the 2030 Strategy of the Duke Climate Commitment—and it’s all about bold climate and sustainability action for our future. From groundbreaking research to sustainable ops, #DukeU is shaping a brighter future for all.💙 climate.duke.edu/what-were-do...

ai.duke.edu has officially launched their newsletter! Subscribe for updates on Duke’s interdisciplinary work around #AI in #research, teaching, learning, and Duke’s evolving strategic AI framework. signup.e2ma.net/signup/20137... #techethics #techpolicy

ICYMI, we kicked-off the semester with an inspiring visit from former Amb. to the Netherlands Shefali Razdan Duggal. #AppliedEthics & #Policy Master's candidate WIlliam Bishop reflects on her inspiring life and leadership: duke.is/z/tkng #techpolicy #diplomacy

🏫 Dr. Janet Malek is a leading voice in clinical and research #bioethics and a faculty member in our #AppliedEthics & Policy MA program. Students leave her class ready to navigate uncertainty w/ curiosity, clarity, and compassion. scienceandsociety.duke.edu/janet-malek-... #gradschool #healthpolicy

Misha Angrist responds to claims that scientists are ensnaring themselves in a catch-22 by voicing their objections to government attacks on science. @standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpForScience #SciencePolicy

Congratulations to Professor Tommy Sowers on being named to the newly established NC AI Leadership Council! governor.nc.gov/news/press-r... #TechPolicy #AI

You don’t have to wait until fall to start the Master of Arts in Applied Ethics & Policy at #DukeU! Start sooner, think deeper, and shape the future of science, tech, or medicine 🔗 Learn more: scienceandsociety.duke.edu/ma #GradSchool #Bioethics #TechEthics #SpringEnrollment

New students in the Duke Master of Arts in Applied Ethics & Policy getting insights and opportunities from two of our amazing alumna now working with Duke Deep Tech ✨ #DeepTech #DukeU

Huge data centers powering the boom in #AI are increasing demand on the electrical grid and straining natural resources. #DukeU researchers identify sustainability challenges and opportunities for hyperscale data centers: nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/articles/duk... #hyperscale #sustainability

We are so fortunate to have Amb. Shefali Razdan Duggal with us this morning for an informal and truly inspiring conversation about her life, diplomacy, love for her country, and the importance of being genuine and fearless. www.shefalirazdanduggal.com/about-shefali

Meta’s #AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info. www.reuters.com/investigates... #childsafetyonline #techethics

These brain implants speak your mind — even when you don't want to. www.npr.org/sections/sho... #neuralprivacy #dataprivacy #bioethics

The Climate Connection to Deep Tech: How are climate tech and deep tech related? What are some examples of deep tech climate solutions? How is #DukeU contributing to research at this intersection? deeptech.duke.edu/blog-post/cl... #climatechange #deeptech

#AI use may be deskilling doctors, new Lancet study shows. The study suggests that, after having a specialized tool taken away, clinicians were less proficient at colonoscopies. www.statnews.com/2025/08/12/a... #Bioethics #TechEthics #AIhealth

AI systems appear to know "everything," but that's a myth. Only 7% of the world's 7,000 languages are reflected in the data that trains these models, leaving 93% of human linguistic diversity digitally invisible.

Apple’s Neural Platform Play: What BCI-HID Actually Is—and Why It Could Quietly Standardize #Neurotech. How to win the brain-computer interface race without launching a brain-computer interface. @nitafarahany.bsky.social on Substack

Living in or around #DurhamNC and looking for something fun to do? Come share drinks and data at our Periodic Tables science cafe event! @gcogan.bsky.social will take us on a guided tour of the brain’s remarkable capacity to enable speech and language.

The Administration’s #AI Policy Should Prioritize Safety for Women and Girls, by Cailin Crockett - www.cfr.org/blog/adminis... @cfr.org

4-minute listen: Brain implants that decode a person's inner voice may threaten #privacy. www.npr.org/transcripts/... @npr.org @nitafarahany.bsky.social

Our partners over in Duke #DeepTech have started an informative new series highlighting their focus areas in #QuantumComputing, #AI, Cybersecurity, semiconductors, and renewable energy tech. First post is published!

