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In its last meeting of the academic year, the Academic Council heard reports from task forces on women's issues and diversity issues. The groups recommended that the University establish a standing committee to examine diversity issues.
Concerned about President George W. Bush's commitment level to the environment, four Duke professors along with 200 colleagues nationwide signed a letter last week from the Sierra Club, urging Bush to end commercial logging in national forests and begin a process of habitat restoration.
William Rehnquist, chief justice of the United States, spoke to a packed Page Auditorium Saturday afternoon, discussing the lives of the first 14 chief justices.
The Arts and Sciences and Engineering councils got their first peek at a proposal to revise the honor code at a joint meeting Thursday, which featured a presentation by Academic Integrity Council Chair Judith Ruderman.
As the University discusses plans to expand and renovate Perkins Library, officials have decided that departments now in the Languages Building will be displaced to make room for the library--a move that departs from the plan presented to the Academic Council in September.
Visiting Pickens Health Center for an excuse to get out of class may become a thing of the past if the University adopts a recent proposal by the Honor Council.
William Kristol, a political commentator and editor of The Weekly Standard, talked Tuesday evening about the face of American politics following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Washington, D.C., and New York City
At a meeting highlighted by President Nan Keohane's announcement of a $25 million gift to the University, the Academic Council elected Nancy Allen as its next chair.
»???emic Council will elect its next chair today, choosing between Professor Nancy Allen of the Division of Rheumatology and Immunology and Frances Hill Fox Professor Janice Radway in the literature program.
As the University attempts to create a more intellectual campus climate, next year's Duke Student Government vice president for academic affairs will likely play a key role in several issues, ranging form online course evaluations to the honor code. Three candidates have expressed interest in taking on those challenges: junior Lyndsay Beal and sophomores Avery Reaves and Mary Helen Wimberly.
As the University continues to emphasize interdisciplinary studies, the Arts and Sciences Council approved new certificate programs in Documentary Studies and Information Science and Information Studies Thursday.
Ibrahim Helal, editor-in-chief of the Al-Jazeera television network, spoke Wednesday in Love Auditorium about the Arabic network's news coverage and the challenges it faces trying to present truthful, objective information.
As undergraduate advising responsibilities switch from the Pre-Major Advising Center to individual departments, Trinity College administrators have decided to leave adviser training decisions to professors in those departments. Some have already started the learning process.
The University Scheduling Committee has proposed a measure to open two more Monday-Wednesday 75-minute time slots in an attempt to alleviate the demand for Tuesday-Thursday classes.
The Graduate and Professional Student Council elected Tomalei Vess as its next young trustee Monday evening.
A proposal that advises against consensual relationships between a supervisor and his subordinates and requires such cases to be reported was the main topic of discussion at Thursday's meeting of the Academic Council. Also at the meeting, the council heard an update on research grants at the University in 2001.
When Yale University President Richard Levin told The New York Times in December that universities should look at collectively abolishing early admission, his comments prompted officials at many elite universities to look at their application processes.
Data from course evaluations will continue to be available online--at least for now--after the Arts and Science Council narrowly approved a motion to release the data through ACES during spring registration.
At a meeting last Thursday, the Academic Council unanimously approved a School of Nursing proposal to add an accelerated bachelor's degree in nursing to its curriculum.
As many students look forward to fresh courses next semester, some have seen new faces in front of their class on a regular basis. Several courses at the University aim to add a real-world perspective to academia by hosting visiting speakers from the professional world.
