In the Fall of 1969 before Trinity College admitted women, Hope Morgan Ward, a North Carolina native, stepped onto Duke Women’s College campus full of aspirations.
After historic losses in the 2008-2009 fiscal year, administrators predict that the University’s endowment will reflect steady growth this year.
Sen.Ted Kaufman, D-Del., was sworn into the Senate Jan. 16, 2009 after being selected to replace Vice President Joe Biden after he was elected. The Chronicle’s Rohan Taneja recently caught up with...
Anti-gay graffiti that appeared on the East Campus Bridge near the start of the summer session sparked further controversy between the Duke College Republicans and its former members, who were...
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday that Robert Steel, Trinity ’73 and former chair of the Board of Trustees, will be the next deputy mayor for economic development.
Josephine “Josie” Robertson, co-founder of the Robertson Scholars program and New York philanthropist, passed away June 8 after a long struggle with breast cancer at the age of 67.
A delegation of Duke deans and representatives spent part of last week on the other side of the world. The delegation of about 10 people, including many graduate school deans, visited the site of...
During the Spring semester, Cathy Davidson decided to implement grading practices fit for a new era: she left the evaluations of students to their peers.
An accomplished couple will soon join the ranks of the University.
If the Bostock Group has its way, football games in Wallace Wade may be an entirely different experience.
Although Duke received 11.6 percent more applications for admission this year, the yield for the Class of 2014 remained roughly the same as the year before.
Robert Calderbank, director of the Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University, will be Duke's new dean of natural sciences, officials announced June 1.
In a summer that marked the launch of off-campus and online courses, some interested students were unable to participate because of difficulties with financial aid.
With increasing costs in employee benefits for fiscal year 2010-2011, Duke will consider changes to its health care package within the next two years, University administrators said Thursday.
Just months after becoming executive director of the Robertson Scholars Program, Alex Perwich has resigned his post.
As the University brings in more private donations this fiscal year than last, officials are still cautiously hopeful and planning another University-wide fundraising campaign.
Alejandro “Alex” Thomae, Trinity ’09, passed away May 18 in a fatal gun accident at his home in Dallas, Texas.
When Kemel Dawkins, former vice president for campus services, leaves Duke for the last time in June, no one will fill his position.
A female student reported she was raped in a Central Campus apartment May 14, Chief John Dailey of the Duke University Police Department confirmed Monday.
Three former Duke football players pleaded guilty in Durham County court Tuesday to charges of possession of a weapon on educational property and carrying a concealed weapon.
