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Kimberly Hewitt Named VP for Institutional Equity at Duke

Beginning August 5, attorney and higher education executive Kimberly Hewitt will assume the role of vice president for institutional equity at Duke University. Hewitt succeeds Benjamin Reese, Jr., who served in the position for 14 years. The incoming leader arrives from Johns Hopkins University where she is currently vice provost for institutional equity. “I am […]

June 3, 2019

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Duke University to Reach $112.5M Settlement Following Fabricated Research Allegations

The Department of Justice has announced that Duke University will pay $112.5 million to the federal government to settle allegations that researchers submitted applications and reports that included fabricated data to win over two dozen grants from the Environmental Protection Agency and National Institutes of Health. “Taxpayers expect and deserve that federal grant dollars will […]

March 27, 2019

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Duke Begins Auditing Years of Admissions Processes Amid National Scandal

Amid the national college admissions scandal, Duke University has begun auditing the last several years of its admissions. No Duke coaches or administrators were mentioned in the scandal. The FBI charged over 40 people, from university officials, coaches and parents, in an alleged plan to illegal purchase a student’s admission into college, by either claiming […]

March 22, 2019

International

Duke University Professor Apologizes, Steps Down from Admin Post

Dr. Megan Neely, an assistant professor of biostatistics at Duke University who recently emailed students requesting they speak “English 100 percent of the time” while in campus facilities has apologized for her email, noting that it was inappropriate. She also stepped down from her administrative position. “I deeply regret the hurt my email has caused,” […]

January 28, 2019

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Duke Among Universities Increasing Number of Women Deans

The number of women in leadership positions at Duke University will increase this fall after it was announced that seven of the university’s 10 deans will be female.

August 10, 2018

MSIs

Incidences of Campus Racial Intolerance Spark Calls for Change

Recent highly publicized incidences of racial intolerance at Duke, Yale, Colorado State and other universities have sparked calls for more proactive effort to make campuses more inclusive and welcoming to students of color.

May 10, 2018

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Scholars See Mixed Progress on Civil Rights 50 Years After King’s Death

Many people who were alive during the nation’s Civil Rights Movement felt that America stood still April 4, 1968, the day the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed by an assassin’s bullet.

April 3, 2018

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Professor Interrogates the World With Students

Growing up, Dr. McKinley E. Melton was fascinated by language, learning, literature and the articulation of ideas, but wasn’t sure what career path to pursue that matched those curiosities. It wasn’t until his time as an undergraduate at Duke University that he became interested in “diversifying the academy.”

March 21, 2018

Students

Selecting Commencement Speakers: A Political Minefield

In this hyper-polarized environment, students in the class of 2018 may find themselves without a commencement speaker who has strong views on political or social issues. Many administrators are struggling to identify orators who will be welcomed by the campus community without provoking protests.

March 6, 2018

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Academicians Celebrated in ‘Black Scholars Matter’ Series, part 2

This is the second in a three-part Black History Month series celebrating Black academicians and their scholarship.

February 14, 2018

Community Colleges

Williams Honored as Outstanding Community College Leader

Through her experiences as president, professor and community partner, Dr. Stelfanie Williams has leveraged the power of collaboration to make Vance-Granville Community College (VGCC) in North Carolina a transformational place for students.

January 28, 2018

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The Rise and Fall of Confederate Statues

Last Thursday Duke University officials reported that a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee at Duke Chapel had been defaced. After the photo surfaced of a stone face of Lee with his nose broken off and his forehead and eye chipped away and punctured, Duke’s president ordered that the statue be hauled away.

August 20, 2017