Some 6,000 e-mail accounts were out of service most of Tuesday after a post office that serves the accounts experienced a failure that resulted, among other things, in a progressive corruption of...
Plans to begin construction of a new building next to the Bryan Center are on hold and may possibly be scuttled as administrators finalize a program statement for the creation of the encompassing...
For decades, students have grabbed their paintbrushes, paint buckets and creativity, and headed out to Duke's hub of free expression--the East Campus Bridge--to share their ideas and events with...
As part of the Medical Center's push for preventive medicine, a promising intervention study will examine the efficacy of strategic health planning upon the well-being of patients at risk for major...
Less than 25 percent of seniors at the nation's top schools can identify James Madison as the father of the Constitution, but over 98 percent know who Snoop Dogg is, according to a recent report.
Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta announced this week that he had found the right man to lead a reenergized residential life system, the last vacancy to be filled under the...
The Durham City Council voted Monday night to suspend an audit of North East Central Durham Reinvestment Inc.
Two and a half weeks ago things looked very good for the women's soccer team. With a record of 5-2 and fresh off an upset of the then No.
Perry Mehrling, professor of economics at Barnard College and Columbia University, spoke on the workings of genius Monday in a presentation about the late economist Fischer Black.
Among its annual tours to locations such as Europe, South America and Australia, the Ciompi Quartet can be found in places a little closer to home, including undergraduate dorms.
As President George W. Bush's threats against the Iraqi government mount, one campus group is seeking to give voice to those against a possible war.
Hampered by a plummet in Trent Drive Hall's student population from nearly 300 to 67, Grace's Cafe may soon desert the increasingly vacant dorm to share space with Uncle Harry's.
They don't have regular meetings, they don't have a set membership or adviser, and they gather only when the spirit moves them.
When the history department did an about-face last year and decided to accept Advanced Placement credits toward its major requirements, it abandoned a policy shared by much of the humanities and...
While the University's doctoral programs go to great lengths to bring in applicants, the increase in attrition rates throughout most of the Graduate School has led administrators to question the...
With The Campaign for Duke about $80 million from its $2 billion goal, the need to meet the fundraising effort's smaller targets is becoming much more pressing than the overall goal, Peter...
This is the first story in a five-part series examining attrition among graduate students..
In an effort to promote political activism among undergraduates, various student organizations are collaborating on a two-week voter registration drive.
North Carolina's unemployment rate fell in August, a positive sign for the local economy, even as some officials downplayed the drop's significance as an indicator of economic recovery.
