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Executive Vice President Tallman Trask updated the Academic Council on the University's master plan, highlighting the more than 20 construction projects completed over the past eight years, at the Council's meeting last Thursday. President Nan Keohane also gave her final remarks to the Academic Council before a reception held in her honor.
Thursday's meeting of the Arts & Sciences Council was one of departures and arrivals, as the council said goodbye to current Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences William Chafe and welcomed Dean-elect George McLendon.
Photojournalist Nobuko Oyabu presented her project, "Faces of Rape & Sexual Abuse Survivors" to an audience of 30 people Monday night as part of Sexual Assault Prevention Week. Oyabu, whose impetus came from her own rape three years ago, has photographed more than 70 victims of rape and sexual abuse as part of the project.
Sophomore biomedical engineering major Jesse Longoria is not your typical introverted engineer.
Richard Riddell, Semans Professor of the Practice and chair of theater studies, presented two initiatives at Thursday's meeting of the Academic Council--the Provost's Council for the Arts, which will ensure a stronger voice for the arts at the University, and Duke Performances, which will act as the major presenter of professional arts at Duke.
While the name will not change to Curriculum 2004, Curriculum 2000 will look significantly different starting in the fall.
Administration officials are exploring an expansion of FOCUS to include a single program in the spring semester for the upcoming year. FOCUS Director Angela O'Rand said the specific program had not yet been chosen but that a decision would be made within the next two months.
Provost Peter Lange presented a proposal at Thursday's Academic Council meeting that would move the Biological Anthropology and Anatomy Department completely under the umbrella of Arts and Sciences. Currently, BAA is housed jointly by Arts and Sciences and the School of Medicine.
The Arts and Sciences Council heard a presentation of proposed changes to Curriculum 2000 Thursday, in an extended meeting that also included further discussion of proposed amendments to the council's by-laws--an issue that has been taken up in each of the council's last three meetings.
Let the pledging begin.
With the upcoming retirement of Director of Student Health Dr. William Christmas in June, administrators have begun to examine the future of Student Health Services at the University.
Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Tracy Futhey gave the Academic Council a general overview of OIT and its objectives Thursday, praising the progress made in improving collaboration among departments in the area of research.
The Arts and Sciences Council met Thursday to further debate the restructuring plan proposed at its December meeting.
One hundred years after the Bassett Affair, the issue of academic freedom remains a centerpiece of concern for University administrators and faculty--who cite current threats to free discourse as coming from all sides, including the government, general society and even members of the University community itself.
Judith Ruderman, vice provost for academic and administrative services, presented the final report of the Black Faculty Strategic Initiative to the Academic Council Thursday.
Two administrators presented a set of changes in e-reserves protocol Thursday to the Arts & Sciences Council that will require e-reserves to be made available only through the Blackboard system starting next year.
The Pratt School of Engineering will introduce curriculum changes for its undergraduate students beginning next fall, in the hopes of both generating greater collaboration among departments and focusing on the practice of engineering earlier in the undergraduate experience.
University Registrar Bruce Cunningham and Head of the Student Information Services and Systems Office, Kathy Pfeiffer, spoke to the Duke Student Government Wednesday about the upgraded ACES system and early problems encountered by students attempting to sign up for classes. Although they highlighted specific problems, both emphasized the success of the system for the majority of users.
The Social and Health Sciences division of the psychology department has added a new area of study, social psychology, with hopes of restoring Duke to a position of excellence in this area for which it was once widely revered.
North Carolina will become North "Scarolina" when Halloween is celebrated tonight. While students will take part in many common Halloween-related activities, there is more to the holiday than most people normally think.
