Kingsolver to receive LEAF Award
American author Barbara Kingsolver was announced as the 2011 recipient of the Duke LEAF Award for Lifetime Environmental Achievement in the Fine Arts in a Nicholas School of the Environment news release yesterday.
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American author Barbara Kingsolver was announced as the 2011 recipient of the Duke LEAF Award for Lifetime Environmental Achievement in the Fine Arts in a Nicholas School of the Environment news release yesterday.
Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue gave the Republican-controlled North Carolina legislature a glimpse of her budget proposal Monday in her State of the State address.
The staff of The Chronicle has elected junior Sanette Tanaka to serve as editor of the newspaper’s 107th volume.
Seven distinguished individuals will receive honorary degrees at commencement in May, President Richard Brodhead announced Wednesday.
Duke Athletics is embarking on an effort to raise $100 million to expand Wallace Wade and renovate Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Due to political turmoil in Egypt that has resulted in widespread violence, the International Travel Oversight Committee voted to restrict travel to the country, Duke announced Wednesday.
The Chronicle will be running endorsement letters for the 2011 Graduate Young Trustee election through Tuesday, Feb. 15. We will accept letters from any and all student organizations, so long as the groups adhere to the following guidelines:
The Chronicle will accept endorsements for write-in candidates for Young Trustee provided groups meet with all other candidates and abide by the student organization endorsement policy outlined in Tuesday’s paper. Groups are not required to invite write-in candidates to endorsement meetings to endorse one of the official candidates for Young Trustee.
Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom’s lecture scheduled for this afternoon is postponed due to inclement weather in Indiana.
The Chronicle will be running endorsement letters for the 2011 Young Trustee election through Tuesday, Feb. 15. We will accept letters from any and all student organizations, so long as the groups adhere to the following guidelines:
The Young Trustee Nominating Committee selected three finalists for the position Saturday night. The Young Trustee will be elected Feb. 15 by the undergraduate student body.
The invalidation of a research paper published by The Lancet Oncology marks the third time in recent months that work by former Duke cancer researcher Dr. Anil Potti has been retracted by a scientific journal.
Duke lost a legend this afternoon with the passing of Reynolds Price, a celebrated writer and teacher.
Former Duke Provost and Chancellor John Blackburn, Trinity ’51, passed away Jan. 16 at his home in Durham. He was 81.
Ten projects designed by students from both UNC and Duke have each been awarded a $5,000 grant as part of the inaugural Kenan-Biddle Partnership class, part of an effort to increase collaboration between the two schools.
Henry Fairbank, former professor and chairman of the physics department, passed away Thursday after a brief illness. He was 92.
An autopsy released during winter break revealed that a woman who died at Duke University Medical Center was poisoned by a pain reliever and common antihistamine.
Louis Budd, James B. Duke professor emeritus of English
A report obtained under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act by the academic journal Nature provides new insight into a panel that reviewed the findings of Duke cancer researchers.
Senior Reid Carleton helped Team USA advance to the championship match of the Master’U BNP Paribas tournament Sunday, yet the Americans ultimately could not overcome the host nation, falling to Team France 6-1.