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The unexpected departure of two key members of the textbook store management staff last summer left some professors worried that service might decline, but the new employees that have arrived since seem to be responding well.
In a move that, at least on a trial basis, will put an end to the use of the venerable green sheets, the Arts and Sciences Council approved a new course evaluation form Thursday that will attempt a more quantitative approach in evaluating courses and professors. Despite their nearly-unanimous approval of the form, however, the faculty stopped short of allowing for the release of this course data to undergraduates.
With last month's Duke Student Government bookstore referendum as a mandate, DSG Vice President for Academic Affairs Jason Bergsman is trying to re-ignite a conversation on bringing a brand-name store to campus.
The creation of the University's newest long-range strategic plan took another step toward its completion Thursday, as Provost Peter Lange presented his latest draft to the Academic Council.
The aura of Cameron Indoor Stadium will spread to the opposite side of campus next semester.
The University entered a new era in the field of genetic research Monday with the formal launch of its Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy. During a day-long program that culminated with a panel discussion moderated by President Nan Keohane, officials from a diversity of backgrounds inaugurated the $200 million institute, which promises to catapult Duke to a prominent role in genome research and public policy.
The four-year-old merger between the Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences and the Nicholas School of the Environment flared up at Thursday's Academic Council meeting, as faculty and administrators discussed a plan to better integrate the two groups.
As the renovation of Perkins Library continues in its preliminary stages, library officials presented the Arts and Sciences Council with a working draft of their priorities Thursday. Outlining issues such as the building's atmosphere, technology and storage space, Robert Byrd, chair of the renovation committee, and David Ferriero, vice provost for library affairs, sought faculty feedback regarding the construction.
With the growing jungle of cutting-edge University initiatives, the lemurs of the Duke University Primate Center may find greater competition for survival.
Another piece of University history is about to be modernized.
Despite student and administrative promises to increase residential diversity, racial and ethnic segregation still plagues Duke dorms and campuses, according to this fall's housing statistics, recently released by the Office of Student Development.
In a thoughtful and reaffirming address at the annual meeting of University faculty Thursday, Academic Council Chair Peter Burian emphasized the importance of faculty concerns to the future of the University.
Continuing the process of creating a long-range plan for Trinity College, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences William Chafe presented an updated draft of the plan to the Arts and Sciences Council Thursday.
Following a ten-year effort to create an after-school gathering place for local teenagers, residents of Durham's West End neighborhood and members of the Duke community dedicated a new recreation center Saturday before a gathering of about 75 people.
In response to extended criticism from graduate students, undergraduates living off campus, employees and other RT-zone parkers about the lack of spaces, parking officials are releasing a plan this week intended to ease the parking crunch.
The Devil's Den may finally have its devilish curse lifted once and for all.
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Although many professors and students complained when the Math-Physics Library merged with the Vesic Engineering Library, much of the inconvenience associated with the move has subsided and people are looking forward to the benefits of the centralized information.
The asphalt may not always be closer on the other side.
At the year's first meeting of the Arts and Sciences Council, faculty representatives heard a broad and wide-ranging address from William Chafe, dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences and vice provost for undergraduate education.
