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Jimmie Lenz, executive director of the FinTech master's program, leads an industry panel at the Digital Assets at Duke conference in 2024.
How Duke’s Online FinTech Program Puts People First
1/27 Pratt School of Engineering

How Duke’s Online FinTech Program Puts People First

More than a flexible degree, the online FinTech program at Duke prioritizes applied learning and deep industry engagement. Students gain hands-on experience, personal support and access to the full Duke community—wherever they’re learning from.

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Hunting Hidden Bears – Duke Cybersecurity Master’s Students and CrowdStrike Researched Russian Cyber Threats to U.S. Infrastructure 
1/7 Pratt School of Engineering

Hunting Hidden Bears – Duke Cybersecurity Master’s Students and CrowdStrike Researched Russian Cyber Threats to U.S. Infrastructure 

A Duke–CrowdStrike research collaboration looked at how Russian state-sponsored hackers operate—and came up with recommendations for how U.S. organizations can stop them before damage is done.

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Accelerated Success: Luca Antonacci
11/21/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Accelerated Success: Luca Antonacci

Duke University’s Master of Engineering in Financial Technology (FinTech) program is known for producing graduates who go on to become leaders in financial innovation. Among the current students preparing to follow that path is Luca Antonacci, a student in the inaugural cohort of Duke FinTech’s accelerated program.

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From Idea to MVP: PocketPal
11/20/25 Pratt School of Engineering

From Idea to MVP: PocketPal

The Duke FinTech program have always supported students to create their own ventures and become entrepreneurs. One of those ventures is PocketPal, an AI-powered academic planning and study-group matching platform. Co-founders Angela Liang (Duke FinTech class of 2025) and Agnes Yan (Duke FinTech class of 2025) share their journey of creating PocketPal and their ideas for the future of the platform.

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Learning Online, Leading in FinTech: Wyatt Williams’ Journey
11/11/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Learning Online, Leading in FinTech: Wyatt Williams’ Journey

Duke University’s Master’s in Financial Technology (FinTech) program is known for producing graduates who go on to become leaders in financial innovation. Among the current students preparing to follow that path is Wyatt Williams, an online student in the Duke FinTech program and a Principal Solutions Engineer at nCino Inc.

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Loud Budgeting: What It Is & How it Works
11/7/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Loud Budgeting: What It Is & How it Works

Dr. Jimmie Lenz provides his expert opinion in this WalletHub article about the recent trend of Loud Budgeting.

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Learning Online, Leading in FinTech: Jason Dorman’s Journey
11/5/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Learning Online, Leading in FinTech: Jason Dorman’s Journey

Duke University’s Master’s of Engineering in Financial Technology (FinTech) program is known for producing graduates who go on to become leaders in financial innovation. Among the current students preparing to follow that path is Jason Dorman, an online student in the Duke FinTech program and DevOps Engineer at Booz Allen Hamilton.

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Life Sciences Startups
10/13/25 The National Law Review

Life Sciences Startups

Bill Walker shares some of his experience and advice for entrepreneurs pursuing startups in the life sciences space.

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Accelerated Success: Robert Lanni
10/13/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Accelerated Success: Robert Lanni

Duke University’s Master’s in Financial Technology (FinTech) program is known for producing graduates who go on to become leaders in financial innovation. Among the current students preparing to follow that path is Robert Lanni, a student in the inaugural cohort of Duke FinTech’s accelerated program.