Two seniors win Rhodes awards
By Kevin Lees | December 9, 2002Two Duke seniors were selected over the weekend for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study in Oxford, England.
Two Duke seniors were selected over the weekend for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study in Oxford, England.
It was a classic battle of Mother Nature vs. Mother Earth.
The snow and freezing rain had stopped falling and temperatures were climbing out of the freezing range by midday Thursday, but for many Durham residents, the worst had just begun.
They got the venue, they got the date and they got the cause. The thing they couldn't get was the band.
Dr. Danny Jacobs, a specialist in gastrointestinal surgery, was named chair of the department of surgery at Duke University Medical Center, officials announced Wednesday.
When the Tony Award-winning musical Fosse danced its way into Page Auditorium Wednesday night, more than 350 students were among the sold-out crowd on hand to witness the work of legendary dancer,...
Students, faculty and staff gathered in front of the West Union Building Wednesday to light one of the menorah's candles.
Twenty-five years ago, Elwyn Simons was already a full professor at Yale, but Duke's offer of a James B.
Grade inflation may be less dramatic than recent reports have shown, and its causes are too complex to be easily remedied by any one policy, Provost Peter Lange will report to the Board of...
Northerners may scoff at the few inches of white powder covering the ground, but to most Durham citizens, it's cause for alarm.
Youth Program wins "Coming Up Taller award" in Washington.
Maggie Schneider, a junior biology major studying at the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort, died Wednesday afternoon from injuries suffered during an auto accident caused by a drunk driver Saturday night.
One spring day three years ago, five Duke students abroad with the Wind Symphony decided to stay after rehearsal and play together on the courtyard of Hofburg Palace in Vienna.
In an effort to promote diversity and religious tolerance, Duke will host what may be the campus's most prominent menorah lighting ever in a Hanukkah ceremony tonight.
Freshman reading programs made headlines at both ends of Tobacco Road last year, as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chose Qur'an excerpts for its reading and Duke inaugurated its...
Durham city officials tried to ease citizens' concerns about safety in their neighborhoods Tuesday, holding a press conference in the wake of a recent shooting involving a school bus.
Though the completely sequenced human genome is still new, scholars are already discussing the ethical ramifications of its potential use in medicine.
Just when its latest table has been set, The Oak Room Grille may undergo yet another change.
Although Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Kappa Sigma are no longer options for students looking to join Interfraternity Council fraternities this year, the two groups strive to remain part of the greek...