UK pillow-fighters wallop Duke
(03/15/04 5:00am)
Duke may have found a new rival in the United Kingdom's University of Warwick, if the Blue Devils are up to the challenge.
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Duke may have found a new rival in the United Kingdom's University of Warwick, if the Blue Devils are up to the challenge.
On a typical day, Duke students, faculty and staff have access to countless announcements, reports and other forms of internal communication, yet many feel they are not getting the information they need.
Officials from the Graduate School and the Graduate and Professional Student Council said both students and faculty members have shown high levels of interest in the new Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring, which was established this year in an effort to improve mentoring at Duke.
Tonight, Duke students will have a chance to make history, engaging in one of the largest battles this campus has ever seen. Combat will be short and sweet, and in the end, either all or none will emerge victorious.
The Fuqua School of Business announced Tuesday that it is launching the Health Data Exchange, an initiative to gain consumer support for a national electronic health information network.
After what Duke officials said have been repeated but futile attempts to induce Lands' End to improve labor practices at an apparel factory in El Salvador, the University has suspended renewal of its trademark license contract with the Wisconsin-based company.
The University has released preliminary plans for the new plaza that will connect the Bryan Center, West Union Building and surrounding areas. The plans, which are not yet finalized, open up space for outdoor dining and event planning and allow for easy access to the plaza from the Chapel, Kilgo and main quadrangles.
By the time the Campaign for Duke ended Dec. 31, the University's many administrators, benefactors and general enthusiasts had proved that they knew how to get down to business, raising over $2.36 billion from 1996 to 2003 and enlisting more than a quarter of a million people to support Duke in its many endeavors.
The University will host a panel discussion on academic freedom and faculty political affiliation March 1, weeks after a Duke Conservative Union advertisement ran in The Chronicle alleging a lack of intellectual diversity among Duke faculty.
After years of watching most Duke students leave the area for the bright lights of big cities like New York, Duke administrators are hoping to entice more students to stay in the Triangle area.
For students who are struggling to meet the requirements set out by Curriculum 2000, Lady Luck may soon be paying a visit.
At the first sign of wintry weather, students across campus begin their not-so-secret pleas to Mother Nature. Let there be sleet. Let there be freezing rain. Let there be just one more snow day.
After a Duke Conservative Union advertisement ran in The Chronicle Feb. 9 alleging a lack of intellectual diversity among the University's professoriate, the campus has been astir with discussions about ideological bias in the classroom and what Duke can or should do to protect academic freedom for both its faculty and students.
The Office of Information Technology today launched DukePass, a pilot web portal that allows undergraduates secure and easy access to a range of student-oriented information resources and online applications.
According to a new report from the Office of Public Affairs, the University's total annual economic impact on the city and county of Durham is an estimated $2.6 billion.
Freshmen have a lot on their plates right now. Literally.
For all the graduate students who dreamed of being Batman when they were young, the chance may soon come to live out their childhood fantasies: biology TA by day, crime stopper by night.
Administrators had mixed reactions to a Duke Conservative Union advertisement in Monday's edition of The Chronicle that claimed the University lacks intellectual diversity. While most said DCU's interpretation of an imbalance in political affiliations among University deans and faculty members in certain departments was misleading, others said the data they uncovered could, in fact, hint at an underlying need for change.
Administrators across the University said development in January was strong, despite a spectacular sprint finish to the Campaign for Duke that could have exhausted fundraisers and donors alike.
David Brady, director of the Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communication at the Pratt School of Engineering, will relinquish his directorship in order to focus more of his energies on research, Pratt Dean Kristina Johnson announced Wednesday.