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When incoming chair of the Board of Trustees, David Rubenstein, Trinity ’70, was young, he consistently borrowed and read the maximum number of books that his public library allowed. He loved reading because, even from his room in a working class neighborhood of Baltimore, books could show him the world.
After three and a half years and nearly $600 million, Duke Hospital’s glass-walled Medical Pavilion opened its doors to the public this weekend.
As Duke’s architecture moves from gothic stone to sleek glass structures, the University must look at the environmental threat such a design move poses.
The man tested his balance, stepping gingerly forward on the beam, retreating when the wood started to wobble and shift. Once he had found equilibrium, he shouted back to his squadmates on the other side.
Classic ’90s band Smash Mouth performed Friday at Keohane Amphitheater for the Duke University Union Joe College committee’s annual Old Duke event. Smash Mouth, originally formed in 1994, rose to stardom with their hit song “All-Star” and cover of the Monkees’ “I’m a Believer,” both of which were featured in the original “Shrek” soundtrack. The Chronicle talked to lead singer Steve Harwell before the show about the band’s evolution, how they have stayed together for nearly 20 years and what he really thinks about Justin Bieber.
A genetic mutation that prevents cell death may hold the key to treating deadly brain tumors.
He had no spouse, son or daughter, but when chemistry professor Jim Bonk died Friday, his family numbered some 30,000.
The University announced a major gift to athletics on the eve of the latest Board of Trustees meeting.
After 73 years scattered throughout the Duke Medicine campus, medical students finally have a home.
Campaigning for Young Trustee begins Thursday and will continue for 10 days until the election on Feb. 7. During this time, the three candidates will make the case to the student body that they are best suited to take up the three-year position on the Board of Trustees. If elected, they will be charged with managing the affairs of the entire University.
When senior Kenneth Hoehn arrived at Duke his freshman year, he walked right into a job in a biology lab. Come this summer, he will leave the lab to continue his research in Oxford as a Marshall Scholar.
The Board of Trustees will convene this weekend for what is slated to be a routine set of updates with few major approvals.
The federal government has tapped Duke to join a select team of universities to address global development issues using innovative research approaches.
Students who missed their opportunity to vote early on Duke’s campus journeyed through the cold for one last chance to cast their ballots Tuesday night.
Linda Coleman is running as the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor of North Carolina. In her career in public service, Coleman has served as a chair of the Wake County Board of Commissioners, state representative and director of state personnel. During a visit to Duke’s campus on Thursday, she spoke with The Chronicle about working with politicians with different agendas, the importance of education to North Carolina and the effects of Amendment One.
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The University will officially launch its largest capital campaign to date at the Board of Trustees meeting this weekend.
Journalist Peter Beinart has a long history of expertise in foreign relations. A Rhodes Scholar, he earned an master’s degree in international relations from Oxford University, and, in his career as a journalist for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other outlets, he was a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations from 2007 to 2009. He served as editor of The New Republic for seven years and now edits the Open Zion blog at the Daily Beast. Beinart discussed his newest book, “The Crisis of Zionism,” at Duke Thursday. The Chronicle’s Julian Spector spoke with him about his critique of the Israeli occupation, visions for the future of the peace process and what to do as an aspiring journalist.
On a campus where Busch Light and Boyle’s Law vie for students’ attention, a group of undergraduates set out to capture a sense of Duke’s intellectual culture.
A noted journalist left Duke this summer to return to her trade. Sarah Cohen, former Knight professor of the practice of journalism and public policy, moved to the computer-assisted reporting team at the New York Times in July. She won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for a series on deaths in Washington, D.C.’s child welfare system. The Chronicle’s Julian Spector spoke with Cohen in June about her approach to investigative reporting, the prospects for newspapers and advice for aspiring journalists.
