| Event Title: | Duke NY - Discussion and Reception with Duke Author Kevin Maillard '94 "Loving v. Virginia in a Post-Racial World: Rethinking Race, Sex, and Marriage" |
| Date: | Apr 16, 2012 |
| Time: | 6:30PM - 8:30PM ET |
| Location: | Kevin Maillard's apartment, Union Square West at 16th Street* NYC *Exact location will be provided in the registration confirmation.* |
| Description: | ***Please note the change of date for this event.*** Join Duke alumni on Monday, April 16, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. for a special discussion and reception with Duke alum Kevin Maillard '94, Associate Professor of Law at Syracuse University, and co-author of Loving v. Virginia in a Post-Racial World: Rethinking Race, Sex, and Marriage. The book takes a look at modern families 45-years after the Supreme Court declared anti miscegenation laws unconstitutional in Loving v. Virginia. This case is often discussed in tandem with same sex marriage. For additional information and to register, please click here. |
Friday, April 13, 2012
Discussion and Reception with Duke Author Kevin Maillard '94
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice is speaking at Duke today
Durham, NC - Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will speak in Duke University's Page Auditorium on Tuesday, April 10. Rice will deliver the Ambassador Dave and Kay Phillips Family International Lecture at 4:30 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Beginning April 4, tickets will be available at tickets.duke.edu ($5 processing fee) or at the Duke Box Office (free) to the Duke community starting at 11 a.m. and general public at 1 p.m. Tickets will be limited to two per person. Parking for the event is available in the Bryan Center garage for $5.
To read the rest of the article, which was featured in Duke Today, click here.
The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Beginning April 4, tickets will be available at tickets.duke.edu ($5 processing fee) or at the Duke Box Office (free) to the Duke community starting at 11 a.m. and general public at 1 p.m. Tickets will be limited to two per person. Parking for the event is available in the Bryan Center garage for $5.
To read the rest of the article, which was featured in Duke Today, click here.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Duke NY - Anything Goes on Broadway
| Event Title: | Duke NY - Anything Goes on Broadway Post-Show Talkback with Musical Director Rob Fisher '74 |
| Date: | Apr 10, 2012 |
| Time: | 7:00PM - 10:30PM ET |
| Location: | Stephen Sondheim Theatre 124 West 43rd Street (between Broadway & Sixth Avenue) New York, NY 10036 |
| Description: | Don’t miss your chance to see the Tony-winning Best Musical Anything Goes, featuring a post-show talkback exclusively available to Duke alums. Led by Musical Director Rob Fisher (’74), this discussion will include Tony-winner Joel Grey* (Cabaret). Join Duke NY on Tuesday, April 10, 7:00 p.m. for Broadway smash Anything Goes. As the SS American heads out to sea, two unlikely pairs set off on the course to true love…proving that sometimes destiny needs a little help from a crew of singing sailors, an exotic disguise and some good old-fashioned blackmail. Peppering this hilariously bumpy ride are some of musical theatre’s most memorable standards, including “I Get a Kick out of You,” “It’s Delovely,” and of course, “Anything Goes.” Our seats are in the Orchestra at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, located at 124 West 43rd Street (between 6th Avenue and Broadway). Tickets for this performance are $99 for Duke alumni dues-payers and $109 for all others. *pending Mr. Grey’s availability For additional information, click here. |
Friday, April 6, 2012
Study Now-Play Later with Dunlevy Milbank
| Event Title: | Duke NY - Study Now-Play Later with Dunlevy Milbank Volunteer with Kids in Harlem |
| Date: | Apr 7, 2012 |
| Time: | 10:00AM - 12:00PM ET |
| Location: | Dunlevy Milbank Center, 118th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues |
| Description: | Help keep kids off the street with this academic and athletic Saturday program in Harlem! Join Duke NY on Saturday, April 7, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (and the first Saturday of every month) at Dunlevy Milbank Center, located at 118th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues, as we volunteer with the 7-11 year olds of Study Now-Play Later, a program designed to make learning and activities fun and motivating. After the morning session, volunteers are invited to join Duke NY for a local lunch in the neighborhood. We usually have at least 10 alumni volunteering at each session. For additional information, click here. |
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Duke to open federal relations office in April
This article is from the Chronicle, the Independent Daily at Duke University, and was written by, Joel
Luther.
