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Davies readies to head new division

If the Duke University of the future looks more like The Jetsons than Dawson's Creek, with monorails zipping across campus and biometric thumb readers instead of DukeCards, Paul Davies will be the...


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98 percent funky stuff

Maceo Parker filled Page Auditorium Friday night with his unique brand of funk and jazz. Parker's son Corey's band opened for him.


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Prof. releases grade inflation data

In a column in The Washington Post this week, Stuart Rojstaczer, associate professor of hydrology, denounced grade inflation as a real and present danger in higher education, and provided a link...


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Finding the words

It's the day after freshman move-in and President Nan Keohane needs to address 1,600 students anxiously waiting to have their decision to attend the University reaffirmed.


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Taking the Leaps

Sophomore Pooja Jain lightly shook her hands, clasped together over several M&M's. Then she randomly selected one from the pile of candy-coated chocolates sitting in her palm.


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Colloquium focuses on AAS program

Signaling the latest step in what some hope will result in an Asian American studies program at the University, three national scholars examined the field's place in academia and its potential at...