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A report released Thursday estimates that Duke's economic impact on the city and county of Durham for 2006-2007 amounted to $3.4 billion, nearly 62 percent more than the study found when it was first conducted 10 years ago.
Sure, you might need a little mistletoe to incite that awkward first kiss, but let's be honest: Nothing will make your yuletide greetings more enjoyable than a friendly dose of peppermint. And with a bite as crisp as the frost outside, it's sure to be a fresh addition to every wintry endeavor-even if you're late-nighting in Lilly. So whether you'll be getting caffeinated, getting drunk or just getting with that special someone, TV offers a smattering of mint-flavored goodies to satisfy even the most discriminating palate this holiday season.
Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund and a civil rights lawyer, will give the keynote address at the University's 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Jan. 20, officials announced Monday.
New York-based LeChase Construction Inc., has been selected to manage the Few Quadrangle renovation, Residence Life and Housing Services announced in an e-mail to Few Quad residents yesterday.
Returning to Duke for the formal dedication of the French Family Science Center Friday, Melinda French Gates, Trinity '86 and Fuqua '87, reflected on her alma mater and the Science Drive her gifts have helped transform.
A female graduate student is in stable condition after she was attacked in her off-campus home just before midnight Wednesday, University officials said Thursday.
A long-time champion of undergraduate education, with the lacrosse scandal nearly behind him and the retirements of three top administrators in front of him, President Richard Brodhead now has an opportunity to shift his focus toward his own initiatives. And after spending 40 years in New Haven, Conn., he may begin by modeling it on what he knows.
When Robert Thompson steps down as dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences Aug. 1, the search for his successor may present an opportunity for Duke to restructure its undergraduate administration.
Less than a week after the exonerated former lacrosse players filed suit against the city of Durham, the Durham Police Department and Durham's former district attorney, their former coach Mike Pressler is suing the University, seeking relief from a confidential agreement he reached with Duke in March 2007.
Attorneys representing Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and David Evans, Trinity '06, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Friday against the city of Durham and 13 individuals who helped prolong the rape case in which the three were falsely accused.
Students looking for late-night midterm sustenance can still only cram with Loop-accinos and Chicken McNuggets.
A standing ovation, amplified for many by a year's worth of tension and waiting, met the apology to the lacrosse players and their families President Richard Brodhead delivered Saturday at the School of Law.
Addressing the public for the first time since the disbarment of former Durham district attorney Mike Nifong, President Richard Brodhead said Saturday he regretted not reaching out to former and current lacrosse players and their families more during the tumult of the high-profile case. “The fact is that we did not get [the communication] right, causing the families to feel abandoned when they most needed support,” Brodhead said. “This was a mistake. I take responsibility for it, and I apologize.” Brodhead’s speech was part of a two-day conference at the School of Law on the practice and ethics of trying cases in the media. He said the lacrosse case had highlighted fundamental problems of a media culture that sometimes preclude justice, and added that he hopes to learn from the lacrosse episode and the mishandling of it. Brodhead said the case had drawn attention to the difficulties a university faces when its students are charged with serious crimes. He said he took responsibility for the University’s position on the case, which had been based on three separate considerations. “First, the type of crime that had been alleged had no place in our community,” he said. “Second, the presumption of innocence is fundamental to our legal system, and our students were entitled to that presumption. And third, this whole matter had to be entrusted to the criminal justice system for its resolution.” He added that he regretted that relying on the justice system—which he described as “only as good as the men and women who administer it,”—may have made the strength of the University’s position unclear. “Duke needed to be clear that it demanded fair treatment for its students,” Brodhead said. “I took that for granted. If any doubted it, then I should have been more explicit.” Brodhead also announced that the University will also host a national conference of educators, lawyers and student affairs leaders to open lines of communication about the best practices in the legal field. “If there’s one lesson the world should take from the Duke lacrosse case, it’s the danger of prejudgment and our need to defend against it at every turn,” Brodhead said. “Given the power of this impulse and the forces that play to it in our culture, achieving this goal will not be easy. But it’s a fight where we all need do our part.”
Following controversy over whether political discrimination had motivated University of California-Irvine Chancellor Michael Drake to drop Professor of Law Erwin Chemerinsky as the founding dean of the new Donald Bren School of Law, Chemerinsky was rehired Monday.
Although undergraduates have 222 days of longing, for juniors Chamindra Goonewardene and Vincent Ling the approach of the end of classes is more immediate.
The Interim Report on the Undergraduate Experience at Duke University, a response to months of discussion that followed the recommendations of the Report of the Campus Culture Initiative Steering Committee, will be made public by Provost Peter Lange Thursday.
Although administrative reviews are regular University protocol, some have speculated that the tumultuous external events during President Richard Brodhead's first three years could draw more attention to his assessment.
Although President Richard Brodhead was not one of the 286 university presidents who signed on to a petition opposing the Britain's University and College Union's academic boycott of Israeli universities and professors, he did issue an independent statement opposing the boycott July 27.
A transgender student who is awaiting sexual reassignment surgery and was temporarily granted access to a female restroom while living in a male wing of Craven Quadrangle relocated Monday, officials confirmed.
Beginning with a debut party Friday, students will be able to enjoy spirits, music and sports on a new outdoor patio at the Armadillo Grill.
