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(04/20/07 4:00am)
If I can help it, I never tell people my major. Even though I do write for The Chronicle, my major isn't English-the only major prone to the unique phenomenon in which the majority of the people who regard it as useless are the ones studying it.
(04/20/07 4:00am)
Successfully raising eight kids would seem enough to qualify anyone for an award in child care-but some could say for 51 years, Dr. Samuel Katz has taken care of thousands of other children around the world.
(04/11/07 4:00am)
Cars in the Blue Zone dusted with a yellow powder, people with itchy eyes and a student health clinic packed full of Dukies clamoring for antihistamine can only mean one thing-pollen season is in full swing.
(04/03/07 4:00am)
The next time you throw that empty plastic water bottle in the trash can instead of the recycling bin, beware-you could have just lost yourself free LocoPops, a new bicycle or a host of other prizes.
(03/22/07 4:00am)
Think a salad sprinkled with balsamic vinegarette and a heaping pile of fruit on your plate is good for you?
(03/08/07 5:00am)
When Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of the Duke University Health System, took the helm of DUHS in 2004, one of his major goals was to place an increased emphasis on recruiting minority employees.
(02/20/07 5:00am)
Ever dreamt of teleporting to your class on Science Drive when you miss the C-3 bus, walking invisibly into Cameron Indoor Stadium without waiting in line or escaping to a different reality after a night of drunken revelry goes embarrassingly wrong?
(02/07/07 5:00am)
Stuart Pimm has always considered himself remarkably adept at getting in trouble-so it is not surprising that the Duke professor's most recent journey into the Amazon Rainforest was no exception.
(02/01/07 5:00am)
In his State of the Union Address last week, President George W. Bush outlined several policies to address climate change and the energy crisis facing America.
(01/19/07 5:00am)
The Estate of Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat donated $80 million to the Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School this week-a gift that will be matched by the government of Singapore, giving the school a grand total of $160 million, University officials said.
(01/11/07 5:00am)
After more than a year of planning, Duke launched its new Institute for Brain, Mind, Genes and Behavior last month-a center for interdisciplinary research that explores the science of human behavior.
(12/01/06 5:00am)
Duke Integrative Medicine officially opened its $12-million home on the University's Center for Living campus Thursday, with a night of complimentary food, drinks and massages.
(11/27/06 5:00am)
With the help of Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., and other prominent environmental policy advocates, the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions debuted its Washington, D.C., office Nov. 16.
(11/21/06 5:00am)
It may not have the big budget of the Duke Global Health Institute, but the student-run Global Health Forum still has big plans to influence global health efforts abroad and in Durham.
(11/08/06 5:00am)
Buried in the bowels of Trent Drive Hall, amid scaffolding and buckets of paint, lies the start of Duke's $30-million Global Health Institute.
(10/23/06 4:00am)
There was only one place to go Saturday night to see some of North Carolina's most important medical officials dancing the electric slide with performers in brightly colored spandex pants-Durham Regional Hospital's Pearl-Anniversary Gala held at the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club.
(10/20/06 4:00am)
So, if you're not magician Harry Houdini, how hard is it to make something disappear? Not as hard as Duke researchers thought.
(10/12/06 4:00am)
Since he was appointed chancellor in 2004, Dr. Victor Dzau has set his sights on a top ranking for Duke's health system and medical school-and this year could be the year.
(09/26/06 4:00am)
Nobel Prize winner Paul Nurse spoke Monday afternoon to an overflowing audience at the Searle Center lecture hall at the kick-off to Duke Medicine's 75th Anniversary Science Symposium.
(09/20/06 4:00am)
Thinking about typical hospital food may conjure up images of macaroni and applesauce cups, but the guests and staff of Duke Hospital have many more choices-from fresh salads, to calzones, to Thickburgers.