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By Andrew Collins | February 11, 2003Imagine you are a professor, and you come into your office one morning and see a message from a reporter requesting an interview.
Imagine you are a professor, and you come into your office one morning and see a message from a reporter requesting an interview.
Although the primary concern for Americans in recent months has been the potential war with Iraq, Robert Shiller, Stanley Resor Professor of Economics at Yale University, said that the possibility...
With enough funds to realize two of its immediate goals, the Department of Cell Biology is forging ahead under its new chair Brigid Hogan.
Duke Student Government executive elections are less than a month away, but legislators may still vote to make major changes to the voting procedures.
Administrators told the biological anthropology and anatomy faculty Friday that although the University will support only six or seven faculty positions when the department moves entirely within...
After more than a month of tense memo exchanges, Duke University Health System agreed Thursday to rate reductions by the State Employees Health Plan, which had been threatening to end its contract...
As next year's housing selection draws near, students and administrators are reflecting with mixed reactions to the inaugural year of linked houses.
Following a mid-January alleged armed robbery of several Duke students on East Campus, campus police last week activated an "Alert Team" consisting of uniformed Duke and Durham police officers.
After voting not to have an entering graduate class last semester due to insufficient funds, the history department has reversed its decision and will admit a class, albeit a smaller-than-usual one...
The editorial staff of The Chronicle has elected junior Alex Garinger to serve as the newspaper's editor for its 99th year of publication.
After looking at his company's earnings last quarter, Blair Sheppard was able to deliver the University a nice holiday present - a $1 million check from Duke Corporate Education.
To ensure that the economic downturn does not adversely affect the stability of growth in the University's endowment spending, administrators have decided to lower the endowment's payout rate from...
If you could watch all your classes on a personal computer in the comfort of your room, would you ever sit in a lecture hall again?.
As students in General Chemistry prepared for today's midterm, freshman dormitory halls echoed with standard complaints about the difficulty of kinetic reactions and stoichiometry.
Cameron Levy, come on down! You're the next contestant on The Price is Right!.
In a moving dinner and awards ceremony, selected Duke professors and students were recognized for their contributions to a more tolerant community.