Four alumni have been nominated to Duke's board of trustees by the executive committee of the board of directors of the Duke Alumni Association. Robin A. Ferracone '75, William A. (Bill) Hawkins B.S.E.'76, David M. Rubenstein '70, and Alan D. Schwartz '72, each would serve six-year terms, beginning July 1.
It's 8:30 on a Wednesday morning, with the chorus of leaf blowers reaching a typical October crescendo on the main quad. In a windowless classroom in the Allen Building, William Johnson is leading a seminar on the culture of ancient Greece. Johnson, professor of classical studies, turns the discussion to Herodotus and Thucydides, then to a more contemporary reference point.
Photos courtesy Doris Duke Photograph Collection, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation HIstorical Archives; Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
In a basement laboratory with walls lined with casts of human skulls, paleontologist Steven Churchill watches his student assistant pick up a BB gun and get ready to start pumping.
Anil Potti, the embattled Duke cancer researcher charged with falsifying academic credentials and research findings, has voluntarily resigned from his positions in the medical school and the Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (IGSP).
The influence of John Hope Franklin, the acclaimed late professor emeritus of history, remains strong after his death, and thanks to his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and a foundation operating in his name, that is unlikely to change anytime soon.
Researchers at Duke are trying to understand why teenage girls who suffer from major depression are at a greater risk of relapsing within five years than their male counterparts.