Futhey tackles technological needs
Sitting in her office, surrounded by the latest in computer hardware, Tracy Futhey described a campus where students, faculty members and staff lead more integrated with technology.
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Sitting in her office, surrounded by the latest in computer hardware, Tracy Futhey described a campus where students, faculty members and staff lead more integrated with technology.
On October 15, 1855, Washington Duke walked into a Hillsborough slave sale and paid $601 for a slave named "Caroline."
For students who enjoy walking backwards and are enthusiastic about Duke, the admissions office needs some assistance.
At this time last year, a large segment of the community was well into its protest of campus climate and The Chronicle's printing of David Horowitz's controversial anti-reparations advertisement. The Duke Student Movement produced several documents, including a set of demands for administrators to help "create an inclusive, supportive climate."
University technology officials are investigating a security problem in the online class registration system that allowed some juniors to access others' accounts Friday.
A survey of campus events on any given week would display a host of opportunities for students to expand their minds. Artistic performances permeate campus life, living groups organize dinners with professors and some students informally discuss international politics.
Students on financial aid continue to face excessive burdens in their everyday lives and cumbersome interaction with the administration, despite recent improvements in aid awards and policies, according to a new Duke Student Government report.
A Domino's Pizza tractor trailer collided with several other vehicles after the truck failed to stop at the intersection of Erwin Road and Research Drive Monday afternoon.
Planning for the new $80 million multidisciplinary science building is moving forward deliberately, as architects begin discussing ways to integrate various scientific fields.
After several student demonstrations in recent weeks, President Nan Keohane announced Thursday that Duke would continue its boycott of the Mt. Olive Pickle Company.
University health officials are expressing cautious relief that an outbreak of pink eye at some other colleges appears not to have spread to Duke over spring break.
The eastern seaboard may be experiencing a drought, but for workers on the West-Edens Link, the weather isn't dry enough.
The new upperclass residential life plan begins to take concrete shape this week as undergraduates choose their housing for next year, and administrators hurry to make sure the revised process goes smoothly.
When the sports television network ESPN launched allegations last week that Duke lets its athletes slide through school with easy classes and majors, the administration ardently defended the University's academic standards. The reaction from Duke's faculty has been less heated.
Students who wanted the best possible seats for Sunday's basketball game spent much of the weekend in line or waking up in the middle of the night for a personal check. For many fraternity members currently rethinking their hazing policies, the practices in Krzyzewskiville represent a double standard.
Even as West-Edens Link construction progresses and students await Main West Campus renovations, administrators and other planners are already thinking about the next step for student residences.
The leaders of the University's $2 billion fundraising effort also became its leading donors Thursday with the third-largest gift in Duke history.
When Emily Grey was elected Duke Student Government vice president for facilities and athletics two years ago, the Wilson Recreation Center had just opened and students and staff were just getting used to the state-of-the-art facility. But one common suggestion soon arose that the workout areas needed music to make the center complete.
By adding new safety measures in some libraries and maintaining police patrols around other campus areas, University officials continue to tighten security in the wake of the recent string of assaults.
Faced with a changing curriculum, increased enrollments and competition for graduate students' time, many Arts and Sciences departments are working to resolve a shortage in the number of teaching assistants.