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(04/11/03 4:00am)
Undergraduates can now earn a certificate in Policy Journalism and Media Studies, after the Arts and Sciences Council approved the new program at Thursday's meeting. Also yesterday, faculty discussed admissions data and policies with Director of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag and Athletic Council Chair Kathleen Smith.
(04/10/03 4:00am)
A search committee to replace outgoing Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences William Chafe may be ready to begin work in early May, and will probably be predominantly comprised of faculty members, Provost Peter Lange said this week.
(04/01/03 5:00am)
Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and Qatar minister of energy and industry, told a near-capacity audience in Love Auditorium Monday night that OPEC is not to blame for the current high price of oil, but instead seeks reasonable prices for the common good.
(03/26/03 5:00am)
The provost's Task Force on Course Scheduling has met mixed reaction from faculty and students in its effort to suggest possible models to reform the academic schedule.
(03/21/03 5:00am)
Provost Peter Lange presented several new features of the University's retirement policy and the Medical Center released an appointments, promotion and tenure report at Thursday's meeting of the Academic Council.
(03/07/03 5:00am)
Provost Peter Lange reported to the Board of Trustees last weekend that the University has made substantial progress toward the goals expressed in the strategic plan, Building on Excellence.
(02/28/03 5:00am)
With the Board of Trustees undertaking a review of the strategic plan this weekend, many top officials believe the University is rapidly progressing toward its goals and that the document, entitled "Building on Excellence," has been comprehensive and useful.
(02/27/03 5:00am)
Avery Reaves and Maggie Peloso are what you might call "goal-oriented" people. One wants to be U.S. president. The other wants to end world hunger. In the meantime, both are fighting it out for the same goal - Duke Student Government vice president for academic affairs.
(02/25/03 5:00am)
The intellectual life of Afghanistan may be getting a much-needed resuscitation from an unlikely source - Duke University.
(02/21/03 5:00am)
An update from the Women's Initiative Steering Committee revealed that the percentage of female assistant professors in Arts and Sciences has remained stagnant over the last 10 years, causing concern among faculty members at Thursday's meeting of the Academic Council.
(02/11/03 5:00am)
Imagine you are a professor, and you come into your office one morning and see a message from a reporter requesting an interview. Sure, you're flattered, but you're just not sure if you have the time to respond.
(02/10/03 5:00am)
After voting not to have an entering graduate class last semester due to insufficient funds, the history department has reversed its decision and will admit a class, albeit a smaller-than-usual one of four or five students.
(01/24/03 5:00am)
The Academic Council unanimously passed the University's new vision statement for the future of Duke athletics Thursday, sending it to the Board of Trustees for final approval in May.
(01/17/03 5:00am)
The Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, a program aimed at encouraging minority undergraduates to study political science at the graduate level, has been awarded a $360,000 grant by the National Science Foundation that will enable it to exist for three more years.
(11/22/02 5:00am)
Academic Council got back to business after celebrating its 40th anniversary last month, packing Thursday's meeting with presentations on retirement, black faculty development and athletics.
(11/21/02 5:00am)
The medical school admissions pressure-cooker known as the MCAT just got a whole lot hotter.
(11/19/02 5:00am)
Seeking to add a different voice to campus dialogue on sexual assault, about 30 male undergraduates joined a panel of faculty members and administrators for a Wayne Manor-sponsored discussion on the subject Monday evening.
(11/15/02 5:00am)
Professors engaged in a lively discussion on faculty growth at Thursday's meeting of the Arts and Sciences Council, eventually passing a resolution against cutting the size of the faculty.
(11/13/02 5:00am)
The English department will be overhauling its major with what Director of Undergraduate Studies Ian Baucom called a "significant reimagination of the curriculum."
(11/07/02 5:00am)
The Curriculum Committee of the Arts and Sciences Council has proposed a new requirement for all certificate programs, a senior capstone course.