A 60-Year Duke Professor on Literature, Grade Inflation, and Whether Academia Will Survive
Victor Strandberg reflects on what’s changed and what comes next.
How Two Duke Alumni Helped Conservatives Take Over the NEH
The Trump administration fired most of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ advisory board last year. Two Duke-trained political theorists are key figures now running the agency.
Trump Cuts Threaten to Halt Two Decades of HIV Vaccine Research
Duke has led a national HIV research consortium since 2005, with several promising vaccines ready for trials. Now the NIH is ending its major grant.
Duke’s Kara Lawson Doesn’t Care If You Underestimate Her
Duke’s women’s basketball team has turned its season around, but its coach is under more pressure than ever ahead of the 2028 Olympics.
Duke’s Engineering School Could Soon Admit Durham Tech Transfers
The initiative would be Duke’s first transfer program for community college engineering students.
Duking It Out: State Health Plan Negotiations Continue As Deadline Looms
With one month remaining before the current contract between Aetna and Duke Health expires, they aren’t even close to a deal.
Higher Ed 2.0: N.C. Schools Tackle AI
Institutions scramble to keep pace with the rapidly evolving technology.
More Duke University Coverage
An Inspirational Duke Professor’s Last Lesson
Tony Brown challenged his students with hard questions on life. Now 82 and facing Stage 4 cancer, he’s still pushing them.
In North Carolina, It’s Do or DEI
Federal and state officials have declared war on DEI at North Carolina’s colleges and universities. But what their orders mean is sometimes far from clear.
Lacrosse’s Path to National Growth Runs Through North Carolina
How an upstart from Maryland built a championship program in Chapel Hill and expanded the reach of lacrosse.
One Critic of Race-Based Admissions Says Colleges Can Still Improve Diversity
Richard Kahlenberg helped end race-based affirmative action. Why he’s more hopeful about diversity on campus than ever.
U.S. Lawmakers Urge Duke to End Partnership With Wuhan University
Two House committee chairmen say Duke’s partner school is a ‘direct extension of the Chinese military and intelligence apparatus.’
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