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SHANGHAI, CHINA — Kofi Annan, the famed former Secretary General of the United Nations, once said in an address that “sport is a universal language.” Head coach Mike Krzyzewski and his team are putting that assertion to the test as they get a taste of basketball halfway around the world in China, some 7,600 miles from Durham.
SHANGHAI, CHINA — As the in-game fight between Georgetown's basketball team and China's Bayi Rockets attracts international attention, Duke will continue its tour of the country unchanged by the incident.
KUNSHAN, CHINA — As one of three tour buses arrived at the site of Duke’s new Kunshan campus, those on board grew quiet and peered over the fence to get a first glimpse of the University’s most ambitious international project to date.
SHANGHAI, CHINA — In the second of four cities it will visit for the Friendship Games, Duke picked up where it left off with a 78-66 victory Thursday night against the Chinese national team in Shanghai.
KUNSHAN, CHINA — Despite more than 24 hours of travel and a 2 a.m. local time arrival in China, the Blue Devils overcame major jet lag en route to a 77-64 victory over the U-23 Chinese national team Wednesday evening.
Anchorage, AK — Two former Duke basketball stars, China’s most famous basketball player and the Boston Celtics head coach are expected to meet with the Duke basketball team in China and attend some combination of the team’s games.
A number of former Duke basketball players, waiting for the NBA lockout to end, will be traveling with the Blue Devils on the tour of China and Dubai that kicked off yesterday. Recent Duke graduate Nolan Smith, who was drafted by the Portland Trailblazers in June, is the first of those players to join the team, though Grant Hill and Kyrie Irving are also expected to make appearances. As the group waited for its plane to arrive to Raleigh Durham Airport, The Chronicle’s Taylor Doherty caught up with Nolan to ask him about draft day.
An unspecified issue with the charter plane scheduled to bring the Duke basketball team to Shanghai—further complicated by bad weather—has pushed the team’s departure back a day.
Earlier this month, the University repurchased all of the $500 million of debt it issued during the financial crisis, a tangible display of Duke’s increased confidence in its finances.
A book published this week by a Duke professor explores the relationship between high-profile athletics and higher education. In “Big-Time Sports in American Universities,” Charles Clotfelter, Z. Smith Reynolds professor of public policy and a professor of economics and law, writes about both the obvious and intangible costs and benefits associated with major programs. The Chronicle’s Taylor Doherty spoke to Clotfelter about his book’s findings and about what national trends reveal about Duke’s own athletics department.
An ongoing partnership is putting research conducted in Duke labs into practice for the benefit of society.
About 60 admitted high school seniors attended Latino Student Recruitment Weekend, an annual event hosted by Mi Gente and the Office of Undergraduate Admissions that helps to recruit students to Duke. The prospective students, many of whom are still considering multiple college offers, participated in events that ranged from a game night to Noche Dorada, an evening event at the Washington Duke Inn. The Chronicle’s Taylor Doherty and Sanette Tanaka asked Duke students and visitors about their LSRW experiences.
Go ahead and Google Anil Potti.
Duke Trustee David Rubenstein told students Wednesday that Duke must support entrepreneurs to remain a top institution in the coming decades in addition to the University’s focus on becoming increasingly global.
At what point will a school’s acceptance rate drop to zero?
Seyward Darby served as editor of the 101st volume of The Chronicle in 2005-2006, when three Duke lacrosse players were falsely accused of raping an exotic dancer at a party held by the team. Since graduating in 2007, Darby moved to Washington, D.C. and works for The New Republic, where she serves as deputy online editor. Now five years since the March 13 party, The Chronicle’s Taylor Doherty and Lindsey Rupp spoke with Darby about her memories of overseeing coverage of the case.
Ryan McCartney served as editor of the 102nd volume of The Chronicle in 2006-2007, when three Duke lacrosse players falsely accused of raping an exotic dancer at a team party were exonerated. Since graduating in 2008, McCartney received a masters in political communication at Dublin City University on a Mitchell Scholarship. He currently lives in Arlington, Va., and works as an associate editor on the msnbc.com politics team at the NBC News bureau in Washington, D.C. Five years after the March 13 party, The Chronicle’s Taylor Doherty and Lindsey Rupp spoke with McCartney about his memories of overseeing coverage of the case.
Dear readers,
The Board of Trustees will discuss future projects and sources of funding this weekend, including Duke’s China campus.
A male graduate student was robbed at gunpoint near East yesterday evening but was not injured.
