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Laffer is best known for developing the Laffer curve, which illustrates the theoretical relationship between the tax rate and the total tax revenue.
With reading period and finals around the corner, here are some spots you can hunker down for that last stretch.
U.S. District Court Judge James Dever denied a request Monday for the case to proceed with a speedy trial, affording a win to the Republicans who had used their supermajority in the North Carolina General Assembly to draw maps skewed in their favor.
The Chronicle spoke to international students about their impressions of Durham and Duke before they arrived on campus and if their views have changed since.
A little over six miles from the Chapel is the Duke Campus Farm — a haven of fresh produce.
The proposed executive master of public affairs degree program would target mid-career public service professionals with 7 to 10 years of working experience and operate using a hybrid teaching model.
The Global Education Office is running a default lottery application for the three most historically popular programs: IES Madrid, DIS Copenhagen, and NYU in Florence.
Wormuth noted that there has been a decline in military recruitment since the U.S. ended military conscription in 1973, as young people opt to attend college right out of high school instead of considering military service.
K-Ville Head Line Monitors Rachel Heis and Nick Tsintolas, both seniors, presented the proposed 2024 K-Ville tenting policy.
Duke has 501 total student organizations, including 366 undergraduate and 135 graduate and professional student organizations recognized in Duke Groups through Duke Student Affairs’ student organization recognition process.
The bill in contention, State Bill 749, removes the governor’s ability to appoint the state Board of Elections, transferring that power to the legislative office. The former system allows for five electoral board members, with three members traditionally coming from the governor’s party.
If you're staying on-campus this break, here's a guide on everything from modified dining hours to when the Student Health Center closes from Nov. 22 to 26.
The all-day event was entirely led by student groups Chabad at Duke and Students Supporting Israel, along with Jewish Life at Duke, and took weeks to set up following the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel.
Beginning fall of 2023, the DukeCard went fully digital for students and faculty. The DukeCard Office gave the green light for a complete transition from physical cards to digital cards following a successful testing period.
As a “side project” in the Naumann Lab, neurobiology doctoral student Minel Arinel, alongside senior Aloye Oshotse and junior Elysia Ye, is observing the physiological shifts and behavior of larval zebrafish after receiving doses of DOI, a substance with hallucinogenic effects similar to LSD.
Some attendees said that trainings presented to first-years lacked information on mitigating sexual violence and mental health resources for survivors while over-emphasizing Duke’s reaction to violence only after it happened.
Want to add an interesting class to your schedule during the drop/add period? Look no further. Here’s The Chronicle’s guide to the five most interesting classes being offered next spring.
Public policy students have spent their summers interning at Congress, city and local government agencies, advocacy groups, non-profits, human rights organizations and newspapers.
Led by Toddi Steelman, vice president and vice provost for climate and sustainability, the office is looking to connect all facets of Duke to fight the climate crisis.
The Mentored Internship Program provides internship opportunities for undergraduates at NCCU, a historically Black university. Interns are paired with research faculty in the School of Medicine’s Division of Nephrology with the aim of promoting diversity and inclusion in health science.