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The last time Edmund Pratt, Engineering '47, was at Duke University, he was overseeing the groundbreaking ceremony for the new engineering building in February.
Duke, no stranger to the national spotlight, stepped back from the stage this month as its nearest colleague, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, became a lightning rod in a national brouhaha over its decision to have incoming freshmen read annotated passages from the Quran.
He's the most important Duke administrator you've probably never heard of.
Carl Franks has had his share of bad luck in his first three years coaching the football team.
Walking into Dan Brooks' office, it doesn't look like the office of a two-time national championship coach.
Moody's Investors Service upgraded Duke1s revenue bonds rating from an outlook of stable to positive earlier this month, translating into lower costs for the University to borrow money.
Moody's Investors Service upgraded Duke1s revenue bonds rating from an outlook of stable to positive earlier this month, translating into lower costs for the University to borrow money.
Carl Franks has had his share of bad luck in his first three years coaching the football team.
Walking into Dan Brooks1 office, it doesn1t look like the office of a two-time national championship coach.
A small office on North Buchanan Street, formerly the home of an institute for extrasensory perception, will soon welcome Duke1s Catholics as a new community center. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh has offered the University $385,000 to purchase a house at 402 N. Buchanan Blvd., on the corner of Trinity Drive. Duke1s Newman Catholic Student Center will use the space for special gatherings, cooking meals and other worship-related events. Father Joe Vetter said the process to obtain more space has taken three years. 3We need some extra space for a chapel where Catholic students can pray or a place where Catholic students can cook a meal, have fellowship or something like that,2 he said. The Newman Center is currently housed in the basement of Duke Chapel. Although the center will keep the Chapel space, Vetter said it was important for Catholic ministry to have a base near East Campus as well. He said that the new space is a great short-term solution and that his long-term vision for the center is a permanent Catholic center. Vetter said the 5,000-square-foot building would not be large enough to hold gatherings of more than about 30 students, but that with administrators currently considering the future of Central Campus, the construction of a more permanent Catholic center would be a feasible goal for the Newman Center. The house is the third that Catholic officials had looked at in the three-year-long process. 3The way this one came about was that the second house we wanted to buy, the Duke administration didn1t want us to buy it,2 Vetter said. 3Moving to this particular house on Lancaster Street would make it look like the University was encroaching on the neighborhood.2 Vetter said the purchase is not completely final and both sides are negotiating a few items. Duke bought the house one year ago from the controversial Rhine Research Center and Institute for Parapsychology, named after parapsychology expert J.B. Rhine, when the institute opened its new headquarters on Campus Walk Avenue this spring. Duke has long since distanced itself from the institute, which saw its peak in the 1960s. 3There1s a slight possibility that it may fall through, but we1re certainly under the impression that we1re going to close on it,2 said Diocese Chancellor Russ Elmayan, Fuqua 179. Previously, University officials had considered using the space for sorority offices and storage, which will now be housed in Trent Drive Hall (See story on page 12). Elmayan added that the diocese has a long-standing relationship with the Duke Catholic community. For example, the diocese provides housing and a subsidy for Vetter. Elmayan said that of all the campuses for which the diocese provides outreach assistance, Duke has the largest number of Catholic students. About 20 percent of Duke1s undergraduate student population is Catholic, and the diocese provides the Newman Center with about a quarter of its funds. Indeed, of the $2.1 million of the diocese1s $30 million capital campaign earmarked for campus development, $500,000 is set aside for Duke. 3Ideally, Father Vetter would like to build some Catholic student center that would be perfectly fitted for the needs of that ministry,2 Elmayan said. 3We have the example of the Freeman Center for Jewish Life. That may be something that would be a long-term objective. Before he goes down that road, this will be an interesting test case for him.2
And you thought it was too cold to have sex in Canada.
Breaking bonds with a world-renowned and sometimes infamous weightloss center, Medical Center officials confirmed this week that they intend to end their affiliation with the Rice Diet program as of July 31.
Durham residents will pay a slightly higher property tax next year, but city employees will still receive a raise, in the city budget approved by the Durham City Council at a meeting Monday night and Tuesday morning.
Lyon Park's long-planned community center, heralded as a top project of the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership Initiative, has been hounded for years by bad financial choices. Monday night, the Durham City Council voted 6-1 to take over management of the center for up to five years.
When Dr. Sandy Williams became dean of the School of Medicine last year, he left behind his position as chair of cardiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Now, he may be hoping to create a pipeline from Dallas to Durham.
A new Medical Center study is suggesting that insurance companies should pay for expensive cancer therapies for children because, although these therapies have a high initial cost, the long-term benefits justify it.
Now I know what a murderer feels like.
The fifth-seeded women's tennis team ended its run for the national championship last Thursday with a 4-3 loss to No. 24 Virginia Commonwealth (19-2) in Palo Alto, Calif.
Coca-Cola stopped adding cocaine to its drink in the 1890s, but they hope to give drinkers an addictive fix with a new infusion. In a nod to restaurants that have been adding flavoring to sodas for over 50 years, Coca-Cola released its not-so-long awaited Vanilla Coke last week.
With pay rates, attendance policies and training among the possible issues up for review, representatives from the University and the largest labor union at Duke began negotiations this week on a new contract.
