Felipe De Brigard Awarded MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’

How does the brain build and recall memories? Features Nanthia Suthana, professor of neurosurgery, biomedical engineering and neurobiology, whose research is uncovering how the brain navigates memory.

A $10 million gift to Duke University from Trustee Sharon Marcil ’88, P’23 and her husband, Tom Monahan P’23, has established The Marcil-Monahan Family Initiative on Translational Brain Science to recruit a new group of brain science scholars.

Duke professor Felipe De Brigard has received the prestigious 2026 Lebowitz Prize, honoring excellence in philosophical thought and fostering dialogue on major questions about memory, cognition and the mind.