Carleigh Stiehm
Duke University Press will begin publishing a transgender studies journal in 2014.
Of the 22 A.B. Duke Memorial Scholarships offered this year to incoming freshmen, eight were accepted. This yield is a decrease from the 15 students who accepted the 23 scholarships offered in 2012.
Staff Reports
Duke trustee David Rubenstein, Trinity ’70, will gift $10 million to the Sanford School of Public Policy. This is the largest donation ever given to Sanford.
Emma Baccellieri
When the Arts and Sciences Council voted against for-credit online courses Thursday afternoon, it broke an existing contract between Duke and 2U, an internet education company.
Danielle Muoio
Faculty members gathered Thursday evening to voice concerns about the state of the humanities at Duke.
After more than an hour of debate Thursday afternoon, the Arts and Sciences Council voted against a motion to adopt online courses for credit.
Faculty have yet to vote on whether or not Duke should offer online courses for credit, but administrators have already signed a contract to do so in the Fall.
Ryan Zhang
Although the University continually faces a challenge in balancing athletics and academics, it receives high marks for it among its peers.
Georgia Parke
Sen. Cowan, D-Mass lauds the social progress that Duke has made since it accepted its first five black undergraduates in 1963.
Administrators and faculty discussed the University’s potential three-year pilot membership in the Semester Online consortium at the Arts and Sciences Council meeting.
Raisa Chowdhury
Students looking to cross physical and academic borders have a new tool to use.
Kristie Kim and Margot Tuchler
Oathout and Tobia are two of 62 students nationwide to win the prestigious scholarship.
Georgia Parke and Tony Shan
Two Duke juniors, Kushal Seetharam and Yaohua Xue, have been selected to receive the 2013 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
Duke Divinity students and administrators are adamant that theological education is more than just blind faith.
Margot Tuchler
Coursera students see their professors in the online course videos, but they do not see the teams of people working behind the scenes.
Bass Connections, a major interdisciplinary initiative funded by a recent $50 million gift, is recruiting participants for its first class.
Considerable progress is being made on the campus of DKU, Provost Peter Lange said.
Caroline Michelman
When Kiehart takes over as dean of the natural sciences, he plans to promote interdisciplinary collaboration.
Emily Schmitz
Duke will partner with University of Virginia to broaden language opportunities for students.
Vice President of Administration Kyle Cavanaugh attended the meeting to answer questions about the proposed background checks.
Lauren Carroll
Hamilton is leaving Sanford for Stanford during a time of transition for Duke’s public policy school.
Imani Moise
Newly declared members of the sophomore class united on the Chapel Quadrangle Wednesday to kick off a new tradition.
Hamilton, director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy, is leaving Duke, according to an email obtained by The Chronicle.
Anthony Hagouel
The Duke Global Health Institute has finalized the newly authorized global health co-major and minor.
Undergraduates can now knock out their language requirement in one summer.
