Duke's Board of Trustees approved plans Thursday to build a new medical sciences research building on Research Drive. The MSRB III building is intended to expand the University's investment in research and will be home exclusively to bench lab research, according to a Duke Today release.
The Board of Trustees is expected to approve the University’s annual budget and begin the search process for President Richard Brodhead’s successor at its meeting this weekend. Brodhead announced last month that he would retire at the end of the 2016-17 academic year.
Duke's Board of Trustees will convene Saturday at the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club to vote on the proposed undergraduate tuition for the 2016-17 academic year and meet with Nobel laureate Paul Modrich.
Following student demands that the new West Union be named after Julian Abele—the black architect who designed West Campus—an advisory group will recommend to President Richard Brodhead how best to recognize Abele's contributions to the University.
The Board of Trustees approved a new analytical political economy master's degree and discussed innovation and entrepreneurship and undergraduate engagement at its first meeting of the academic year Saturday. Saturday's meeting at the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club was the first for the Board's new members, including NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.
The University announced its eight newest members of the Board of Trustees Tuesday morning.
Duke's Board of Trustees increased its operating budget by 3.6 percent and approved a $494 million capital budget.
In its final meeting of the 2014-15 academic year—which will be compressed because of graduation weekend—the Board of Trustees is expected to approve the operating budget for the next fiscal year.
The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees held a fairly routine meeting last Friday—making minor revisions to bylaws and reappointing members of various University boards.
Following a resolution passed by the Graduate and Professional Student Council, the Board of Trustees voted to change the structure of the Young Trustee position.
Undergraduate tuition will increase to $47,650 next year—bringing the total cost of attendance to $63,273, the highest in the University's history and a 3.8 percent increase from this year.
"I am not a politician by nature. I am definitely an engineering student first."
A total of 2,482 students, 38 percent of the student body, voted online in the race. Students ranked the candidates in order of preference.
In her campaign for Young Trustee, senior Anna Knight wants to emphasize her opportunity to bring a different perspective to the Board of Trustees—as both the first Panhellenic woman and the first...
In his campaign for Young Trustee, senior Nikolai Doytchinov is emphasizing his experience working with the Board of Trustees and his familiarity with how the system works.
In his campaign for Young Trustee, senior David Robertson has made representing the diverse array of student voices on campus a key priority.
The Young Trustee Nominating Committee has selected eight semifinalists, all of who are seniors.
Scott, chairman of medical investment company Scott Holdings LLC, will fill the spot until the end of the fiscal year, when he will be put forward for election for a six-year term to begin July 1.
The two degrees—one in quantitative financial economics and the other in biomedical science—were proposed at the Nov. 20 meeting of the Academic Council.
