Forum to foster global awareness
By Sabrina Rubakovic | October 14, 2009Before Spring semester classes even begin, a select group of students will be tackling the economic issues facing global sustainability.
Before Spring semester classes even begin, a select group of students will be tackling the economic issues facing global sustainability.
Duke University Union discussed a variety of programming events for the coming year at its weekly meeting Tuesday night.
Read blogs? Your average demographic is a married, 45-year-old man making more than $90,000 a year. That’s what new media and political consultant Soren Dayton told students Tuesday night.
William Wright-Swadel, Fannie Mitchell executive director of career services, said he expects more Duke students to head straight to graduate or professional school after graduation.
As Duke students stress over their own midterm grades, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author Seymour Hersh issued a report card of his own in Page Auditorium Tuesday night.
A panel featuring two women from the Middle East became the site of a contentious dialogue over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Tuesday night.
In a decision that was “months, if not years, in the making,” presidents of all nine on-campus sororities voted to withdraw from the event.
While their fellow students slept late Saturday morning, Duke student volunteers were building a house—a duplex, to be exact.
The Plaza was a colorful sight Friday. Rainbow- hued balloons swayed in the breeze amid a throng of people wearing red, green, blue, purple and orange “Love=Love” shirts.
Since the Pratt School of Engineering’s 4+1 BSE/Masters Program was reintroduced last Fall, some undergraduates have used it to save tuition money on graduate school by earning a masters degree...
The Office of Student Conduct released the Disciplinary Statistics for 2008-2009 Thursday, which showed a rise in plagiarism cases and alcohol referrals. The OSC saw referrals for 342 students in...
Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost of undergraduate education, explained the school’s plan to add a new wing to Keohane Quadrangle—code named “K4”—at the Campus Council meeting Thursday.
A proposal under consideration by the Arts and Sciences Council would require students to earn at least a C- in a course to pass, an increase from the D- required under the current pass/fail policy.
Microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus will deliver Duke’s 2010 commencement address, President Richard Brodhead announced Thursday.
In order to reduce the Residence Life and Housing Services budget, administrators decided in early July to reduce the cleaning schedule from six to five days a week.
As students turn to Web sites like YouTube and Hulu to follow their favorite shows, Cable 13, Duke’s student-run television station, is trying to draw those viewers to its own online content.
People who came to watch DUI’s show two weeks ago got the usual dose of comedy they've come to love. But there were also new additions to this year’s act that they may not have been expecting.
The Socioeconomic Diversity Initiative will start holding focus groups this month to analyze the experiences of Duke students who receive financial aid.