Although the administration had hoped to make this year's freshman orientation more academic than in years past, its efforts seemed to be lost on many students.
Members of the female a capella group Lady Blue perform at Sunday night's Acappellooza in Page Auditorium.
Freshmen attended a speech by novelist Maya Angelou Sunday in the Chapel. Angelou, the Reynolds professor of American studies at Wake Forest University, speaks annually to freshmen..
Unexpectedly good business and a lack of resources forced Rick's Diner to stop serving food late Sunday night just three days after opening.
All underclassmen will likely be able to park in the Blue Zone this year, administrators said, tentatively banishing earlier fears that commuters would have to park in the remote lots on Duke...
This is the first story in a five-part series profiling various student leaders this year.
They were the ones overseeing each quad's check-in tables in the Intramural Building last week and the ones speaking at the first quad-wide meetings Sunday night.
Students looking to rub shoulders with the likes of Spike Lee, Carl Bernstein and Dr.
Sounds of hammering, piles of sawdust and heaps of rejected bed frames greeted students entering dormitories this week.
Students at E. K. Powe Elementary School bubbled with excitement Thursday as Martin Luther King, III, son of late civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
I know that the sentiments of the students and the parents are somewhat divergent at this point. As students, you are eager to get on with your life at Duke.
Even seniors will feel the freshman rush of excitement this year as they return to campus. Why? Many of them will be finding their way in a new world too.
Although the scene outside freshman convocation Thursday much resembled those of past years, the Class of 2006's signing of the Honor Code on the Chapel Quadrangle had a hint of irony this year.
Formerly the most despised undergraduate housing on campus, Trent Drive Hall has suddenly become a more attractive place to live, several of the dormitory's new residents said this week.
In her convocation address to the Class of 2006, President Nan Keohane called on two unique metaphors to stress the importance of character and diversity.
Newly appointed Durham police chief resigns.
The Princeton Review released its rankings this week of the nation's top universities in 63 different categories, and Duke ranked in the top 20 in eight of the categories.
Duke, no stranger to the national spotlight, stepped back from the stage this month as its nearest colleague, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, became a lightning rod in a national...
Some will graduate in just 18 months and some will be gracing campus for almost a decade, but this year's new class of graduate and professional students nevertheless gathered together as one...