Duke’s permanent office in the nation’s capital is scheduled to open by the end of the month.
The new office seeks to facilitate greater interactions with the federal government and Duke alumni, as well as provide academic programs for students, such as the Duke in D.C. program that will launch Spring 2013. The office will serve as a centralized hub for members of the Duke community who find themselves in D.C., said Landy Elliott, assistant director of the Office of Federal Relations at Duke.
On any given week, there’s a ton of Duke activity going on in Washington,” Elliott said. “The idea is that we have a sort of embassy, a point of first contact in the city, so that we can raise Duke’s visibility in the nation’s capital.”
To read the rest of the article, click here.
Luther.
Duke’s permanent office in the nation’s capital is scheduled to open by the end of the month.
The new office seeks to facilitate greater interactions with the federal government and Duke alumni, as well as provide academic programs for students, such as the Duke in D.C. program that will launch Spring 2013. The office will serve as a centralized hub for members of the Duke community who find themselves in D.C., said Landy Elliott, assistant director of the Office of Federal Relations at Duke.
On any given week, there’s a ton of Duke activity going on in Washington,” Elliott said. “The idea is that we have a sort of embassy, a point of first contact in the city, so that we can raise Duke’s visibility in the nation’s capital.”
To read the rest of the article, click here.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Duke Community Embracing Twitter
The following aricle was written by Margot Tuchler for "The Chronicle", the Independent Daily for Duke University.
Duke professors are trending on Twitter.
Members of the Duke community are increasingly relying on Twitter to communicate information about Duke and to promote and share their personal scholarship and research. Use of the site by Duke community members has risen noticeably in recent months, faculty and administrators said.
Mark Anthony Neal, professor of African and African American studies, opened an account at the insistence of former students. His account now has more than 11,000 followers. He operates on Twitter in a professional context, often as an extension of his work in the classroom, Neal said.
“Twitter is not for everyone, but for those folk who are interested in making their work accessible to a broader audience and to catch the attention of the many news producers who are seeking newsworthy stories on Twitter, it is a great platform,” Neal wrote in an email Thursday. “Folk in the academy are catching up to our students and others, who are way ahead of the digital curve, particularly as users.”
To read the entire article, click here.
Duke professors are trending on Twitter.
Members of the Duke community are increasingly relying on Twitter to communicate information about Duke and to promote and share their personal scholarship and research. Use of the site by Duke community members has risen noticeably in recent months, faculty and administrators said.
Mark Anthony Neal, professor of African and African American studies, opened an account at the insistence of former students. His account now has more than 11,000 followers. He operates on Twitter in a professional context, often as an extension of his work in the classroom, Neal said.
“Twitter is not for everyone, but for those folk who are interested in making their work accessible to a broader audience and to catch the attention of the many news producers who are seeking newsworthy stories on Twitter, it is a great platform,” Neal wrote in an email Thursday. “Folk in the academy are catching up to our students and others, who are way ahead of the digital curve, particularly as users.”
To read the entire article, click here.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Duke Offers Admission to 3,105 High School Seniors
From Duke Today:
Durham, NC - Slightly more than 3,100 high school seniors from across the country and around the world can go online to learn that they have been accepted to Duke University.
A record 31,600 students applied for admission this year -- a 6 percent increase over last year and a 55 percent increase over just four years ago. Only 3,105 students -- 11 percent of the Regular Decision applicant pool -- will receive a notice of acceptance today, inviting them to become members of the Class of 2016.
These students have until May 1 to make their final decision.
To read more, click here.
