A district judge has decided that Duke will have to face a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress over the 2012 death of a student on a study abroad trip, but granted a motion to dismiss claims of negligence and wrongful death in the suit.
The National Institutes of Health issued additional regulations for researchers at Duke after high-profile research misconduct cases have surfaced at the University in recent years.
Do you miss your dog at home? Are you stressed out over midterms? Is Nugget’s appeal getting old? Duke Canine Cognition Center’s puppy kindergarten has you covered.
Confused about how much exercise you need each week to be healthy? You’re not alone. A new Duke study is providing insight that may help.
Saturday, hundreds of thousands of marchers filled the streets of Washington to protest school gun violence in the March for Our Lives.
Durham Mayor Steve Schewel, a two-time Duke alum and former Duke professor, visited campus on Monday to sit down with Duke students at the Kenan Institute of Ethics’ DoLunch event. The discussion covered everything from gentrification and the Durham light rail to Duke’s role in the city.
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) visited campus Monday to give the 2018 Crown Lecture in Ethics entitled “Politics and Our Potential: Can Congress Rise to Meet Its Obligation to Govern?” Snowe has long advocated for reaching across the aisle in order to effectively govern. Prior to her speech, The Chronicle's Jake Satisky spoke with her about her career in politics and her work since leaving office. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
The latest U.S. News and World Report rankings for best graduate schools are in. Duke moved up and moved down.
The Duke University Union 2018-19 executive board was recently selected and had their first meeting this past Tuesday. The Chronicle’s Rob Palmisano communicated with incoming DUU President Brian Buhr, a junior, over email to learn more about these goals, as well as what Buhr and his fellow board members are most excited about for the upcoming school year.
Update: After GoldLink cancelled, Marc E. Bassy will headline this year's Last Day of Classes concert as classes wrap up April 25, Duke University Union announced Tuesday.
Until a few months ago, Duke alum Andrew McCabe was deputy director of the FBI and, after then-FBI Director James Comey’s departure, the Bureau’s acting director. He was then fired from the Bureau by Attorney General Jeff Sessions less than two days before he was eligible for a government pension.
Forest elephants are massive animals that can weigh anywhere from two-and-a-half to seven tons. They have big ears, big feet and big tusks that money-seeking poachers will kill for.
For the fifth and, for now, final installment of the Dear Old Duke photo series, we look at three professors from different walks of campus—a linguist, a lawyer and a composer. Edna Andrews studies language and the brain, Deborah DeMott teaches art law and Stephen Jaffe is a composer.
President Vincent Price reflected on his hopes for the future of Duke at the Annual Faculty Meeting and monthly Academic Council meeting last Thursday.
The consequences of air pollution are troubling policy makers and leaders around the globe, but what if premature deaths from poor air quality could be avoided?
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity will host an event March 30 to raise funds for a memorial bench in the Sarah P. Duke Gardens to honor junior Michael Doherty, who died this past summer.
Spread throughout a second-floor Perkins meeting room, about 20 professors listened to a presentation about a new major called Ethics and Leadership.
A Dominican-style food truck paid a visit to the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee at its meeting Thursday evening.
Jewish individuals living under the Nazi regime during the Holocaust didn't just passively suffer— some resisted, a prominent Holocaust historian said during a talk Thursday.
The Senate had its first reading of potential changes to the DSG Constitution at Wednesday’s Duke Student Government meeting.
