Law school creates new endowed chair with $1.25M gift
By Chronicle Staff | February 16, 2010The Ichels’ $1.25 million gift will be matched by the Charlotte-based Duke Endowment.
The Ichels’ $1.25 million gift will be matched by the Charlotte-based Duke Endowment.
The Board of Directors of the Duke Student Publishing Company, which publishes The Chronicle, voted at its meeting Jan. 30 to pursue a long-term fundraising effort.
In a community dominated by people of other faiths, the hijab becomes a sort of golden arches for Islam, a telltale sign that someone is a practicing Muslim.
Provost Peter Lange appointed Wright to her second five-year term on the completion of her fourth-year review, citing her “innovative leadership.”
A blown fuse in Page Auditorium caused a power outage that affected several campus locations Thursday night.
The staff of The Chronicle has elected sophomore Lindsey Rupp to serve as editor of the newspaper’s 106th volume.
Several campus locations lost power late Thursday night. The cause of the outage was still unclear as The Chronicle went to press around 4 a.m. Friday.
Administrators are hopeful that donations to Duke will rise this fiscal year. And donations are up about 5 percent midway through the 2010 fiscal year.
Last night, professor Robert Jensen of the University of Texas Austin spoke on why he thinks porn is “what the end of the world looks like.”
Students may have to wait a little longer than expected to move into K4.
Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost of undergraduate education, presented an initial assessment of last month’s inaugural Winter Forum. Nowicki called the event a “renaissance weekend.”
Wednesday morning dawned bright and frigid for residents of Keohane and Kilgo Quadrangles.
President Richard Brodhead offered Duke’s professors a lesson in the history and finances of universities in his annual address to the faculty Wednesday.
The first-ever undergraduate Young Trustee election has ended, but debate surrounding the process is far from over.
Duke Student Government senators passed a resolution Wednesday night condemning Residence Life and Housing Services for changing the move-out date for West Campus residents to May 10 from May 17.
The general student body voted on an undergraduate Young Trustee for the first time. After 2,169 votes were cast, senior John Harpham was elected by the narrowest of margins.
April could rock the Gothic Wonderland, as Duke University Union members announced four artists will perform on campus in April.
Adrienne Clough was elected graduate Young Trustee at Tuesday night’s Graduate and Professional Student Council meeting.