Redefining rape
(10/07/11 10:31am)
The FBI plans to broaden its definition of rape Oct. 18, according to The New York Times.
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The FBI plans to broaden its definition of rape Oct. 18, according to The New York Times.
Duke Theatre Studies hosted Lixin Yang, a Chinese actor whose career focuses on modern drama, in the Gothic Reading Room this Wednesday as he uncovered his personal and political relationship to theatre in China.
Whether you are a frivolous dandy whose intellect needs constant stimulation with music or casual conversation in order to keep the brain neurons firing or you are an all-too-studious smartie who abstains from any human or machine-generated sounds, this compilation, I hope, will add some useful knowledge to your potential best-study-places-at-Duke repertoire. I will attempt to avoid the cliché places—for example, the Von Der Heyden, the Carpenter room on third floor Bostock or the tanning salon on East Campus.
Just before the Board of Trustees signed off on a new degree program for Duke Kunshan University in China, a group of students returned from a week-long conference on global higher education in Beijing.
Student perceptions of ethics and integrity in academics, civil and social issues vary, according to a recent Duke report.
William Donahue, professor and chair of Germanic languages and literature, and Martin Kagel, head of the department of Germanic and Slavic studies at the University of Georgia, discussed the national decline of German studies in academia in an article titled “Saving German Studies, via Europe.” Published earlier this month in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Donahue and Kagel proposed the establishment of an umbrella program called “transnational European studies” to integrate language and culture programs with other disciplines that focus substantially on Germany and Europe. The Chronicle’s Shucao Mo spoke with Donahue about his take on German studies.
Funding is now in place for a new set of collaborations between Duke and UNC.
Duke is launching a new Energy Initiative to bring students, faculty and alumni together to investigate the current world energy system and to develop alternative solutions to world energy problems.
A group of lawyers gathered in Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Hall Oct. 18 to participate in a debate about the legality of the United States’ Declaration of Independence. The Chronicle’s Shucao Mo interviewed Law School Dean David Levi about his role in the debate and beliefs about the U.S. legal system.
Sharing data publicly is a practice that advances scientific discovery and benefits society at large, two leading geneticists said in a lecture Monday.
International journalist Fareed Zakaria will return to Duke to address the Class of 2012 this Spring.
Risk and danger for labor migrants have intensified under the regimes of terror control in the post-9/11 period, one expert said Monday.
Fifty-two attorneys wrote a petition letter Oct. 25 and demanded that Village Voice Media shut down the adult section of its classified website, backpage.com, which has been used to promote the sex trafficking of minors. Duke’s Muslim chaplain Abdullah Antepli was among the 36 prominent clergy members from the United States to sign this petition letter. Prior to coming to Duke, Antepli spent years in South East Asia fighting against sex trafficking. The Chronicle’s Shucao Mo spoke with Antepli Thursday to discuss his thoughts on the humanitarian relief activism he has been involved in as a Muslim.
A national conversation redefining the United State’s foreign policy goals is essential for the future of American grand strategy, Anne-Marie Slaughter, former director of policy planning for the U.S. State Department, said Tuesday.
Getting the next big product on the market may just have gotten a little easier for inventors nationwide.
If passed in the upcoming May referendum, the North Carolina Defense of Marriage amendment may have far-reaching effects on all couples.
A movement protesting the wealth gap in the United States has caught the attention of some Duke students.
The greek community was called to reconsider the values motivating its engagement in community service Tuesday night.
An avid supporter of sustainable seafood practices, chef Barton Seaver discussed the importance of preserving the ocean’s natural resources in a talk Wednesday in Duke University’s Love Auditorium. After a book signing and question-and-answer session, professional chefs in the Triangle area hosted a “food fair” for attendees to sample dishes made with fresh, sustainable ingredients. A National Geographic fellow, Seaver wrote his first cookbook “For Cod and Country” in May 2011. The Chronicle’s Shucao Mo spoke with Seaver about seafood sustainability and culinary practices.
A Duke medical team is aiming to improve health care in Africa.