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 Self-publishing firm Lulu sheds 9 jobs in Raleigh, could cut more

Raleigh-based Lulu, which provides self-publishing services around the world, has made layoffs at its headquarters and other locations. The company is owned by Red Hat co-founder Bob Young.

 Startup medical diagnostics firm lands former Duke Health CEO for board

Ralph Snyderman, former chancellor for health affairs and CEO of Duke University Health System, is joining the board at SenGenix, a startup in Durham that is commercializing technology developed at Duke.

A SenGenix strip for testing

 Tech accelerator Groundwork Labs, universities to offer 'camp'

"Underground Summer is a bridge from the excellent programs that the Universities have established," said John Austin, Director of Groundwork Labs, "This experience will enable the students to experience the broader entrepreneurial community in the Triangle."

Groundwork Labs

 Startup Madness founder now running Duke incubator

Scott Kelly, the Triangle entrepreneur who launched Startup Madness and other endeavors focused on giving a boost to new and emerging companies, is now running Duke University's student-focused InCube program. On Friday, InCube will showcase 15 of its best in new businesses.

Duke's InCube boosts student entrepreneurs

 'Coach L' - Duke celebrates first Nobel Prize winner

Dr. Robert Lefkowitz, a professor at Duke University, and Dr. Brian Kobilka, one of his former students, were named winners of the 2012 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their study of proteins that let cells in the body respond to signals from the outside.

Nobel laureate Robert Lefkowitz of Duke

 Duke professor shares Nobel Prize in chemistry

Americans Robert Lefkowitz, a professor at Duke University, and Brian Kobilka have won the 2012 Nobel Prize in chemistry. The two were cited for studies of proteins that let body cells respond to signals from the outside.

Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D.

 Emory, Maryland join Coursera to offer free cyber courses

The announcement of 17 more universities at Coursera underscores the rapid expansion of so-called MOOCs, or massive open online courses, that are reshaping the higher education landscape.

A course offered at Coursera

 Visual software coding languages boost kids as programmers

Alice, Scratch and Lua-based platforms help make programming more prevalent among elementary and middle school students and teach them problem-solving skills that translate to other languages such as Python, Java, Ruby and C++, says Brook Osborne, director of outreach at Duke University's department of computer science.

"Alice' in action

 CFOs grow more pessimistic about economy

In new Duke Univeresity-CFO Magazine survey, CFOs expect to increase hiring by 1.5 percent and capital spending by 3.7 percent while earnings are forecast to grow by 6 percent. All those percentages fell from the previous quarter.

 NSF increases funding to $35M for RTP math and sciences institute

The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute has won a competitive five-year grant from the National Science Foundation for continued work in math and statistics research and education.

SAMSI

 Chief marketing officers see no rebound in U.S. economy

A new survey from Duke University finds that optimism about the U.S. economy has plunged among chief marketing officers. The most pessimistic are CMOs at large companies.

Duke CMO survey tracks down

 Chief marketing officers see no economic rebound

Chief marketing officers at companies large and small across the U.S. are not optimistic about any rebound in the economy over the next year, says a new survey from Duke University.

 Chemical testing firm Centice raises $1M in debt financing

Police and narcotics officials can use Centice devices to identify controlled prescription drugs and illegal narcotics. Centice this year released a mobile narcotics identification system that law enforcement can use in the field.

Cetnice's PASS Rx

 Triangle Global Health Consortium names interim director

Lisa Strader, a board member who also works at RTI International, replaces Matt Epstein, who resigned in May.

 Triangle scientists to develop waterless toilet for Gates Foundation

Researchers at RTI International and Duke University have won a $1.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to create a waterless toilet that also recycles human waste.

Gates Foundation graphic explains need for new toilet

 Duke University to offer courses online - for free

Duke is one of several univerisities joining with web startup Coursera to offer a variety of courses online at no charge beginning this fall. Coursera has already been labeled as a "revolution" in education by The New York Times.

 Duke to offer online courses through startup - for free

Coursera, founded last year by two Stanford computer science professors, offers university classes online, with the aim of educating millions of people globally for free. It's already rasied more than $20 million from investors.

A course offered at Coursera

 Duke receives $139M grant for HIV vaccine research

The seven-year grant from the National Institutes of Health is a follow-on to a previous award when ended in June.

 Duke grants $1.8M for diabetes project in Cabarrus County

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid recently awarded $9.7 million to Duke University to coordinate a three-year program to improve Type 2 diabetes care and management and reduce healthcare costs in the southern United States.

 Duke researchers develop super sharp 'gigapixel' camera

The prototype camera's resolution is 10 times better than 20/20 vision and up to 100 times better than a photo taken with a normal digital camera.

Duke's gigapixel camera