Use the fields below to perform an advanced search of The Chronicle's archives. This will return articles, images, and multimedia relevant to your query. You can also try a Basic search
111 items found for your search. If no results were found please broaden your search.
CHAPEL HILL -- The Blue Devil specialties of pole vault and medium-to-long-distance track events were Duke's saving grace at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships this weekend.
If ever there was cause for a study on preteen sexuality in America, it was the Dec. 14 Britney Spears concert at Raleigh's Entertainment and Sports Arena.
"Hi, I'm Dave Thomas." The familiar words at the beginning of almost every Wendy's commercial since 1989 will soon fade into memory, following the death of the pitchman early Tuesday morning from liver cancer at his home. He was 69.
Last Thursday, Campus Council passed a resolution calling for the University to prohibit smoking in all residential facilities by fall 2002.
Professor Jack Cell, a constant in Duke's history department since he entered Trinity College as an undergraduate in 1954, is missing and presumed dead following a boating accident Friday. He was 66.
Bryan Freeman, the naming donor of the Freeman Center for Jewish Life and a Duke parent, died Oct. 18. He was 56.
Nearly three years after Dallas philanthropist Raymond Nasher donated $7.5 million to construct a new facility for the Duke University Museum of Art, the project may finally move from the abstract to the concrete.
Tuesday's disaster caused the demise of Midway Airlines, but many more businesses across the nation and in the Triangle have been severely wounded.
As the North Carolina General Assembly struggles to make ends meet, members of the Durham County Board of Commissioners are complaining that the state is solving its budget dilemma by simply transferring the financial burden to counties.
On Aug. 1, the DTV Movie Channel rode off into the sunset.
Kay Bosley, a third-year Divinity School student, cherished by her colleagues for her tremendous faith and strength in adversity, died Aug. 6 after a two-year struggle with cancer. She was 48.
Bonnie Jones Friedman, a School of Nursing associate clinical professor remembered by her colleagues as a fun-spirited and profoundly thoughtful friend, died Aug. 2, after a calm and courageous battle with breast cancer. She was 60.
After spending three years working in the cardiology intensive care unit at the Medical College of Georgia, Dennis Woods decided he wanted to take his nursing career further. He found a program that matched his needs at Duke's School of Nursing, which just last year reconstructed its anesthesia program.
On The Invisible Band, Travis does to British Rock what Starbucks did to coffee. It's really no better than average brew-it-yourself grocery store coffee, but something about it makes you a little bit warmer and fuzzier inside.
William Hylander, professor of biological anthropology, has been given the task of revitalizing the Primate Center as its new director, Provost Peter Lange announced Tuesday.
In the wake of the University's announcement last week that it would not renew current Primate Center director Kenneth Glander's contract, the center's staff has voiced concern that they have been left out of important discussions. But senior-level administrators say they value the employees' input and have not made any long-term decisions about the center's fate.
You've got to respect this. After being royally panned by critics and radio stations in 1996, Weezer disappears for five years. Then, instead of producing a self-reflective manifesto to defend and legitimize their silence, they offer a mere 28 minutes of the nerd rock that made us mosh to our algebra homework.
The large crane that consumed the Chapel Quadrangle Tuesday removed the old elevator from the tower, part of an ongoing renovation of the lift. Since January several companies have been working to repair the aging elevator, which in recent years has been used mainly by the carillonneur. The project is expected to be completed in August.
Two weeks ago, the Durham Public School Board approved an $8,100 bonus and one-year contract extension for Superintendent Ann Denlinger. The decision was far from unanimous and bitterly split along racial lines.
The next time firefighters are called in during a bonfire, it may be on Duke's tab.
