Duke instructor to be North Carolina's first African-American Poet Laureate
By Shannon Fang | June 25, 2018Jaki Shelton Green will succeed Shelby Stephenson as North Carolina’s ninth poet laureate July 1, according to a News & Observer report.
Jaki Shelton Green will succeed Shelby Stephenson as North Carolina’s ninth poet laureate July 1, according to a News & Observer report.
Stephen Miller, Trinity '07 and President Donald Trump's senior policy advisor, was 'instrumental' in pushing the new immigration policy that separates immigrant children from their parents, according to the New York Times.
Andrew Giuliani, Trinity ’09, recently lost access to the West Wing, Axios reported Wednesday.
Andrew McCabe, Trinity '90, has been in and out of national headlines in recent months as the saga between the former acting FBI director and the Trump administration drags on.
In a statement released during the weekend, the Vanderbilt University Medical Center denied that Eugene Gu is no longer employed there because of his protests against racism.
President Donald says he is considering to pardoning boxing legend Muhammad Ali for draft evasion, but one prominent legal scholar argues there is nothing for him to pardon.
Twelve of them are seeking seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and one is vying to be a U.S. Senator. Four are incumbents facing re-election, while others are political newcomers. Many still face primary elections.
Professional football players Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid found themselves out of jobs after kneeling in protest. Now, so has Duke Medicine alumnus Eugene Gu.
Netflix will release new episodes of The Staircase, a true-crime docuseries about the case of former Chronicle editor Michael Peterson, Trinity '65, who was charged and convicted of murdering his wife Kathleen, Pratt '75.
Eric Greitens, Trinity ‘96, announced his resignation as governor of Missouri in a press conference Tuesday afternoon.
A Duke School of Medicine alumnus beat President Donald Trump in court Wednesday.
Apple CEO Tim Cook, Fuqua ’88, may have been visiting North Carolina last week for more than a commencement speech at Duke.
Clarence Birkhead joined the Duke University Police Department in 1988 and served as a detective. He rose up through the ranks to become Duke’s Chief of Police, before leaving the department after 17 years. Now, Birkhead will likely be Durham’s next sheriff.
A new grant will expand the University’s impact on the humanities—both on Duke’s campus and at other schools.
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Duke Thursday evening to discuss her new book and to offer her take on current international hot topics, including North Korea and the Iran Nuclear Deal.
Tired of the food in the Brodhead Center as the semester winds down? Maybe a tarantula burger can spice up your palate.
Two of the biggest preachers of the American progressive movement took to the Duke Chapel Thursday night, but this was no rosy sermon.
A Libertarian, a Trump supporter and a Democrat walk into Sanford.
President Donald Trump’s trade war with China would generate a negative impact on the U.S. economy—especially on economies that largely depend on agriculture—according to Duke scholars and local agricultural workers.