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Writer Barbara Kingsolver Urges Graduates to End Dependence on Fossil Fuel
Students are encouraged to address 'the central question of your adult life'
Sunday, May 11, 2008
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The following remarks by Barbara Kingsolver, titled "How to be Hopeful," were prepared for delivery at Duke's 2008 commencement ceremony May 11 at Wallace Wade Stadium.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Budget includes $86.4 million -– an 18.8 percent increase from 07-08 -- to support and significantly enhance Duke’s undergraduate financial aid program.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
The plant will give the university and medical center more steam-producing capacity and provide a cleaner-burning alternative to coal.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
The plan calls for maintaining Duke’s academic standards while also improving the quality of athletic programs.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
New undergraduate curriculum will encourage students to think critically about problems that lack obvious solutions.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Cascades of interdependent genes coordinate timing for the cell
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Duke engineers used a novel 3-D ultrasound technology to guide the actions of a rudimentary tabletop robot
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
"This would break a logjam for reproducing enough of them in identical form to build into working devices," says lead Duke researcher Jie Liu
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Stress response varies from one cell to the next
Friday, April 25, 2008
System sees blood vessels in brain in real time
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Like an African Savanna in a Petri Dish
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Duke-led study ties big brains of humans and apes to extended growth and longer lives
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
A new study concludes that parents punish older children more harshly -- and they’re wise to do so.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Duke’s summer reading assignment is now in its seventh year.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Beginning this year, the Robertson Scholarship at Duke will cover housing, board and mandatory fees for all current and future scholars.
Monday, April 7, 2008
The gift is the largest single donation ever received by the Duke University Medical Center.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Roy Bostock will chair national search for Joe Alleva's successor.
Monday, April 7, 2008
