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Duke experts imagine the shape of scholarship and the state of our world over the next quarter-century
Since its launch twenty-five years ago, Duke Magazine has identified itself with the values, aspirations, and intellectual intensity of a great university. Despite its stature and achievements, Duke is constantly asking hard questions of itself, constantly reinventing itself, constantly anticipating shifts in what we learn and how we learn. In that forward-looking spirit, we asked twenty-five Duke leaders and scholars to project ahead twenty-five years and imagine what life will be like in the year 2034.
All of these essayists have appeared in our pages, some of them with regularity, as profile subjects, expert voices, or newsmakers. Some emphasize a satisfying continuity in the areas in which they work. Others embrace the excitement of dramatic change. Their responses tell us a lot about the trajectory of fields ranging from literature to neuroscience. They also tell us, of course, about Duke's ever-increasing intellectual reach.
