Odds are you've driven on a US Interstate Highway at some point in your life. There are a lot of Interstates, after all—46,876 miles of them, according to the Federal Highway Administration. They help people travel all over the country, whether it's I-95 along the east coast, I-5 … [Read more...]
TIPster on Architecture
TIP's eStudies Program offers a class called Architecture: Reinvention and Design. It promises to help students "discover how architectural interventions can bring new vibrancy to communities and cities across the globe" and explore "case studies on successful adaptive reuse … [Read more...]
The Nerdy Approach to Sports
It's March, and TIP is part of Duke University, so we're focused on one thing right now: college basketball. It's time to watch some of the best athletes in the world, debate whether coaches are using the right strategies, and have friendly arguments about which teams and players … [Read more...]
The Future of Space Travel
Humans have been fascinated with space for centuries—millennia, even. Early astronomers like Ptolemy, Aristotle, Copernicus, and Galileo studied the stars and theorized about the nature of the universe beyond our atmosphere, and as technology has advanced, so has our ability to … [Read more...]
A TIPster at NASA
Here at TIP, we work hard to create summer programs where you can study new things in new ways that most students don't have access to—things like astronomy with research-grade telescopes or aerospace engineering. Recently, we caught up with a TIP alum who turned her studies into … [Read more...]