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Upperclass students ask, 'Why iPods?'

The iPod purchase is proving to be one of the University’s most controversial and criticized investments of late. From concerns about illegal downloads to assertions that the funds used for the devices could have been better spent, many current students have expressed frustrations and concerns with regards to the half-million dollar initiative. Before the distribution of the iPods Thursday night, several upperclassmen sounded off about the project.

Alums recall Keohane legacy

How will you remember President Nan Keohane?

FAREWELL COLUMN: Reaching out, looking back

"Today I had a thought: What if I had never met you?"

Duke to honor Keohane with quad naming

WEL done.

A Little Duke Musical

It's Friday the thirteenth, but Zannie Voss is all smiles.

Albright to deliver graduation speech

Madeleine Albright, who served as secretary of state under former president Bill Clinton, will deliver this year's graduation commencement address, Duke President Nan Keohane announced Thursday.

BREAKING NEWS: Albright chosen as 2004 graduation speaker

Madeleine Albright, who served as secretary of state under former president Bill Clinton, will deliver this year's graduation commencement address, Duke President Nan Keohane announced Thursday.

A&S Council's restructuring plan draws heat

Back to the drawing board.

Brodhead finds new haven in Durham

 What has four letters, is among the nation's top research universities and claims Richard Brodhead as one of its top brass?

A longtime Yalie heads south

When Richard Brodhead leaves Yale University for Duke at the end of the academic year, it will be the first time in almost 40 years that the Yale College dean and English professor will be permanently affiliated with a university other than the New Haven, Conn., Ivy.

Trey from down under shocks UConn

BREAKING NEWS: Duke upsets UConn on last-second three

With 3:53 remaining in the second half against top-ranked UConn (10-1) Saturday, the women's basketball team finally decided to show up.

BREAKING NEWS: A LONGTIME YALIE HEADS SOUTH

When Richard Brodhead leaves Yale University for Duke at the end of the academic year, it will be the first time in almost 40 years that the Yale College dean and English professor will be permanently affiliated with a university other than the New Haven, Conn., Ivy.

BREAKING NEWS: TRUSTEES NAME BRODHEAD AS NINTH PRESIDENT

The Board of Trustees will name Richard Brodhead, dean of Yale College and the A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of English at Yale University, as Duke University's ninth president at a special press conference in the Rare Book Room at 10:30 a.m. today.

Brodhead introduced as new president

SLIDE SHOW: THE PRESS CONFERENCE

Gates will step down from Board

Melinda French Gates, Trinity '86, Business '87 and perhaps the highest-profile member of the Board of Trustees, will retire from the Board after its May 2004 meetings.

Campaign enters final stage with $2.2B goal near

There are buckets still to be filled, chickens to be brought home to roost and wood left to chop.

Trustees approve Pratt expansion, new dorm

The Pratt School of Engineering will expand its undergraduate enrollment by 200 students incrementally over four years beginning in fall 2005 under a plan that gained final Board of Trustees approval this weekend.

Kenan Institute honors Keohane

Although the Board of Trustees took final action on only a few initiatives this weekend (see story, page 1), it was a busy and celebratory weekend for the Trustees and Duke's senior administration.

Founders' Day 2003

It was a curtain call to remember.