MyDuke.com, a popular Internet site for web-based e-mail access, has merged with Devilnet, a Duke student portal site, and the combined site will be launched in late August.
Devilnet is owned by the Duke Student Publishing Company, which also owns and operates The Chronicle and The Chronicle Online. In the late 1990s, it was made popular by its easy-to-navigate links and its forums, which fostered heated debate on various campus issues.
"MyDuke has already been one of the most popular websites used by Duke students," said Brandon Shapiro, president of Devilnet. "With this merger, we hope to form a conglomeration of all student services on Devilnet, making it the best home page for Duke students."
Along with MyDuke-powered e-mail, forums and quick links to a wide variety of student services, the new Devilnet - available in August at devilnet.duke.edu, myduke.com and devilnet.com - will offer movie listings, a restaurant guide, Merchants on Points menus, a marketplace where students can sell items such as books and furniture, a ride share board and various other services.
Shapiro said Devilnet management has been working closely with the Office of Institute Technology on the project.
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