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An event featuring former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was interrupted by around two dozen protesters Wednesday evening.
The Chronicle's photo and video staff take you inside the fair before it leaves town.
Thought regenerating tissue was just for salamanders? It turns out that humans can regenerate certain tissues faster than others too.
Despite blustery winds and a cold drizzle, more than 20 volunteers showed up at the Duke Campus Farm’s community work day on Sunday to help its student crew seed parsley plants, harvest tomatoes and thin beets. The Duke Campus Farm, which was founded by Duke undergraduates in 2010, is a one-acre property worked by four staff members, 12 student crew members and many more community and student volunteers.
At an October panel, it was revealed that the July 2020 smoking ban—previously only set to apply to combustible forms of tobacco—may also include restrictions on electronic cigarettes.
Electronic tattoos made from biosensors can be put on your skin without harm, thanks to a professor at the Pratt School of Engineering.
For the past five years, students have complained about DukeHub, a website for Duke student curricular planning and scheduling, as being “old, antiquated and slow,” said sophomore Shrey Majmudar, senator for academic affairs, who is working on the DukeHub project. In an annual survey, Duke Student Government included a question about the student experience with DukeHub to gauge frustration with the site and determine upcoming projects.
Duke will not stop investing in companies that use fossil fuels, but Price has approved steps to promote alternative energy sources.
Duke's Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility holds it annual open forum in the Holst-Anderson Room in the library.
Jessica Covil, who is white, explained that she created this course around the idea of building “a safe space where people could call out problematic statements, [and] where voices that are already marginalized in society are not going to be re-marginalized in the classroom.”
Tim Walsh said that Duke is preparing for a fundraising campaign in the next few years.
Duke was recently ranked third on the list of universities with the lowest student debt by US News & World Report, but several students expressed varying opinions with their financial aid experiences. “My wife and I worked hard and sacrificed greatly to pay down the loan debt she accumulated as a Duke undergraduate,” Gary Bennett wrote. “Duke’s financial support is considerably better today, but we administrators are focused on this issue because we appreciate the need to do more.”
U.S. President Donald Trump is not the first chief executive to pressure the Federal Reserve to follow a certain monetary policy.
Could Central Campus go from student housing to premier research park?
As the University now announces Trask’s decision to retire, The Chronicle sat down with him to discuss his journey.
Trask has served as Duke’s EVP since 1995, working for three different presidents.
For the keynote address at the Provost Forum, Kristof detailed the continued strain of antagonism towards immigrants throughout American history.
Here are four takeaways from Thursday's faculty governance meeting.
Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy drew some ire when it decided not to renew Professor Evan Charney’s contract and he had to stop teaching at the end of the Spring 2019 semester. Now it has also attracted the official attention of Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and the Senate Committee on Finance. Grassley recently penned an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal and sent a formal letter to President Vincent Price requesting answers about Charney’s case.
In the Board of Trustees’ second open forum of the year, a panel without any trustees contended with the issues.
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