Best before 2012
(04/24/12 4:00am)
I entered Duke four years ago with the Class of 2012, never stopping to think that our expiration date was stamped over the very celebration of our arrival. Well, it’s 2012.
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I entered Duke four years ago with the Class of 2012, never stopping to think that our expiration date was stamped over the very celebration of our arrival. Well, it’s 2012.
After a lengthy selection process, Duke chose former Emory religion professor Laurie Patton as its new dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences in February 2011. Since her appointment a little over a year ago, Patton has been hotly pursuing innovation in all areas under her purview. In the dean’s spacious Allen building office overlooking the main quad, The Chronicle’s Toni Wei spoke with Patton about food, fundraising and the future.
Three people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash at the intersection of Science Drive and Towerview Road Tuesday evening.
Duke was one of three institutions awarded the Presidential Award for Service to Youth from Disadvantaged Circumstances from the Corporation for National and Community Service in early February 2009—a mark of the rising prominence of the University’s civic engagement programs.
For the first time in the last few years, the Duke/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook Survey projects good tidings for the United States economy in the coming months.
Duke’s independent daily newspaper may soon accept more than just letters to the editor.
Following the Women’s Basketball team’s win over the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Monday, students celebrated by setting fire to two unpainted campus benches in the middle of Main West Quadrangle. Despite a slow start, the benches eventually burnt amid chants of “Go to hell Carolina, go to hell!” into the traditional rivalry bonfire, something students hope will be repeated later this week.
A burst of uncharacteristically cold weather blanketed Duke and the surrounding area Friday with 6 inches of snow, turning the Gothic Wonderland into a winter wonderland.
Administrators and students involved in rethinking Duke Dining have said little about their negotiations to reduce the deficit.
Students ordering from the Merchants on Points program next semester may find a different range of vendors and hours of service.
A change to the Merchants on Points program next semester could make both students and delivery people happier.
Students should expect to see changes at Tommy’s Rubs and Grubs when they return from Thanksgiving Break.
Less than a year after the debut of the Durham Performing Arts Center downtown, both the city and the University are benefiting from their investments in the new facility.
When Isaac Herzog, Israeli minister of welfare and social services, delivered the Rudnick Endowed Lecture at the Sanford School of Public Policy’s Fleishman Commons Wednesday, he turned the honor into a family tradition.
Duke is offering a limited amount of injectable H1N1 vaccine to high-risk groups within the Duke community.
In the years since 9/11, Muslim immigration to Europe has drawn great attention, much of it negative.
Cree, a pioneer producer of light-emitting diode products, announced the expansion of the company’s manufacturing capacity and the addition of several hundred jobs within the state at its corporate headquarters in Durham Thursday.
The Bull City’s upcoming projects will be a little easier on taxpayers’ wallets, thanks to Durham’s financial reputation.
Stephen Pagliuca, Boston Celtics co-owner and a managing director of Bain Capital, announced his candidacy Thursday for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy.
A North Carolina appeals court ruled Tuesday that former men’s lacrosse coach Mike Pressler can continue with a lawsuit against the University.