Location: Durham, N.C.
Type: 4-year, Private
Year founded: 1839
Total enrollment (fall 2014): 14,850
Undergraduate enrollment: 6,646
Undergraduate applicants (class of 2018): 31,523
Acceptance rate: 12.4 percent
Graduation rate (after four years, fall 2013): 87 percent
Undergraduate tuition and fees (2014-2015): $47,243
Sports nickname: Blue Devils
Website: www.duke.edu
A bipartisan group of retired North Carolina judges is advocating for redistricting reform by proposing a new congressional district map on Monday.
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A bipartisan group of retired North Carolina judges is advocating for redistricting reform by proposing a new congressional district map on Monday.
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Graduate assistants at private universities now have the right to collectively organize thanks to a ruling from the National Labor Relations Board Tuesday classifying them as university employees.
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After two years as assistant director of UNC’s LGBTQ Center, Angel Collie has moved to become the assistant director for the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity at Duke University.
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While UNC may have bested Duke in sports this year, the Blue Devils have one advantage over the Tar Heels – they have lemurs.
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“Violence structures everyday life,” said Adriane Lentz-Smith to a crowd of about 50 UNC students and faculty in Chapman Hall Friday.
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On August 30, 2014, Duke University traffic controller Shelvia Underwood found herself rolling off the hood of a Porsche onto the ground, assailed by racial slurs, she said.
Read More »Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor of the National Review, argued against checking privilege in an event Wednesday night at Duke.
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A crowd at Duke Chapel Monday celebrated the first unionizing victory in decades at a private Southern university in a right-to-work state.
Read More »Ahmad Richardson, Hillside High School: "How is she going to help make (college) more affordable for us?
Read More »The Chapel Hill Police Department said an estimated 15,000 students and residents flooded Franklin Street following UNC’s 76-72 victory over Duke Saturday night.
Read More »Fixed-term faculty at Duke University called for an election to unionize last week, citing a need for job security and better teaching conditions.
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Activists rallied for a higher minimum wage during Saturday's HKonJ People's Assembly Coalition rally, boasting signs calling for change.
Read More »A lawsuit involving Duke University and UNC might move forward after arguments to have it dismissed from court were heard by a judge on Jan. 28.
Read More »Duke University Chapel’s call to prayer controversy, the highly publicized shooting deaths of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill and the Syrian refugee crisis — all have raised questions about the rhetoric surrounding Islam in politics and the media.
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The United States has a record of wrongful convictions — leading a UNC political science professor to organize a semester-long series of seminars to tackle the issue.
Read More »North Carolina juveniles convicted of first degree murder between the years of 1994 and 2012 had one option: life in prison without parole.
Read More »New chancellor announced at Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth City State University welcomed a new chancellor last week.
Read More »Eight miles down Tobacco Road, a group of students hope to diversify campus dialogue about societal injustices — joining similar movements at schools like Princeton University.
Read More »Duke University is joining more than a hundred universities nationwide to be investigated for mishandling sexual assault cases on campus, according to a Title IX complaint made public this month.
Read More »UNC has found itself at the heart of another lawsuit, this one alleging a violation of federal antitrust laws.
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