A&S News Archive
2007
Student peace projects win awards
Two groups of Duke students each won $10,000 awards from 100 Projects for Peace, a $1 million competition funded by philanthropist Kathryn Wasserman Davis to commemorate her 100th birthday.
March 2007
Prehealth advising team in place
With the retirement of the long-time director of the Health Professions Advising Center, Duke has created a transition team of advisors for undergraduates and alumni applying to medical, dental, veterinary, and other health profession schools.
January 2007
2006
AAAS program to be a department
The Board of Trustees approved elevating the African and African American Studies Program to departmental status. Academic departments at Duke offer undergraduate and graduate degrees. Because the AAAS program currently offers an undergraduate degree and a graduate certificate, it already functions much like a department, said Arts & Sciences Dean of the Social Sciences Sarah Deutsch.
December 2006
Campus Culture Initiative Update
Co-chairs Robert Thompson and Larry Moneta said in a statement that the steering committee has largely completed gathering data and is "entering the phrase of our work of interpreting what we have heard and learned and formulating a number of recommendations."
December 2006
Prehealth adviser retiring
Kay H. Singer G'77, associate dean of Trinity College and director of the Health Professions Advising Center, will retire at the end of January 2007. Singer has successfully guided over 3,000 Duke undergraduate and alumni through the process of applying to health profession schools. "The success rate of Duke graduates for admission to medical, dental, veterinary, and other health profession programs would not be what it is without her remarkable judgment, her standing in the field, and the personal care and concern for students which she so readily demonstrates,” said Trinity College Dean Robert J. Thompson.
November 2006
Summer@Duke: A season that enriches
Summer isn't what it used to be. No longer only remedial, or only for students taking lab courses, summer sessions are now used to enrich and explore.
April 2006
Study abroad at Duke: Faraway so close
Nearly half of Duke's undergraduates spend at least a semester in another country. Although far from Durham, they're closely connected to their Duke education.
January 2006
2005
Certificate Programs: Pathways to Knowledge
Duke's focus is on "interdisciplinary exploration." Many students first learn what that means in a certificate program.
November 2005
A campus transformed
Duke has undergone a transformation this fall — architectural, geographical, social.
October 2005
Libraries and Librarians: Tools for Undergraduates
Perkins Library has an IM buddy name – DukeRef – a sign of the times and of Duke's desire to have its undergraduates get to know the library and its librarians.
August 2005
Dean's Address to the parents of the Class of 2009
Robert J. Thompson, dean of Trinity College and vice provost for undergraduate education, addressed the parents of the Class of 2009 on August 25, 2005.
August 2005
Tenure-track faculty bring change to Women's Studies
When Duke approved tenure-track lines for the Women's Studies Program in 1998, it was a significant step forward for the 15-year-old program. With a full-time faculty of six, Women's studies looks forward to two additional tenure-track hires in the coming two years.
May 2005
2005 Teaching Award winners
Honored for teaching excellence were: Professor of Biomedical Engineering William Reichert; Assistant Professor of the Practice of Biology Sherryl Broverman; Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of German Peter McIsaac; Assistant Professor of Sociology Suzanne Shanahan; and Associate Professor of History Edward Balleisen.
April 2005
Writing 20 gets a checkup
Academic Writing, which teaches first-year students to read closely and critically and to make creative use of what they've read, is being tested itself.
April 2005
An intellectual lab for the social sciences
The Social Science Research Institute is poised to produce pioneering interdisciplinary research on critical issues in health, education, the environment, and society.
April 2005
The gateway to an intellectual life
First-year seminars not only satisfy a requirement for beginning students; for many students, the seminars inspire the choice of a major and a career.
March 2005
2004
Pre-business and graduate school advising at Duke
Duke offers an array of advising services for students for whom a BA or a BS is not the last stop on their educational journeys.
December 2004
Scholarly writer and writerly scholar
Professor of English Joseph A. Porter shares an Allen Building office — and a life — with highly praised novelist Joe Ashby Porter. Each helps the other with his work.
December 2004
Life-long story teller
Lucy Corin T'92 dropped out of Duke's theater program because she was spending too much time writing. Now she teaches fiction writing, thanks in part to a "hands-off" teacher who encouraged her prose.
