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Duke in the MLB: Former Blue Devils shine in MLB's inaugural Spring Breakout

(03/20/24 5:52pm)

This year, MLB introduced Spring Breakout, a four-day event that aimed to highlight the best young talent across the league. Across the 30 MLB teams, Duke had 6 players participate as up-and-coming prospects hoping to crack the big league roster. Let’s examine how each of them fared during the event and throughout spring training:


Five things to know before No. 4-seed Duke men's basketball tackles NCAA tournament first weekend

(03/20/24 5:59pm)

The Blue Devils make a trip to friendly territory for their NCAA tournament opener Friday evening, taking on No. 13-seed Vermont in the first round at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Here are five things to know about Duke's path through the first weekend:


Film room: A closer look at Vermont, Duke men's basketball's first-round opponent

(03/20/24 3:33pm)

Back-to-back losses to in-state rivals N. C. State and North Carolina gave Duke men’s basketball plenty to stew on before the NCAA tournament. The Blue Devils’ redemption story starts Friday evening, as they kick off their slate in the South region with a matchup against No. 13-seed Vermont:  


Cameron Chronicles Season 7, Episode 6: The Madness Is Here

(03/20/24 9:35pm)

March Madness starts this week! Join hosts Ranjan Jindal and Caleb Dudley and guests Andrew Long and Rachael Kaplan for some bracket analysis. The group analyzes Duke's loss to N.C. State in the ACC tournament quarterfinals and previews its path in the NCAA tournament. Also, listen for everyone's Final Four and sleeper picks. 


Undergraduate Young Trustee finalists share goals for Board in open forum

(03/20/24 3:38am)

The Undergraduate Young Trustee finalists addressed the Duke community Tuesday evening about what it means to them to serve on the Board of Trustees, as well as their ideas on how to leverage Duke’s strengths, utilize artificial intelligence and maximize fundraising efforts.


OCS hosts climate seminar to discuss management of Duke’s endowment, investment transparency

(03/20/24 2:45am)

The Office of Climate and Sustainability hosted the seventh installment of its Investing for Mission-Driven Institutions seminar series, which focused on the logistics of managing university investment portfolios and issues of investment transparency Tuesday evening in the Bolton Family Tower Room of the Brodhead Center. 










7 tattoos and the stories they tell: Meet Duke softball southpaw Cassidy Curd

(03/19/24 5:25pm)

Cassidy Curd is sitting on a swinging bench outside Bella Union, a coffee shop on Duke’s West Campus. It is 8:30 in the morning, and “Cass” has already finished lift, had coffee (iced, despite the cool air) and read several dozen pages of Sarah J. Maas’s “Crescent City,” which now rests on the table in front of her. She has piled her hair into a bun and put on a plain beige hoodie over her workout clothes. The only flashy things Cass wears are the gold rings on her fingers that match the long, ornate cross that hangs on a gold chain resting against her chest. She fiddles with it when she talks about God. 



How does Duke’s 4.35% increase in cost of attendance compare to other schools'?

(03/19/24 2:21am)

The Board of Trustees recently approved a 4.35% increase to the total cost of attendance for undergraduate students for the 2024-25 school year. This increase is similar to those of peer institutions with a similar U.S. News ranking and private schools in the ACC conference.


Duke study presented before ShotSpotter shutdown vote shows mixed results for controversial gunfire detection program

(03/19/24 1:55am)

Durham City Council voted on March 4 to not renew their contract with SoundThinking, the company behind the controversial gunfire detection software ShotSpotter that had operated in parts of the city since November 2022.