One of the nation’s most lauded educational programs has recently felt some heat, but program officials and several participants who entered from Duke reject the criticism.
For Duke law students who do not secure a job after graduation, the Bridge to Practice program can provide a solution.
A proponent for green and healthy eating on Duke’s campus, Laura Hall is the owner of the Refectory, which has locations both in the Divinity School and the School of Law. The Chronicle’s Carter...
Come this Fall, barbecue joint Tommy’s Rubs and Grubs may feature a new menu, more affordable prices, different hours of operation and a new name.
Although not on par with a pre-recession economy, the job market for Duke’s Class of 2010 has shown signs of improvement, with more students embarking on less traditional career paths.
Each year, Duke undergraduates spend a little more than $50,000 each for tuition, room, board and a higher education.
With two national championships in the past four months, the University’s athletics program is among the elite. Staying there, though, is no simple task. Two years ago, the athletics department...
For Laurene Sperling, the conversations had with her classmates are the fondest memories she has of her time at Duke. Now—32 years later—her conversations on campus will be among some of the most...
In the Fall of 1969 before Trinity College admitted women, Hope Morgan Ward, a North Carolina native, stepped onto Duke Women’s College campus full of aspirations.
Sen.Ted Kaufman, D-Del., was sworn into the Senate Jan. 16, 2009 after being selected to replace Vice President Joe Biden after he was elected. The Chronicle’s Rohan Taneja recently caught up with...
After historic losses in the 2008-2009 fiscal year, administrators predict that the University’s endowment will reflect steady growth this year.
Anti-gay graffiti that appeared on the East Campus Bridge near the start of the summer session sparked further controversy between the Duke College Republicans and its former members, who were...
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday that Robert Steel, Trinity ’73 and former chair of the Board of Trustees, will be the next deputy mayor for economic development.
Josephine “Josie” Robertson, co-founder of the Robertson Scholars program and New York philanthropist, passed away June 8 after a long struggle with breast cancer at the age of 67.
A delegation of Duke deans and representatives spent part of last week on the other side of the world. The delegation of about 10 people, including many graduate school deans, visited the site of...
During the Spring semester, Cathy Davidson decided to implement grading practices fit for a new era: she left the evaluations of students to their peers.
An accomplished couple will soon join the ranks of the University.
If the Bostock Group has its way, football games in Wallace Wade may be an entirely different experience.
Although Duke received 11.6 percent more applications for admission this year, the yield for the Class of 2014 remained roughly the same as the year before.
Robert Calderbank, director of the Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University, will be Duke's new dean of natural sciences, officials announced June 1.
