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11/12/09 Tree Falls on Campus Drive - Images by Duke Student Publishing Co. Duke Chronicle Rain can be destructive. Late Wednesday evening, a pine tree fell across Chapel Drive, blocking traffic and effectively turning the main Duke traffic circle into a bus stop. Many cars opted to jump the curb to ...

For much of our 30-minute interview, Gary Hull, a Duke lecturing fellow in sociology, and I discussed academic freedom, the challenges of self-publishing and the Enlightenment. Toward the end of the conversation, I asked Hull, who recently self-published "Muhammad: The 'Banned' Images" and directs Duke's Program on Values and Ethics in ...

The Chronicle's Shaoli Chaudhuri interviewed Washington Post investigative reporter Dana Priest Monday. Priest spoke at Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy about uncovering the CIA's secret prisons and revealing poor conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. She won Pulitzer prizes for both scoops. Priest told The Chronicle that reporting during ...

Here are some photos from Friday's Countdown to Craziness event. 10/16/2009 Countdown to Craziness - Images by Duke Student Publishing Co. Duke Chronicle

The state medical examiner's office released an autopsy report Thursday morning on the death of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill junior Courtland Smith, who was shot by an Archdale, N.C. police officer Aug. 23. Smith told a 911 officer that he had a gun and was suicidal, the (Raleigh) ...

10/10/09 Joe College Day - Images by Duke Student Publishing Co. Duke Chronicle 10/10/09 Joe College Day - Images by Duke Student Publishing Co. Duke Chronicle

The Chronicle sends photographers to upwards of 50 assignments per week. On assignment, Photographers take anywhere from 100 to 1000 photos. You do the math--that's a ton of content that can't all fit into our print edition. This week we're testing out a new concept. Every (or every other) ...

10/10/09 Joe College Day - Images by Duke Student Publishing Co. Duke Chronicle 10/10/09 Joe College Day - Images by Duke Student Publishing Co. Duke Chronicle

Some of the wealthiest people in the United States currently serve on Duke's Board of Trustees. According to Forbes magazine's 2009 list of the 400 wealthiest Americans, board members David Rubenstein and Anne T. Bass are very well-off. Bass is the wife of Robert Bass, who, along with his brothers, owns ...

Founders Day Convocation 10/01/09 - Images by Michael Naclerio By popular demand, here are the bulk of the photos from Founder's Day. My apologies for the delay.

David Rubenstein, Trinity '70 and member of the Board of Trustees since 2003, is spreading his wealth. Rubenstein donated $10 million to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, the New York Times reported Wednesday. Rubenstein added to the center's $1.2 billion redevelopment project, and the center will ...

China's sovereign wealth fund, presided over by a Duke trustee, is set to make a large investment in another trustee's Los Angeles-based investment firm. Trustee Bruce Karsh's Oaktree Capital Management will soon get $1 billion from Trustee Gao Xiqing's China Investment Corp., the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. In addition to being ...

Ram Loevy will be leading a workshop tonight at 7 PM tonight in the White Lecture Hall on East Campus. He will present film clips and discuss his career and practice. From Duke's Screen/Society: "Ram Loevy is arguably Israel's most distinguished television filmmaker. He has worked for the Israeli First Channel from its inception ...

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If the recession has you hunting for work, Duke is probably not the place to send your resume. The University is on track to receive 125,000 applications for non-faculty jobs this year, Executive Vice President Tallman Trask said. "And of course, we have no jobs," he added.

Some of the wealthiest people in the United States currently serve on Duke's Board of Trustees. According to Forbes magazine's 2009 list of the 400 wealthiest Americans, board members David Rubenstein and Anne T. Bass are very well-off. Bass is the wife of Robert Bass, who, along with his brothers, owns ...

If the recession has you hunting for work, Duke is probably not the place to send your resume. The University is on track to receive 125,000 applications for non-faculty jobs this year, Executive Vice President Tallman Trask said. "And of course, we have no jobs," he added.

Founders Day Convocation 10/01/09 - Images by Michael Naclerio By popular demand, here are the bulk of the photos from Founder's Day. My apologies for the delay.

David Rubenstein, Trinity '70 and member of the Board of Trustees since 2003, is spreading his wealth. Rubenstein donated $10 million to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, the New York Times reported Wednesday. Rubenstein added to the center's $1.2 billion redevelopment project, and the center will ...

China's sovereign wealth fund, presided over by a Duke trustee, is set to make a large investment in another trustee's Los Angeles-based investment firm. Trustee Bruce Karsh's Oaktree Capital Management will soon get $1 billion from Trustee Gao Xiqing's China Investment Corp., the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. In addition to being ...