Durham, NC - Slightly more than 3,100 high school seniors from across the country and around the world can go online to learn that they have been accepted to Duke University.
A record 31,600 students applied for admission this year -- a 6 percent increase over last year and a 55 percent increase over just four years ago. Only 3,105 students -- 11 percent of the Regular Decision applicant pool -- will receive a notice of acceptance today, inviting them to become members of the Class of 2016.
These students have until May 1 to make their final decision.
To read more, click here.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Daring Escape Leads Lemurs to School Library
An amusing article from Duke Today
DURHAM, N.C. - When the authorities arrived, the fugitives were lounging in the school library, stuffing themselves on a tropical fruit salad that the lunch lady had thoughtfully provided. A gaggle of admiring school girls stood around, snapping cell phone pictures from every angle and offering treats in their palms.
So ended the 36-hour adventure of Berisades and Ivy, a pair of 6-year-old ringtailed lemurs who daringly vaulted the electric fence of Natural Habitat Enclosure #4 at the Duke Lemur Center (DLC) late Saturday.
The first call came in to Duke Police from a neighbor of the Lemur Center who said she saw lemurs eating her neighbor's garden on Saturday night, but it was chalked up as a possible raccoon sighting. Then the two half-brothers failed to show up for brunch on Sunday morning, and the call went out to all Lemur Center staff to drop what they were doing and join the search.
This same pair had experienced a brief breakout the week before when a storm pushed over a tree, forming a bridge over the electric fence, said Greg Dye, Operations Manager of the Lemur Center. "We're still not sure how they did it this time, but let's just say that where there's a will, there must be a way."
To read the rest of the article, click here.
DURHAM, N.C. - When the authorities arrived, the fugitives were lounging in the school library, stuffing themselves on a tropical fruit salad that the lunch lady had thoughtfully provided. A gaggle of admiring school girls stood around, snapping cell phone pictures from every angle and offering treats in their palms.
So ended the 36-hour adventure of Berisades and Ivy, a pair of 6-year-old ringtailed lemurs who daringly vaulted the electric fence of Natural Habitat Enclosure #4 at the Duke Lemur Center (DLC) late Saturday.
The first call came in to Duke Police from a neighbor of the Lemur Center who said she saw lemurs eating her neighbor's garden on Saturday night, but it was chalked up as a possible raccoon sighting. Then the two half-brothers failed to show up for brunch on Sunday morning, and the call went out to all Lemur Center staff to drop what they were doing and join the search.
This same pair had experienced a brief breakout the week before when a storm pushed over a tree, forming a bridge over the electric fence, said Greg Dye, Operations Manager of the Lemur Center. "We're still not sure how they did it this time, but let's just say that where there's a will, there must be a way."
To read the rest of the article, click here.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Duke Men's Lacrosse vs. Syracuse
| Event Title: | Duke Men's Lacrosse vs. Syracuse Big City Classic at Metlife Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ) |
| Date: | Apr 1, 2012 |
| Time: | 1:00PM - 8:30PM ET |
| Location: | Met Life Stadium East Rutherford, NJ |
| Description: | Duke NY is unable to plan a group event for this Duke lacrosse game (4 pm). Game 1: Notre Dame vs. St. John’s 1pm Game 2: Duke vs. Syracuse 4pm Game 3: North Carolina vs. Johns Hopkins 6:30pm For additional information, or to purchase tickets to the game, visit http://www.bigcityclassic.com/. |
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Duke NY Book Club
| Event Title: | Duke NY Book Club My Antonia by Willa Cather |
| Date: | Mar 28, 2012 |
| Time: | 7:00PM - 9:00PM ET |
| Location: | The Cornell Club - New York, |
| Description: | Join other Blue Devils every other month in discussing a new book, from the classics to the latest best sellers. Bring your thoughts, ideas and opinions on the latest selection. Duke NY Book Club meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. at The Cornell Club - New York. For additional information, click here. |
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