Duke’s faculty members continue to advance knowledge for the betterment of society--and to receive national recognition for their scholarship. There were 1,470 tenure/tenure track faculty members and 820 non-tenure track faculty for a total of 2,290 in 2002.

Among the highlights of 2002-2003:

Six scholars and researchers were elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an international learned society composed of the world's leading scientists, scholars, artists, businesspeople and public leaders. The new members are Henry Petroski, Aleksandar S. Vesic professor of civil and environmental engineering; theological ethics professor Stanley M. Hauerwas; religion professor Ed P. Sanders; Joel L. Fleishman, professor of law and public policy studies; philosopher and senior research scholar Fred Dretske; and Dr. Ralph Snyderman, chancellor for health affairs, executive dean of the School of Medicine and president and chief executive officer of the Duke University Health System.

Arts & Sciences Professor of Statistics James O. Berger was named one of 72 new members of the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors in U.S. science.

Also elected to the academy was Professor of Biochemistry William H. Schlesinger, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences.

Dr. R. Sanders Williams, dean of the School of Medicine, and Dr. Debra A. Schwinn, professor of anesthesiology, pharmacology/cancer biology and surgery, were elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM). The IOM is one of three institutes within the National Academy of Sciences, and election to the institute represents a singular accomplishment in health and medically related disciplines. Williams has made major contributions to the understanding of the basic mechanisms of cardiovascular disease, while Schwinn's research focuses on better understanding how stress and genetic differences relate to disease outcomes.

Mathematics professor Arlie Petters, a native of Belize, has received the first David Blackwell and Richard A. Tapia Prize for contributing significantly to his field of expertise and serving as a role model for both scientists and students who are underrepresented minorities. He was also the subject of a New York Times profile, “A Journey to Bridge Math and the Cosmos,” which appeared on May 27, 2003.

Emmanuel Azenberg, adjunct professor of Theater Studies, accepted a 2002 Tony award for best revival of a play for his production of "Private Lives," a romantic comedy by Noel Coward. Azenberg led a group of producers who originated the show in London last season before moving it to Broadway this season.

Dean Karla F. C. Holloway’s book Passed On, published by Duke University Press as a John Hope Franklin Center Book, won the 2003 Eugene M. Kayden Press Book Award, given to the author of the best book in the humanities published by an American university press.

Grant Parker, an assistant professor of classical studies and an expert on the history of mapping and Roman history and literature, was chosen as one of nine "standout scholars" by Black Issues In Higher Education. The magazine recognizes scholars under the age of 40 for doing innovative research in their chosen field of study, as well as for reaching out to the next generation of scholars and working with students and communities of color.

Miguel Nicolelis, professor of neurobiology, received the 2002 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Award for Sustained Excellence by a researcher. Nicolelis and a colleague shared the award for work they did to extract neural codes from the brain to understand and exploit sensory motor work.