Duke professor researches how racial makeup of juries impacts criminal trials
By John Markis | August 30, 2019What role does a juror’s race play in a criminal case? One Duke economics professor attempts to answer this question.
What role does a juror’s race play in a criminal case? One Duke economics professor attempts to answer this question.
In its first meeting of the semester, the Duke Student Government Senate allocated money for a new sexual health initiative and approved a bevy of funding requests.
Attorney General William Barr plans to bring back the federal death penalty for five individuals on death row in January 2020.
David Page plans to create a “welcoming and inclusive experience to students and every member of our faculty and staff.”
In the wake of recent mass shootings, Republican lawmakers have been pointing to mental illness. But experts from Duke say that’s wrong.
The ordinance targeted both plastic and paper bags because they both pose an array of environmental and economic problems.
In the face of backlash, the College Board has abandoned its efforts to include an “adversity score” with students’ SAT scores.
Preparing to welcome Greenland as the newest American state? Not so fast, says one Duke professor.
Vincent Price and Kevin White issued a statement expressing their support for the LGBTQ+ community amid controversy over Chick-fil-A’s stance on LGBTQ+ rights.
The IFC president reported no violations to fraternities’ self-enforced first-year ban.
The N.C. Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case that could determine the fates of death row inmates whose cases were tainted by racial bias.
Seventeen years after they were exonerated, Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana are coming to Duke to share their stories in two events next week.
Olympic medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad, Trinity ‘07, tells the Class of 2023 that "your true competitor is yourself."
While administrators publicly say that the foundation of the university is its students, sometimes Duke has to worry about its other foundation—in this case, the one buried under the admissions building.
“Who are we?” asked Democratic Party presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
President Vincent Price gave the first-years a geography lesson at convocation Wednesday morning.
If a recent survey of business executives is any indication, the American economy is in trouble.
The Chronicle asked people on Twitter and on campus for their advice on how best to navigate their four years at the University.
Phase 2 of construction at Duke Kunshan University began this past Friday, and the expansion is projected to more than double the current size of the campus.
As Central stops housing undergrads, Duke's bus routes are changing.