Duke downs Demon Deacons in statement win
(04/15/10 8:00am)
The Blue Devils breezed by Wake Forest Wednesday, and after dropping their last three matches, the win was a welcome return to form.
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The Blue Devils breezed by Wake Forest Wednesday, and after dropping their last three matches, the win was a welcome return to form.
The women’s lacrosse team ends ACC regular-season play today with a trip down Tobacco Road to play rival North Carolina at 7 p.m.
Sophomore Eric Pfisterer pitched his first career complete game, but it wasn’t enough as the Blue Devils (19-14) lost to the Wildcats, 4-2, at USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary Tuesday. Pfisterer surrendered one run over his final seven innings, but the damage done early proved to be all the offense Davidson would need.
The Organization of American Historians selected William Chafe, Alice Mary Baldwin professor of history, to receive the 2010 Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award. The honor recognizes individuals’ contributions to American history. Chafe will receive the award in Washington, D.C. April 10. The selection was announced in an OAH news release Thursday. Chafe has chronicled race and gender equality in America, and his books include “A History of Our Time: Readings on Postwar America” and “The American Woman: Her Changing Social, Economic, and Political Roles, 1920-1970.” “He has been a path breaking scholar, one of the few who can write both brilliant monographs and critical and influential syntheses,” the statement reads. Chafe has been an OAH member since 1980, serving as president, a member of the executive board and on various committees. “He incarnates the combination of public service and scholarship that this organization at its best represents,” the release reads. “He is the kind of academic citizen at large that this organization needs in order to thrive.” The award, which was first given in 1981, is usually granted to scholars or officeholders who have worked with the OAH, according to the organization’s Web site. Respected historian and civil rights leader John Hope Franklin, former James B. Duke professor emeritus of history who passed away last year, received the honor in 1995 and 2002. Chafe has also received the Robert F. Kennedy, Sidney Hillman and Lillian Smith Book Awards.
Former vice president Al Gore will speak in Page Auditorium today at 6 p.m. in an event sponsored by the Nicholas School of the Environment. Tickets to the event, part of the Duke Environment and Society Lecture Series, are no longer available.
In college tennis, it’s not every day you get the chance to avenge a loss, especially to your greatest rival.
After a 8-7 loss to No. 5 Virginia last week, No. 6 Duke is looking to bounce back against No. 1 Northwestern and Davidson Saturday and Sunday at Koskinen Stadium.
The University has settled with former men's lacrosse coach Mike Pressler over claims that a Duke official slandered him, University officials announced in a statement today.
Lawyers for one of the men accused of killing UNC student Eve Carson in 2008 say their client was beaten by Durham police officers.
A complete performance from the Blue Devils (15-9) gave them a confidence-boosting 13-1 win over High Point Tuesday night in Cary. The Panthers (16-9) came into the game with a .371 team batting average, one of the best in the nation, but were shut down by Duke’s starting pitcher, Chase Bebout. The 6-foot-6 freshman allowed just three hits and a single run in six innings of work, and he got solid relief from a trio of bullpen arms. Duke’s three relievers Tuesday—Ryan Knott, David Putman and Matt Morris—gave up just one hit between them to close out High Point.
Former Duke employee Frank Lombard was sentenced to 27 years in prison for child sex charges Monday.
A federal judge dismissed former Duke golfer Andrew Giuliani’s breach of contract lawsuit against the University.
Fresh off a 15-10 road win over No. 13 Georgetown Saturday, No. 7 Duke (6-3) will face off against No. 16 Brown (3-2) at Koskinen Stadium Tuesday at 3 p.m. The Blue Devils look to continue their recent momentum, as they are putting a four-game winning streak on the line.
Women’s lax falls to Virginia
Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen will speak Friday at 4 p.m. in the Goodson Chapel on “The Uses and Abuses of Adam Smith.”
An April 7 speech by “MythBusters” co-host Adam Savage has been canceled due to a scheduling error.
Duke doesn’t play in the Ivy League, but for the next couple of weeks, it sure seems like the Blue Devils belong in the Northeast.
Last November’s outbreak of drug-resistant H1N1 among four patients at Duke University Medical Center likely occurred through patient-to-patient transmission, according to a report released Saturday.
The Blue Devils’ second ACC series at Durham Bulls Athletic Park didn’t quite go as planned, as Duke was swept in a three-game set by conference powerhouse Miami.
The Chronicle will be running endorsement letters for the 2010 Duke Student Government elections. From March 18 to March 30 we will publish letters for the election of president and executive vice president, and from April 3 to April 15 we will publish letters for the vice presidential elections.