Endowment return ranks 3rd in nation
By Matt Johnson | January 25, 2008Explosive growth in the size of college endowments has prompted Congress to call for the nation's wealthiest universities to open their coffers and spend more on financial aid.
Explosive growth in the size of college endowments has prompted Congress to call for the nation's wealthiest universities to open their coffers and spend more on financial aid.
The Social Science Research Institute can now hire research faculty itself instead of relying on academic departments to fulfill its faculty needs.
There is one thing students probably did not learn at the Career Fair-they will most likely change jobs at least once within five years of graduation.
Showering alongside the opposite sex will now be an option for some students living in Kilgo Quadrangle next year.
President Richard Brodhead will not be purchasing a summer home in The Hamptons any time soon.
A new study that cloned human embryonic cells from male skin cells and immature egg cells was published online last Thursday not in leading journals Nature or Science, but in Stem Cells, a...
Former men's lacrosse head coach Mike Pressler filed a defamation suit Wednesday against the University.
In response to high student demand, Tommy's Rubs and Grubs will be delivering to on-campus locations starting in the next couple weeks, manager David Dennis said Wednesday.
Despite the considerable buzz it created among students and administrators on campus, the University has had less success heralding its recent drastic overhaul of financial aid to a key...
The Duke Student Government Senate discussed DukeEngage Wednesday night in an effort to offer feedback to the program's directors.
A high-speed police chase into Wake County Tuesday night ended in the arrest of Stephen Oates, who was charged Wednesday with the murder of engineering graduate student Abhijit Mahato.
In response to the recent spike in crime on and around Duke's campus, University officials recognized a need for increased security presence and better communication within the community at a panel...
The Durham Police Department said Tuesday that they still have no suspects or leads in the murder of Duke graduate student Abhijit Mahato.
At a forum held on campus Wednesday night, Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez announced that the Durham Police Department had arrested Stephen Oates in the murder of engineering graduate student...
More than half of the bed spaces lost because of the Few Quadrangle renovations planned for the fall semester have been recovered, Residence Life and Housing Services officials said Tuesday.
Two DukeEngage summer programs have been cancelled because of political instability and the threat of increasing violence in Kenya, officials announced Tuesday.
Planning for a formal event at the Washington Duke Inn has been put to a halt by the Duke University Union, members said at their meeting Tuesday night.
Mayor Bill Bell opened his annual State of the City address Tuesday night at the City Hall with this positive declaration, but quickly proceeded to focus on the major problems the city is facing,...
In remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Michael Merson, director of Duke's Global Health Institute, began his presentation Tuesday morning with one of King's quotes.
The Fall 2007 Trinity graduate said he was half-awake when he stumbled outside his shaking house around 9 a.m. to see a one-story home engulfed in 15- to 20-foot flames just three houses away from...