Alumni giving rates rise across schools
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As a young institution with a relatively modest endowment, Duke is always hoping its alumni stay happy—especially the folks in the Development Office.
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As a young institution with a relatively modest endowment, Duke is always hoping its alumni stay happy—especially the folks in the Development Office.
While Duke sits poised as a leader in smoking cessation research, Washington Duke stands in the middle of Chapel Quadrangle with a cigar in hand-a reminder of Duke's long association with tobacco.
Summary: Justin Klein spent his undergrad years as a Blue Devil, returned for medical school and is now a finalist for the position of graduate student Young Trustee.
The Pratt School of Engineering announced Wednesday that it will collaborate with Effat College in Saudi Arabia to develop the first undergraduate engineering curriculum for women in the kingdom.
The Young Trustee Steering Committee named Justin Klein, Omar Rashid and Rob Sunders as the three graduate and professional student finalists in the competition to become a Young Trustee Saturday night.
Scientific publishing is big business. As the cost of science journals continues to skyrocket, with some increasing by more than 10 percent per year, librarians like Deborah Jakubs, vice provost for library affairs, struggle to keep up their collections. Meanwhile, Duke professors have started to react by refusing to submit manuscripts to certain commercial publishers who demand what they consider outrageous prices.
As on-campus fraternities face their third year of competition from two organized off-campus fraternities during rush, greek administration is working to reinforce the on-campus network.
After five and a half years of service, Leon Dunkley resigned from his position as director for the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture in December. He will work on special projects for Larry Moneta, vice-president for student affairs, until June 30, at which point he will officially leave the University.
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Hundreds of students gathered on Keohane Quadrangle Thursday night at the Students Against Terror concert and rally headlined by Sister Hazel. The event sought to bring together a broad coalition of student groups to raise awareness of international terrorist activity.
Before the likes of Vanity Fair and People Magazine, there was New York Magazine, immortalizing the antics of the movers and shakers of New York society and capturing the essence of a whole generation of young Manhattenites in all their social, political and cultural savvy during the 1970s.
Well-groomed young men walked around the Bryan Center in three-piece Kenneth Cole suits as immaculate young ladies posed in demure Jimmy Choo pumps.
In an era marked by a “globality of trade, traffic and transformation of various sorts,” what happens to culture? A distinguished panel of Duke scholars addressed this question Friday afternoon in the Bryan Center during a discussion on Globalization and Culture moderated by Anne Allison, chair of the Department of Cultural Anthropology.
The Inter-Community Council met last night to discuss “Safety and Security at Duke” with guest speakers Kemel Dawkins, vice president for campus services, and Maj. Phyllis Cooper of the Duke University Police Department. The dialogue between student leaders and administrators addressed recent incidents at Café Parizade, police-student interaction and crime prevention.
Comedian Lewis Black performed for a sold out audience at Page Auditorium Thursday night. A regular correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Black was typically caustic in his scathing political and social commentary.
Senior Kevin Parker drinks wine. Not beer, wine. He’s big on gin and tonic as well. His friends say, a bit tongue-in-cheek, that Parker sustains himself on the “finer spirits.” He’s a classy guy, a real leader—whether he is acting as president of the Duke University Union or hanging out with his friends and Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity brothers.
Durham County has rescinded its contract with Angelica Corp., an industrial laundry service also under contract with Duke University Health System. The corporation pays its Durham employees $8.25 per hour, failing to comply with the county’s living wage policy, which requires employers to pay their employees at least $9.15 per hour. The University announced its eight-year, $4.5 million per year contract with Angelica in March, amid protests from students and union representatives.
U.S. News and World Report released its rankings of America's Best Colleges last week, placing Duke tied for fifth with Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In his convocation address to the graduate and professional students, President Richard Brodhead stressed the importance of specialization in education. He called upon students gathered in the Chapel Thursday afternoon to focus their inquiries in order to harness the “power of higher learning for the larger social good.”
For concerned undergraduates hankering for a drink that's just a swipe away and "subs so fast you'll freak," the long wait is over. The WaDuke is safe, and Jimmy John's is negotiating plans to return to Merchants on Points.