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Halfway around the world, the new Shenzhen Stadium rumbled with a bass-backed remix of The Sound of Music’s “Do-Re-Mi” as 300 dancers cantered onto a whorl-shaped stage. To a backdrop of camera flashes and rainbow LEDs, 12 Duke students filled the brightest spotlight, dancing front and center to 60,000 spectators.
Serving up 500 omelets a day, Wallace Burrows Jr. is a familiar sight to students at The Marketplace. Few students, however, know much about Wallace’s passion for artwork and the lasting impressions that the students he serves leave with him. Wallace sat down with The Chronicle’s Tong Xiang to discuss his varied interests.
The passing of ceremonial gifts marked the Academic Council’s final meeting of the year Thursday with a transition to new leadership and presentations from two of the council’s subcommittees as well as the Athletic Council.
The passing of ceremonial gifts marked the Academic Council’s final meeting of the year Thursday with a transition to new leadership and presentations from two of the council’s subcommittees as well as the Athletic Council.
Fifteen miles from Duke, buffalo roam.
Justin Robinette, former chair of Duke College Republicans who alleged he was impeached last April because he is gay, has filed three new complaints with two different federal agencies alleging that Duke failed to adequately prevent harassment and discrimination.
Alex Swain has a vision to bring Duke and Durham together.
Entrepreneurs, Duke neuroscientists and a beatboxing flautist will be coming to Duke April 2 under the banner of the TED brand, known for its compelling series of online lecture videos.
More than 2,000 Durhamites held hands, declared their vows and married their city Saturday.
On the last day of January, two men in knit caps and hoodies walked into the Durham Performance Learning Center, stood up on tables in its crowded cafeteria and started yelling.
Reflecting on the first year of his tenure, Durham Public Schools Superintendent Eric Becoats said he plans to focus on improving low-performing schools, developing and retaining good teachers, recruiting strong administrators and expanding community partnerships.
Senior Ben Getson hopes to maximize academic life on campus as Young Trustee.
Duke Student Government discussed senate procedure, tenting and its ongoing projects at its meeting Tuesday night.
Jared Dunnmon met me for an interview at the Bella Union. Wearing water-repellent outerwear, a diving watch and five o’clock shadow, he looks like James Franco in 127 Hours—a film in which Franco plays a hiker who escapes from under a fallen rock by cutting off his own arm with a pocketknife. And as an economics and mechanical engineering double major who has taken six credits in all but two semesters, an Angier B. Duke Scholar ranked eighth in the Pratt School of Engineering with a 3.97 G.P.A. and Duke’s 2011 Rhodes Scholar, Dunnmon displays self-amputation-esque (read: high) levels of intensity and intentionality—which he applies toward problems of sustainable development. His big question: “How do you provide energy to continue human development,” he asks, “without irreparably damaging the environment from which that energy comes?”
Eric Becoats is starting off his second semester with a new plan and a lot of buzz.
On a campus in love with sampled beats and mash-up booty-jams, a classically-trained pianist will perform this weekend with a country-folk singer-songwriter. This Friday and Saturday, songwriter Tift Merritt and pianist Simone Dinnerstein will perform the world premiere of their collaborative work Night.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections confirmed the winner of the state’s closest House race today.
NCCU Chancellor Charlie Nelms addressed present problems facing historically black colleges and universities and the need for inter-university collaboration and student community during his appearance at Duke yesterday.
This weekend, the pen is mightier than the mob.
Duke students disheartened by the midterm election results may soon renew their religious faith.
