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(02/11/04 5:00am)
Sex educators Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller had their way with a large and lively crowd in McClendon Tower Tuesday night as they schooled undergraduates and residential staff on the intricacies of the female orgasm.
(02/06/04 5:00am)
A search committee for the new director of the Nasher Museum of Art has winnowed down a large initial pool of candidates to a list to seven semifinalists.
(02/06/04 5:00am)
Biology, anyone? Anyone?
(02/04/04 5:00am)
More than a year after its introduction, a system for electronically enforcing course prerequisites has been slow to catch on and occasionally fraught with complications. While the system has proved helpful for some courses, professors said its future uses may be limited.
(01/29/04 5:00am)
Despite a remarkably high level of turnover in the senior administration this year, top officials said they are confident of a smooth transition when the bulk of the new crop arrives this summer.
(01/28/04 5:00am)
John Kerry's big win in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday has him on solid footing for the Democratic presidential nomination, Duke professors said.
(01/28/04 5:00am)
Many students reacted with surprise to a report suggesting widespread gender-based discrimination in the physics department, saying that the department provides a good and ever-improving climate for women. For those who said gender bias exists in the department, insensitivity and condescension were the most commonly cited offenses.
(01/26/04 5:00am)
A winter storm rocked Duke and the surrounding area Sunday, making travel treacherous and prompting University officials to cancel Monday classes.
(01/22/04 5:00am)
Several members of the University community criticized a report in this week's Chronicle of Higher Education, detailing accusations of gender-based harassment in Duke's physics department. They said the piece misconstrued facts and inadequately discussed the steps that have been taken to deal with harassment.
(01/22/04 5:00am)
Some students coming back from fall study abroad have discovered to their dismay, what others in the University have known for months: Duke computers are under siege from hackers.
(01/20/04 5:00am)
Although he must wait until July 1 to assume the reins of the University, President-elect Richard Brodhead has already commenced his six-month crash course on the ins and outs of Duke.
(01/16/04 5:00am)
With the voluntary departure of International Delights from the Merchants on Points lineup, the program will attempt to fill the void with the organic Soul Good Juice Cafe and an old standby, Wild Bull's Pizza.
(01/15/04 5:00am)
Put on your hemp threads and get ready to feel that six-minute solo. The veteran jam band moe. is coming Tuesday, Feb. 10 to Page Auditorium.
(01/14/04 5:00am)
Curriculum 2000, it's time to tone it down a few notches.
(01/13/04 5:00am)
Wayne Manor has temporarily lost its commons space pending a review by the Undergraduate Judicial Board for alleged violations of University policy.
(01/12/04 5:00am)
English professor emerita Kenny Jackson Williams died Dec. 19 after a long fight with cancer. She was 76 years old.
(01/08/04 5:00am)
What is it about future Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences George McLendon that makes him so appealing to Provost Peter Lange and the search committee that nominated him for the job? In part, it's what former-U.S. President George H. W. Bush might call "that vision thing."
(01/07/04 5:00am)
George McLendon, chair of Princeton University's chemistry department, has been named by Provost Peter Lange to the position of dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences. He will succeed William Chafe, who is stepping down July 1 to return to teaching and research.
(12/04/03 5:00am)
The results of the Duke Student Government's long-awaited "Visions of Duke" survey were presented at Wednesday's meeting, with student government officials concluding that undergraduates become increasingly unhappy and disillusioned with University policies as they progress through Duke.
(12/04/03 5:00am)
Informal groups of students will now be able to reserve residential space for the first time, as Director of Residential Life and Housing Services Eddie Hull has agreed in principle to a Campus Council resolution proposing the rule change.