Duke is rife with conversation. Every minute of every hour of every day, our students are engaged in discussion on every conceivable topic.
Billionaire venture capitalist and PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel posed a compelling challenge this past Monday as he spoke about the current state of entrepreneurship for students.
Last Thursday, a bill was proposed in the North Carolina General Assembly that conditions the salary of University of North Carolina school system professors on teaching a four course minimum per...
The addition of yet another certificate adds to Duke’s bloated and incoherent curriculum.
As the countdowns to LDOC and Old Duke begin and the semester wraps up, bookbagging and the question of Fall semester’s classes come knocking for all but our seniors.
Students and faculty gathered on Sunday at Baldwin Auditorium for this year’s TEDxDuke conference, an independently organized event modeled after the TED conference and its wildly popular TED Talks.
Both men’s and women’s basketball teams will be playing in the Sweet 16 this weekend, and the Duke community is naturally proud and excited. However, the enthusiasm seems to be somewhat one-sided...
This week, the Black Student Alliance launched a social media and poster campaign called #WhatWeNeedFromDuke.
Students elected their fourth consecutive female Duke Student Government president in Keizra Mecklai earlier this month.
In its 12-year history, Common Ground has become increasingly one of the most popular and transformative events on campus.
It is that time of year again. As March Madness descends, college basketball is once again in the spotlight.
Last week, the University of Oklahoma and issues of race were thrust into the national spotlight after members of its Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity were captured on video singing a hateful and...
Uncertainties about the selection and role of the Young Trustee will get more befuddling: The traditional three-year term—divided into one non-voting and two voting years—will be changed to...
At the beginning of this month, Sweet Briar College in central Virginia announced it would be closing next year, over a century after its founding in 1901.
Families are asked to fork over even more in tuition as cost of attendance was hiked yet again in the wake of a recent Board of Trustees meeting.
Yesterday’s editorial cautioned against being too quick to judge, especially in the shadow of the 2006 lacrosse case that continues to permeate Duke’s reputation today.
Campus debate and intrigue erupted Monday in the wake of a Chronicle article reporting allegations of sexual assault against former Duke basketball player Rasheed Sulaimon.
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors unanimously voted to close three different academic centers, embroiling the board and its critics across the state in a debate about the proper...
On March 3, students will cast their votes to select the new leaders for Duke Student Government and the Student Organization Funding Committee.
"If you're so smart, why are you so sick?” reads a poster in many campus restrooms. Ignoring the problematic insinuation that lower intelligence directly correlates to pathogen susceptibility, the...
