Microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus will deliver Duke’s 2010 commencement address, President Richard Brodhead announced Thursday.
In order to reduce the Residence Life and Housing Services budget, administrators decided in early July to reduce the cleaning schedule from six to five days a week.
A proposal under consideration by the Arts and Sciences Council would require students to earn at least a C- in a course to pass, an increase from the D- required under the current pass/fail policy.
Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost of undergraduate education, explained the school’s plan to add a new wing to Keohane Quadrangle—code named “K4”—at the Campus Council meeting Thursday.
The Socioeconomic Diversity Initiative will start holding focus groups this month to analyze the experiences of Duke students who receive financial aid.
People who came to watch DUI’s show two weeks ago got the usual dose of comedy they've come to love. But there were also new additions to this year’s act that they may not have been expecting.
As students turn to Web sites like YouTube and Hulu to follow their favorite shows, Cable 13, Duke’s student-run television station, is trying to draw those viewers to its own online content.
Cats have a quiet presence all over West Campus. Duke is home to more than a dozen feral cat colonies.
The Student Organization Finance Committee came under scrutiny by Duke Student Government members at the DSG meeting Wednesday night.
The Board of Trustees met this weekend to hear updates on the University’s financial situation and learn about efforts to improve campus.
David Rubenstein, Trinity ’70 and a member of the Board of Trustees, pledged last week to donate $3 million to the Sanford School of Public Policy.
One year after the global financial crisis wrecked Wall Street, alumni and students crowded Fleishman Commons to hear an insider’s account of the collapse.
Ending six straight years of rapid growth, the University’s investments dropped sharply in the past fiscal year.
Gail Rosseau, chief of surgery at the Neurologic and Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago, spoke as part of the Terry Sanford Distinguished Lectures series.
Duke officially launched its new Web site Thursday, highlighting numerous aspects of the University. The new duke.edu cost the University $100,000 in design and development.
The Board of Trustees will meet on campus this weekend for the first time since May and address the continuing challenges presented by the University’s financial situation.
