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Faculty and students returning from Spring Break will be welcomed back by two new Duke websites. Developers officially launched the redesigned homepage for Duke's website and the new Duke Today-an online source for the Duke community-March 15.
While Duke's basketball teams is preparing for March Madness, the University's robots have already competed in their own March Mayhem.
Instead of waiting for cupid's arrow to strike, some students are taking matters into their own hands.
The Interfraternity Council released bid results Wednesday night-one week after IFC's rush season officially ended.
Undergraduates who trade in their old University-supplied iPods for newer models can rest assured knowing their retired iPods will be used to support other students' technological needs.
Tong Ren, who lived in China all her life before coming to Duke, admitted she found the adjustment to America more difficult than she initially thought it would be.
Xing Zong had a clear goal when he lived in China.
It is the most populous nation in the world. Its gross domestic product is second only to that of the United States, and its economy is growing at a faster rate.
A group of approximately 50 students and administrators participated in an open forum on self-segregation Wednesday night.
For students with Blue Zone parking permits, the Rolling Stones concert, home football games and graduate school basketball ticket campouts all mean one thing-the hassle of moving their cars to Central Campus for the weekend.
After almost a decade of enjoying Starbucks coffee on campus, Duke students and employees can now purchase the coveted java off campus at the Starbucks in the American Tobacco Complex-and they can use their DukeCards.
The University’s newest dormitory—Bell Tower on East Campus—boasts more than an aesthetic exterior and comfortable, air-conditioned rooms. The dorm offers residents a state-of-the-art wireless network that gives them full Internet mobility and high-speed access to streaming video, audio and data.
The highly anticipated additions to Duke’s Merchants on Points program through Gourmet Dining and Bakery, LLC. have finally arrived, expanding student dining selections and facilitating delivery options with the launch of an online ordering system last Thursday.
Dressed in flowing garb, administrators welcomed students and parents in the Duke Chapel Thursday afternoon for the Graduate and professional schools’ convocation.
An unidentified, middle-aged man has been intently tuning in to Duke’s radio station, WXDU (88.7 FM), and its webcam for the past two weeks. Dubbed “Our Listener” by WXDU officials, the man sends an e-mail every morning with a list of profanities and the time they are broadcast to the University’s top brass. The increased scrutiny of WXDU has spurred the station’s administrators to take extra caution with on-air content.
The University’s top brass plunged three Duke Blue shovels into a plot of dirt Thursday afternoon, marking the middle of what will soon become the Delta Smart House, Duke’s “living laboratory of the future.”
You’ve heard of joints, bongs and brownies, but now there’s a new way for students to get high on marijuana—vaporizers. Although vaporizers may be a less detectable and less dangerous alternative for smoking on campus, students may be slow to trade in their bongs for the time-consuming and more expensive equipment.
Students suffering from illness have not had the chance to spend the night—and be monitored by trained nurses—at the Student Health Center since the University tossed out its last overnight bed in 2002. Although this particular care aspect has disappeared, the majority of students are not aware of this loss, and only a select few believe they would have benefited from the overnight attention.
In order to stem Duke’s rising student health insurance costs, the Graduate and Professional Student Council searched to find the cause of the rise. GPSC officials distributed a survey last month to members of the health plan to help gauge interest on possible amendments to the plan. The results are in.
Catherine Gillis, new dean of the School of Nursing, is set to work on a new Ph.D. program in nursing and the construction of a new nursing facility.
