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Current U.S. politicians are considering paying reparations to black descendants of American slavery at a level they haven’t since the Reconstruction Era. And a Duke professor is at the helm of the discussion.
Todd Burdette, a 38-year-old man from Morrisville, N.C., broke into Few Quad HH while trying to hide from police, wrote Keith Lawrence, Duke’s executive director of news and communications, in an email.
A fixture of Duke’s student conduct process has departed after 20 years at the University.
Perkins Library patrons got an eyeful of more than books last week.
Duke’s Board of Trustees boasts the likes of Apple CEO Tim Cook and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver—now it’s adding five new members to the group.
In 2004, former Duke President Keith Brodie retired and requested that his office be allocated to the Baldwin Scholars Program. Since then, the scholars have occupied the office and meeting space in the East Duke Building on East Campus.
Duke Divinity School professor Christena Cleveland stepped down from her position Tuesday, citing an "insidious legacy of anti-Black racism" at Duke in an open letter.
A controversial conference on Gaza held by the Duke-University of North Carolina Consortium for Middle East Studies drew backlash earlier this year, with some calling aspects of it anti-Semitic.
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The SAT’s new “adversity score” will be considered by Duke admissions next year. However, some students and faculty have reservations.
With electric scooters having arrived in Durham June 13, the University has announced restrictions for riding them on campus.
In 2014, Duke researchers set up cameras to record thousands of individuals walking on West Campus, with the objective of collecting a data set that could enhance facial recognition technology.
Researchers employed the surveillance footage data to test and improve facial recognition technology. The data has been linked to the Chinese government’s surveillance of ethnic minorities.
The next generation living and learning experience task force summary did not offer much in the way of substantive plans to improve the Duke housing community, but it provided broad aims that could later guide action.
The two Board of Trustees task forces emphasized the importance of making alumni engagement a “core function” of the University and reinforcing Duke’s scientific prowess, respectively.
After a year for the task force to deliberate—and many years before that for members to think—there are no immediate plans for what to do with the bulk of Central Campus.
The Duke Eye Center off Erwin Road has also seen flooding.
Duke's official mascot may be the blue devil, but the lemur is making a strong case for the University's unofficial symbol.
Blackshear, currently senior associate dean for academic planning, will take over for Arlie Petters, Benjamin Powell professor of mathematics, effective July 1, according to a news release.
While Central Campus undergoes demolition, International House will stay there for at least another year—and the president of International Association said he didn’t know about it until Spring 2019.
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