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Live Blog: A Celebration of the Lives of John Hope & Aurelia Whittington Franklin

June 11, 2009

11:03 AM The event is running currently behind schedule as guest and visitors still file into the Duke Chapel.
11:05 AM John Whittington Franklin, son of the Franklins, has called the program to order and introduced a soloist from the Fisk Jubilee Singers to sing in honor of his mother.
11:08 AM Members of the Links, Inc., [...]

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Former president Bill Clinton to speak at Franklin service

June 3, 2009

The University announced today that former president Bill Clinton will be a guest speaker at “A Celebration of the Lives of John Hope and Aurelia Whittington Franklin,” next Thursday, June 11 at the Duke Chapel. The event will begin at 11 a.m. and honors the late historian John Hope Franklin and his late wife Aurelia, [...]

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Law professor Christopher Schroeder picked to head the Office of Legal Policy as assistant AG

May 21, 2009

Christopher Schroeder, Charles S. Murphy Professor of Law and Professor of Public Policy Studies, has been named assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Policy by President Barack Obama, according to a White House press release.
“I’m grateful that such experienced and dedicated individuals have joined my administration at a time when our nation faces [...]

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Remembering John Hope Franklin

March 25, 2009

Respected historian and civil rights leader John Hope Franklin passed away Wednesday of congestive heart failure at Duke University Hospital. He was 94. The James B. Duke professor emeritus of history was the namesake for The John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies, which opened in 2000 to celebrate his ideals.
A look back [...]

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Duke Professors Join Cato Declaration Against Stimulus Plan

January 29, 2009

Five Duke professors signed a declaration prepared by the Cato Institute that ran in Wednesday’s New York Times . Cato is a libertarian-leaning think-tank located in Washington, D.C. A PDF version of the ad can be found here.

The five are:

John Coleman, professor in the Fuqua School of Business
Adriano Rampini, professor in the Fuqua School of [...]

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Lit that’s “good to think with”

January 28, 2009

Itching for a good read? Some Duke faculty members are recommending critical, eye-opening works for the Center of International Studies’ Inaugural Reading List 2009—based off the theme of works that are “good to think with.”
Some literature making the list includes Connie Rice’s “Rethinking the National Interest” (recommended by Professor of Political Science Peter Feaver), John [...]

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