Student service center moves into Allen Building
It took junior Kim Hodgman two campus stops to get the International Student Identity Card she needed to spend this fall semester in Florence, Italy.
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It took junior Kim Hodgman two campus stops to get the International Student Identity Card she needed to spend this fall semester in Florence, Italy.
Duke, YMCA end agreement
Just down the street from the gritty center of Durham, a row of old brick factories is finally starting to look like an oasis in the middle of an urban desert.
The clouds literally parted as President Nan Keohane exited the Allen Building on the last day it was still her domain. And despite the persistent drizzle, the sun broke through the leaves of the trees on the quad as her husband Bob took her hand and they walked up past the library and on toward the Chapel steps to hear the bells chiming out "Dear Old Duke."
At a sprawling desk befit for a conqueror sits Dr. Ralph Snyderman. The man who over the past 15 years has annexed a medical school, three hospitals, a nursing school and dozens of research fiefdoms as parts of his empire sits in a chair and seems to survey his conquests for the first time ever.
The Durham City Council approved its annual budget, including the city's largest property tax increase in at least a decade, at a meeting Monday night. Although an 11th-hour donation from Duke allowed the city to reduce the tax rate hike from an expected 3.88 cents to 3.8, the new figure still represents a 7 percent increase over last year's rate.
On the day Dr. Victor Dzau was appointed the next chancellor of health affairs at Duke, he stumbled just a little as he spoke. He articulated his vision through a faint accent that betrayed his non-native English-speaking roots.
The dispute between the University and the YMCA of the Triangle Area over whether a family membership rate should apply to families headed by same-sex couples encountered another minor setback this week.
After more than five months, Duke has finally settled the first piece of its three-fold fee dispute with Durham.
In an unprecedented move Monday, Mayor Bill Bell gagged public debate on a proposed $42 million, 4,000-seat theater, giving a thumbs-up to developers amidst a vocal uproar.
Zhaochun Xu, a 31-year-old graduate student in electrical and computer engineering, died early Monday morning as a result of injuries suffered a car accident late Sunday night.
As part of ongoing efforts to increase diversity across the University, officials are taking new steps to diversify Duke's applicant pools for upper-level administrative positions.
University Librarian David Ferriero is preparing to check out of Duke, and the University is seeking to replace the man who has left his stamp on more than just books in Duke's libraries.
City officials have set the stage for another financial drama between Duke and Durham.
It's not easy being green, especially if you want credit for it.
With no ceremony and minimal regret, the Duke University Museum of Art shut its East Campus doors for the last time Wednesday as it prepares to sculpt a new future down Campus Drive at the Nasher Museum of Art.
After years of struggling to escape its stigma as a destination for housing exiles, Trent Drive Hall has finally become a promising residence, a real-world research sanctuary in the midst of the ivory tower.
In the latest pull in Duke and Durham's financial tug-of-war, city officials have asked the University to volunteer a 10-year, $1 million annual payment for service and $10 million for a planned downtown events center.
A group of women at the University are assembling a protest against mail chauvinism.
After more than a year of wrangling about inter- and intra-departmental politics and ideological splits, the Sanford Institute of Public Policy has devised a program to offer its first doctoral degree.