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Although they could serve on the front lines in Iraq or Afghanistan within a year of graduation, students of Duke's Reserve Officers' Training Corps say they are viewing the presidential election no differently than other Americans.
Duke's largest student-run organization is becoming a more perfect Union-at least according to the Duke University Union's president.
With the North Carolina primaries less than a month away, many students are signing up to cast their ballots in the tight presidential race.
If elected, junior Kevin Troy will be third in a line of Angier B. Duke scholars to serve as president of Duke Student Government.
A total of 135 sophomores who participated in the early-release lottery will be allowed to live off campus next year, Residence Life and Housing Services officials announced Thursday at Campus Council's general body meeting.
There's a lot of work to be done for Durham Public Schools, and taxpayers don't mind footing the bill.
With the Durham mayoral election four days away, some students are trying to ensure that Election Day does not pass unnoticed.
Summer session students will have two more days of freedom starting this year-thanks to new calendar changes that will go into effect this summer.
Members of the Duke community took time to remember the school's past and look toward its future at the 106th annual Founders' Day Convocation Thursday. President Richard Brodhead presided over the ceremony, which was held in the Chapel. Clarence Newsome, Trinity '72, Divinity '75 and Ph.D. '82, delivered the convocation address, entitled "Duke University: A Hope for Higher Education." "I think of [Duke] as a great citadel of learning, teaching, scholarship and research," he said. Newsome, a member of the Board of Trustees and president of Shaw University in Raleigh, praised the moral character of many of the University's leaders, noting former president William Preston Few's support of desegregation. "We have, as it were, founded ourselves on a morally powerful land," he said. Sophomore Portia Boone said she was pleased that Newsome delivered the address. "I was very encouraged seeing the president of Shaw being the speaker," she said. "It shows how far our country has come.... It makes me happy to be here." After the address, Brodhead presented awards to faculty, employees and other members of the community. Jerome Reiter, Trinity '92 and assistant professor of statistical science, received the Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, and Thomas Nechyba, chair of the Department of Economics, was honored as the University Scholar/Teacher of the Year. Brodhead awarded Ginny Lilly Nicholas, Woman's College '64, and Peter Nicholas, Trinity '64, the Distinguished Alumni Award for their contributions to Duke. "They exemplify what this University hopes its students will go on to become," Brodhead said. The Nicholases co-chaired the Campaign for Duke, and Peter Nicholas was a member of the Board from 1993 to 2005, serving as chair for his final two years. "It's good to see people are involving themselves in the Duke community even after they graduate," said freshman Katherine Buse. John Piva, who came to Duke in 1983 and served as senior vice president for alumni affairs and development until his retirement in 2004, and John Koskinen, Trinity '61 and a Trustee from 1985 to 1998 and chair of the Board from 1994 to 1998, received the University Medal. A reception followed in the Bryan Center. "Founders' Day is a great opportunity to celebrate the University and all the people who serve it, and the food afterwards puts the Great Hall to shame," said sophomore David Clain.
Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are famous for their rivalry, but a new program hopes to plant the seeds for collaboration between potential entrepreneurs at the two schools.
Students at Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this summer founded their own kind of university-Student U.
Two different types of survivors discussed their personal experiences with leukemia and Asian American representations in the media at a talk in the Griffith Film Theater Tuesday evening.
With many Durham public schools failing to meet national standards, local educators are now debating the effect of the No Child Left Behind Act on area schools.
A large audience gathered at the Nasher Museum of Art Tuesday night for a lecture on the connections between Eastern and Western cultures.
Students, faculty and administrators gathered in the Bryan Center Thursday night to open a discussion about prejudice on Duke's campus.
Though many students often celebrate the rivalry between Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, three students are uniting to improve the local community.
In his fifth annual State of the City Address Monday night, Durham Mayor Bill Bell highlighted a number of his priorities for the Bull City in 2007-most notable of which was a revitalization plan for inner-city neighborhoods.
Emulating the quality time many freshmen spend together during orientation and on East Campus, the Second Year Coalition has sought to create a more unified experience for second-year students.
Durham City Council member Howard Clement witnessed history in the making as he watched his friend and hero Martin Luther King, Jr. deliver the words that inspired a generation.
A service organization that provides free tutoring to University employees celebrated its successes at a luncheon in the Old Trinity Room Saturday afternoon.
