Susan C. Alberts

Scholarly Society National Academy of Sciences, USA · 2019 Primary Section: 51, Anthropology Secondary Section: 27, Evolutionary Biology More about this award

Cozzarelli Prize

International Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA · 2016 For Colchero et al. 2016, 'The Emergence of Longevous Populations.' Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 113(48): E7681-E7690 More about this award

Elected Fellow

National American Academy of Arts and Sciences · 2014 Primary Section: 54, Economic Sciences More about this award

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring

University Duke University · 2012

Elected Fellow

National American Association for the Advancement of Science · 2012

Thomas Langford Lectureship, Duke University

University Duke University · December 2010

Distinguished Teaching and Service Award

Department Department of Biology, Duke University · December 2009

Elected Fellow, Animal Behavior Society

National Animal Behavior Society · December 2008

Elected Fellow

University Bass Society of Fellows, Duke University · 2007

Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

National National Science Foundation · 2001

Harvard Society Junior Fellows

National Harvard Society of Fellows · 1994

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Published February 7, 2023

Susan Alberts Wins International Frontiers of Knowledge Award

Published June 6, 2022

Haynie, Alberts to Lead Trinity Social Sciences, Natural Sciences; Reiter Appointed as Interim

Published March 7, 2022

How Baboons Keep Healthy Family Boundaries

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BioGist: Learning from Baboons

Published June 16, 2021

Sweeping Analysis Concludes There’s No Cheating Old Age

Published April 6, 2021

A Male Baboon’s Dominance Gives Him Babies, but Costs Him Years

Published February 18, 2021

Learning From Our Closest Relatives

Published December 21, 2020

Primate Orphans Have it Tough Even Before Mother Dies

Published September 21, 2020

Male Baboons With Female Friends Live Longer

Published September 9, 2020

Baboon Matriarchs Enjoy Less Stress

Published September 24, 2019

For Baboons, a Mother's History of Hardship Can Have Lasting Effects on Her Kids Too

Published May 1, 2019

Two Duke Faculty Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Published October 29, 2018

Our Microbes Are Starving, and That’s a Good Thing

Published January 18, 2017

Why Baboon Males Resort to Domestic Violence

Published November 21, 2016

As Life Expectancy Grows, Men Still Lagging

Published June 21, 2016

Commentary: Why some college professors are telling students to use Wikipedia

Published April 25, 2016

Like humans, baboons with tough childhoods die earlier

Published April 25, 2016

Difficult childhood makes baboon lives briefer

Published April 20, 2016

For baboons, a tough childhood can lead to a short life

Published April 14, 2016

Rough Childhoods Have Ripple Effects for Baboons

Published June 22, 2015

Born During Drought: Bad News for Baboons

Published May 1, 2015

Duke Announces 2015 Distinguished Professors

Published April 2, 2015

Being Born in Lean Times Is Bad News for Baboons

Published March 16, 2015

Baboon Friends Swap Gut Germs

Published March 13, 2015

How hunting lions might actually help save them