A team in our AppledEthics+ program worked with Google here in #DurhamNC to find out if AI can help sustainability or if it is fundamentally at odds. Check out her quick summary and video overview of the project! www.linkedin.com/posts/dishit... #DukeDifference #TechEthics #AI

The summer flew by! Our final speaker, Nobel Laureate Dr. Robert Lefkowitz, reminded our Applied Ethics+ cohort that the path to purpose isn’t always straight. Still, curiosity, resilience, and joy in the work can take you further than you ever planned. #AppliedEthics #Bioethics #Research

#Neurotech 🧠 can now track your health—and your thoughts. As brain-computer interfaces go mainstream, experts warn we're entering a new era of mental privacy. What laws protect your mind? S&S founding Director @nitafarahany.bsky.social explores the issue on @npr.org :

ICYMI: The White House released their #AI Action Plan. Key policies cover exporting AI, promoting data center buildout, enabling innovation and adoption, and upholding free speech in frontier models. Read it here: www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202... #TechPolicy

#AI is reshaping medicine and Dr. Jeffrey Ferranti, Senior VP and Chief Digital Officer @dukehealth.bsky.social is helping lead the charge at #DukeU. From diagnostics to documentation, he reminded our Applied Ethics+ students: ethics, transparency, and human judgment still matter. #Bioethics

Companies are prioritizing hires who understand and can speak to the issues that their policy teams work on. Clearly understanding what you're building must go hand-in-hand with understanding who it affects—and how. Thanks to Prof. Ken Rogerson for speaking to our #AppliedEthics cohort! #TechEthics

🚀 How do we regulate #risk beyond Earth? A new paper from Duke’s Center on Risk dives into the uncharted territory of interplanetary risk regulation—from planetary contamination to mining conflicts. As space expands, so must our legal imagination. 📄 Read more: cjil.uchicago.edu/print-archiv...

@axios.com: In contrast to previous tech-fueled "revolutions" in #healthcare, experts say the current #AI-fueled transformation of the sector is under-hyped. "We've all used Doctor Google, but this is different," said our founding director, Nita Farahany. www.axios.com/pro/health-t...

WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7cp... Alfonzo’s stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis felt like the end but an NIH-funded trial at Duke Cancer gave him new life. Now he’s back to dancing, family, and cheering on Duke Basketball. #DukeU Research Saves Lives: today.duke.edu/research #bullcity #durham

TODAY: Misha Angrist talks to sharp-dressed neuroscientist and ALS clinician Rick Bedlack. "He said, 'I’m going to make some things for you to wear for your patients. I don’t know what they’re going to be. I don’t know when they’re going to be done." flaminghydra.com/issue-357/#a...

Anna Mallard, MA #Bioethics & #SciencePolicy '25, explores the human role in spaceflight in her thesis titled "A Human Community on Earth and Beyond: Revisiting the Rationale for Human Spaceflight in the Context of Autonomous Artificial Systems" 🚀 dukespace.lib.duke.edu/items/7e9e3f...

Lauren Beizer, candidate in our JD/MA in #Bioethics & #SciencePolicy, reflects on her practical experience in #HealthPolicy and #AppliedEthics in #GlobalHealth diplomacy and emergency response during the Duke-Geneva Program on Global Health. Learn more:

Nita Farahany, founding director of our initiative, spoke at the Aspen Ideas: Health conference on the rapidly evolving role of #AI in healthcare. Video of her session titled "Artificial Intelligence Revolution" is now available to watch!

Should you tell your colleagues you use #AI? In the first episode of @fuqua.duke.edu Fuqua Insights Podcast, faculty and grad students share their research into how AI tools are reshaping workplace dynamics. Their findings highlight a key paradox. Listen here:

"Extreme Heat Is Breaking America," a @nytimes.com essay by Duke expert @ashleywardnc.bsky.social. Dr. Ward studies how extreme heat is reshaping lives and livelihoods in communities across the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o... #climatechange