DUNE: Building Confidence and Community for Durham’s Future Neuroscience Researchers

Felipe De Brigard, a cognitive scientist and philosopher, received the coveted fellowship for his work on brain and memory issues. He is a core member of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and DGS of its Neuroscience Admitting Program for PhD students.

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.