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With a few large leadership gifts and some strategically placed advertising in national media, Duke University is launching a new fundraising effort designed to elevate excellence in the sciences. The faculty recruitment and retention effort, called Duke Science and Technology, will give the university resources to expand core strengths in Duke’s research, extending to nearly every corner of the university.
A new $5 million gift from the Charles Lafitte Foundation will bolster Duke Science and Technology, the university’s signature effort to elevate excellence in the sciences, and support students’ aspirations in pursuing the study of artificial intelligence, fintech, cybersecurity, neuroscience and more. This is the second major gift to Duke from the family foundation of Duke parents and philanthropists Jeffrey and Suzanne Citron of Hobe Sound, Fla., who donated another $5 million to Duke in 2018.
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Lemurs Show Monogamy Is More Complex Than We Thought
New research with lemurs suggests the brain circuitry that makes love last in some species may not be the same in others.
Humans aren’t the only mammals that form long-term bonds with a single, special mate some bats, wolves, beavers, foxes, and other animals do, too.
The new study compares monogamous and promiscuous species within a closely related group of lemurs, distant primate cousins of humans from the island Madagascar.
New research with lemurs suggests the brain circuitry that makes love last in some species may not be the same in others.
Humans aren’t the only mammals that form long-term bonds with a single, special mate some bats, wolves, beavers, foxes, and other animals do, too.
The new study compares monogamous and promiscuous species within a closely related group of lemurs, distant primate cousins of humans from the island Madagascar.
Red-bellied lemurs and mongoose lemurs are among the few species in the lemur family tree in which male-female partners stick together year after year, working together to raise their young and defend their territory.