For years, Duke has been on a high-growth trajectory. With declines in endowment returns and philanthropic giving, the university—like most of higher education—is adjusting to a challenging financial reality

Now in his second year at Duke, football coach David Cutcliffe is aiming to turn his Blue Devils into an ACC powerhouse, drawing on wisdom, experience, and inspiration from icons like Bear Bryant, Wallace Wade, and the 1938 Iron Dukes

The economy is down, people are being laid off, new jobs are scarce. A group of young Duke alumni share living space and entrepreneurial insights in order to survive—and thrive

Tim Profeta, comfortable among scholars and respected within Capitol culture, brings a sure hand to the delicate task of inserting good environmental research into the national legislative discourse