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Duke News Duke professor Kathy Rudy offers tips on how to eat local this Thanksgiving.
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Kathy Rudy is an associate professor of women's studies at Duke. This article originally appeared in the Durham Herald-Sun.
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In a new book, 'You Are What You Choose,' Duke University professors Jay Hamilton and Scott de Marchi explain how personality traits influence decision-making
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The number of high
school seniors applying to Duke University through the Early Decision
process has increased 32 percent from last year.
“Last year, we
received 1,535 Early Decision applicants, which had been our second
highest total,” said Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph
Guttentag. “This year, we’ve recorded 2,040.”
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Those who apply via this process know they want to attend Duke and commit to enroll at the university if they receive an offer of admission in December.
Duke News Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus announced as Duke's 2010 commencement speaker. http://news.duke.edu/2009/10/yunus.html
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Durham, NC -- Nobel Peace Price winner Muhammad Yunus, a Bangladeshi banker/economist and champion of the poor, will deliver the commencement address at Duke University on May 15, 2010, the school announced Friday.
Duke News Duke has a new homepage! Check it out now at www.duke.edu.
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Official gateway to information and online resources of Duke University, a private research university located in Durham NC, USA.
Duke News David T. Robinson, a professor of finance at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, pens an op-ed about the Cash for Clunkers Program.
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DURHAM, N.C. -- When I was a child, I would lobby my mother to let me open my Christmas presents early. Her most powerful antidote against my pleas was a story she would tell about the year she and my father, living far from their relatives before I was born, opened their Christmas presents early. ....
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DURHAM, N.C. -- As students adjust this month to the start of classes and myriad activities that mark the beginning of a new academic year, members of Duke’s Muslim and Jewish communities will gather to celebrate important religious holidays.
Duke News Down From the Trees: Duke study of wrist bones challenges notion humans evolved from knuckle-walkers: http://bit.ly/1cXQk0.
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Upright human ancestors evolved from creatures that came down from the trees, rather than up from knuckle-walking, according to a new analysis by Duke University anthropologists. Story - http://news.duke.edu/2009/08/knucklewalk.html
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Loblolly trees growing under elevated carbon dioxide levels emitted from towers at Duke Forest's FACE site | Chris Hildreth
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Speed to market and the domestic shortage of science and engineering talent are two key drivers for offshoring projects, says the annual survey of U.S firms.
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Tickets go on sale today for “Picasso and the Allure of Language,” a new exhibition at Duke's Nasher Museum of Art showcasing Picasso’s deep and multidimensional interest in writing and language. The exhibition opens Aug. 20 and runs through Jan. 3, 2010.
Check out the Facebook event here: http://bit.ly/lhJDa and stop by if you're on campus this fall.
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DURHAM, N.C. -- Spanish artist Pablo Picasso is widely recognized for pioneering the Cubist movement through his art. But in addition to being a painter, Picasso also was passionate about the written word and counted writers, poets and scholars among his closest friends.
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Got a question for Duke economist Dan Ariely? The best-selling author of “Predictably Irrational” will be taking your questions live, online tomorrow at noon EST.
Join the chat tomorrow at http://apps.facebook.com/dukeuniversityl
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Duke economist Dan Ariely is taking questions Friday, but not from The New York Times, the NewsHour, Marketplace or other media outlets where he frequently appears.
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A new technique that detects the HIV virus early and monitors its development without requiring refrigeration may make AIDS testing more accessible in sub-Saharan Africa.
Duke News Think you know TV advertising from the 50s, 60s and 70s? Take this 10-question quiz to test your ad knowledge. At the end you’ll have a chance to see a sampling of the digitized TV commercials Duke Libraries' new AdViews collection.
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DURHAM, N.C. -- “Please, don’t squeeze the Charmin!,” “Double your pleasure; double your fun” -- these memorable slogans and the products they promote have been beamed ...
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The wound that ultimately killed a Neandertal man between 50,000 and 75,000 years was most likely caused by a thrown spear, the kind modern humans used but Neandertals did not, according to Duke University-led research.
