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Photo Slideshow: Commencement 5/10/09

May 13, 2009

For more of Michael Naclerio’s photos from the Commencement Ceremony, check out a photo slideshow by following this link.

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Duke curtails Mexico travel due to swine flu

May 1, 2009

Duke has limited travel to Mexico due to the swine flu outbreak.
The University added Mexico to its Restricted Regions List Tuesday in response to Centers for Disease Control guidelines recommending that individuals avoid nonessential travel to Mexico.
Among the programs affected by the declaration are the Duke in Mexico summer program and the Mexico portion of the [...]

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Former Duke professor responds to grade inflation series

March 25, 2009

In his latest two blog entries, Stuart Rojstaczer, former professor of hydrology who has been analyzing nationwide trends in grade inflation, responded to The Chronicle’s three part series on grade inflation. In the entries, Rojstaczer discusses the data he has collected on rising grades, the measures other schools have taken to combat grade inflation, and [...]

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Duke takes championship in NCAA Salary Bracket

March 17, 2009

Haters may be questioning Duke’s chances of taking the title in the NCAA tournament, but the Blue Devils have already emerged victorious in at least one way.
Duke can boast the highest-paid graduates among the 65 schools in the competition, according to USA Today. The median annual salary of Duke alumni who graduated five to 15 [...]

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Duke Lecturer Ted Vaden Hired by NC DOT

February 16, 2009

Visiting lecturer Ted Vaden has been hired by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, The (Raleigh) News & Observer reports. According to the N&O, Vaden will be deputy secretary of communications at the DOT, a position that pays $117,000.
Vaden is currently teaching courses in reporting and journalism ethics at Duke in the DeWitt Wallce Center [...]

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Rankings Roulette

January 31, 2009

Even the slightest shift in higher education rankings provokes many questions on campus: Why did Duke’s position change? How far ahead is the Harvard-Yale-Princeton triumvirate? What can Duke do to stay on the upswing?
These and other questions came to mind when the Fuqua School of Business leapt to No. 22 in the Financial Times’ list [...]

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“Snowbama” Day captivates the Triangle

January 30, 2009

There’s nothing more exciting than a snow day—especially when it happens to coincide with an historic presidential inauguration.
Nielsen ratings show that more than 51 percent of households in the Raleigh-Durham television market tuned in to watch the inauguration of President Barack Obama Jan. 20. In comparison, the overall ratings for the country were around 30 [...]

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Justice Scalia to judge Duke Moot Court

January 29, 2009

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who spoke at Duke earlier this afternoon, will serve as judge in the final round of the Dean’s Cup Moot Court Competition later today.
Justice Scalia will judge two teams of two second and third year students from the School of Law. Each group will argue a real life case taken [...]

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