PBS investigates the legal applications of neuroscience
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Brain scans that can see your thoughts have major ramifications for law and ethics, as shown in a new PBS documentary featuring Duke professors.
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Brain scans that can see your thoughts have major ramifications for law and ethics, as shown in a new PBS documentary featuring Duke professors.
Duke has climbed one spot in the U.S. News and World Report’s annual ranking of national universities.
Although the closure of West Union presented Duke Dining with challenges, the first week without the venue went smoothly.
The Graduate and Professional Student Council is the umbrella student government of the University's nine graduate and professional schools. The Chronicle sat down with GPSC president Amol Yadav, a fourth-year PhD candidate in biomedical engineering, and vice-president Shannon O'Connor, a fifth-year PhD/MD candidate in biomedical engineering, about the upcoming year.
Colum McCann—author of "Let the Great World Spin," the summer reading book for the class of 2017—recently visited campus to speak to first years about the novel and the start to their college experience. Conceived as a 9/11 allegory, "Let the Great World Spin" weaves together multiple fictional perspectives surrounding Philippe Petit's real 1974 tightrope walk between the Twin Towers. The Chronicle's Emma Baccellieri sat down with McCann.
The first-ever Senior Class Kickoff was held Wednesday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Hosted by the Senior Class Council, the event was intended to increase unity among the class and featured speeches by President Richard Brodhead and retired NBA star Grant Hill, Trinity ’94.
This article was updated at 1:25 a.m. Thursday to reflect new information.
A panel of students, faculty and community members gathered Tuesday to discuss recent state legislation that has been at the center of the Moral Monday protests.The conversation, titled Human Rights in North Carolina: Moral Monday, featured four panelists, all of whom attended protests throughout the summer. The Moral Monday protests—which began in May—were organized in response to policies enacted by the Republican-controlled North Carolina General Assembly“We didn’t think we were going to sway the state legislators to change their votes. They are hardened in their convictions,” said panelist William Chafe, Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of history, who served as dean of the faculty of Arts and Sciences. “We were trying to change the minds of people—people in this room, people all across the state—who care about the history that’s being attacked.”The panelists decried a number of the legislature’s acts—including the repeal of the Racial Justice Act, the decision not to expand Medicaid with federal funds, budget cuts to public education and anti-abortion measures.Although they were critical of the legislation, each of the panelists described the protests as powerful and inspiring.“My racial guilt and class privilege led me to feel increasingly like, ‘I can’t just sit here,’” said panelist Susan Thorne, associate professor of women's studies. “And it was one of the most positive experiences of my life, getting arrested.”Panelist Rev. Curtis Gatewood, a coordinator for the NAACP, discussed the legislature's use of religion to support its actions, which he feels is inappropriate.“I am very disturbed at how the Bible has been manipulated and used as a political football by people in this generation,” Gatewood said.The panel also highlighted the relevance of the legislation to the Duke community. Panelist Eliza Meredith, a sophomore, particularly emphasized the need for students to recognize the importance of the new laws.“The people at Duke need to care about this, even if you’re not from North Carolina,” Meredith said. “This is our future.”Several students in the audience identified with the sentiment.“I’ve definitely been trying to follow what’s happening in North Carolina, even though I’m from Colorado,” said freshman Noah Grolnick. “I thought [the panel] was really interesting.”
In the aftermath of Sunday evening's armed robbery between Perkins and Bostock libraries, administrators are weighing a number of security changes—including restricting access to campus roadways for the first time.
Lines stretching across the quad, full of students who see Local Yogurt as a respite from the library, have become a common sight at Duke.
The upcoming school year will see The Chronicle adopting a digital-first strategy, uploading content to its website five days a week and putting out a print edition Monday through Thursday.
Despite canceling two DukeEngage programs, DukeEngage administrators feel positive about the summer and do not anticipate policy changes.
In his recent appearance on The Colbert Report, President Richard Brodhead discussed everything from the importance of a well-rounded education to the meaning of wide margins—and even received a fist bump from the show’s host.
Duke’s admissions yield has reached its highest point since 1987.
The DukeEngage Cairo program has been indefinitely suspended due to the current civil unrest in Egypt.
Like all news organizations, The Chronicle deals in the business of the present. What is groundbreaking one moment can be irrelevant the next, and so status updates must be continually composed, the website constantly updated and a new paper printed each morning. It is only logical that in such an environment—one where yesterday’s events are quickly laid to rest, whether at the bottom of a Twitter feed or of the recycling bin—the past is often seen as more or less irrelevant. While Chronicle headlines of yesteryear may no longer be current, they are nonetheless significant. To examine the history of The Chronicle is to examine the history of Duke itself, to witness the institution’s evolution through the words of its students.
Editor's note: This is one of three articles on campus construction projects.
Editor's note: This is one of three articles on campus construction projects.
After faculty voted to reject online courses for credit, the specifics of Duke’s future in online education remain unresolved.
On June 5th, Duke’s Dr. Jeffrey Lawson implanted a genetically engineered blood vessel into the arm of a man with kidney failure—the first time that such a procedure had been done in the United States. The technology was developed at Duke over the course of several years by Dr. Lawson and Dr. Laura Niklason, who was a faculty member from 1998 to 2005. The Chronicle’s Emma Baccellieri spoke with Lawson about the project.