December 2004
Prior Stories
The Arts & Sciences and Trinity College News pages began publication in January 2003. The pages are updated every 4-6 weeks. Published articles are archived under the following categories:
Administration
- Bryant, Anita-Yvonne, coordinator of multicultural services (June 2003)
- Curran, Sheila: director of the Career Center (March 2003)
- Gilbert, Paula: director of Continuing Studies (October 2003)
- Harvard, Carlisle: International House director (October 2004)
- Heinselman, Gregg: director of student activities and facilities (January 2004)
- Hull, Eddie: director of residence life and housing services (January 2003)
- Lisker, Donna: director of the Women's Center (March 2004)
- Lombardi, Ryan: assistant dean of students (September 2003)
- Shanken, Edward: executive director of Information Science and Information Studies (June 2003)
- Singer, Kay H., Assistant Trinity College Dean (October 2004)
- Wilson, Gerald: academic dean (November 2003)
- Wise, Barbara: administrative coordinator and assistant director of the Office of Undergraduate Scholars and Fellows (September 2004)
- Ansley, Robert E., Jr. T'72 (June 2004)
- Carpenter, Kyle T'75 (November 2003)
- Dear, John T'81 (January 2003)
- Grumman, Cornelia T'85 (June 2003)
- Hicks, Alice W'69 (January 2004)
- Hodges-Copple, Anne T'79 (March 2004)
- McGrath, Dean T'75 (June 2003)
- McClatchey, Billy T'94 (September 2003)
- Schlichting, Nancy T'76 (October 200
- Blount, Alma, lecturer in public policy studies, director of the Hart Leadership Program (June 2004)
- Buchmann, Claudia, assistant professor of sociology (September 2003)
- cooke, miriam, professor of modern Arabic literature and culture (June 2003)
- Crumbliss, Alvin, professor of chemistry (November 2003)
- Franz, Katherine, assistant professor of chemistry (March 2004)
- Kiehart, Dan, professor of biology (June 2003)
- Lindroth, Scott, professor and chair of music (September 2004)
- McIsaac, Peter, assistant professor of Germanic languages and literature (January 2004)
- Sayle, Amy, Mellon lecturing fellow (March 2003)
- Wald, Priscilla,: associate professor of English (January 2003)
- Yang, Jun, assistant professor of computer science (October 2003)
- Brim, Allison; Kennedy, Ryan; Lemmond, Monica; and Williams, Lauren T'05, Sexual assault (January 2004)
- Chafe, William, dean of the faculty of Arts & Sciences: Yankees-Red Sox 2003 playoff (October 2003)
- Jentleson, Bruce, director of the Sanford Institute of Pubic Policy: Yankees-Red Sox 2003 playoff (October 2003)
- Kaufman, Lloyd P'03: independent movie-making (November 2003)
- Leinster, Logan T'06: Active Minds: mental-illness support group (March 2004)
- Long, Rebekah, doctoral student: Tolkien's views on war (September 2003)
- Middleton, Colin T'05: Commuting by bicycle (October 2004)
- Oster, Jerry, Arts & Sciences communications director: Eminem in "8 Mile" (January 2003)
- Panuccio, Jesse T'04: Duke athletics (March 2003)
- Rogerson, Kenneth, acting director and research director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Communications and Journalism: E-mail spam (June 2003)
- Rusk, Diana T'03: women at Duke (June 2003)
- Thompson, Robert, dean of Trinity College: team teaching (September 2004)
- Wang, Vivian T'06: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
- Anthony, Katie T'05 (November 2003)
- Bhartiya, Wagish T'04 (September 2003)
- Bowman, Janaka T'03 (January 2003)
- Burakow, Sasha T'07 (January 2004)
- Jean-Baptiste, Naomi T'05 (September 2004)
- Laabs, Mark T'06 (March 2003)
- Lee, Joseph T'05 (June 2003)
- Moore, Ben T'06 (March 2004)
- Murray, Kareen T'05 (October 2004)
- Stamell, Emily T'06 (June 2003)
- Stinebrickner-Kauffman, Taren T'04 (October 2003)
- Ypma, Meredith T'06 (June 2004)
- The Arts at Duke (June 2004)
- Curriculum review (June 2003)
- Digital portfolio (September 2003)
- Genomics at Duke (March 2003)
- Humanities at Duke (June 2003)
- Internationalizing Duke (November 2003)
- Interview with Dean-elect George McLendon (part 1, January 2004; part 2, March 2004)
- Pre-Major Advising (October 2004)
- Pre-professional advising (September 2004)
- Undergraduate research (October 2003)
- Women at Duke (January 2003)