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we will feel this loss hundreds of times over through families and
friends and colleagues. American optimism and belief in decency have
suffered so cruelly that they may not ever be made whole again. Our
common humanity has been violated. In the face of the unthinkable,
when everyday language fails, we turn to prayer. Our true community
is every man, woman, and child on the face of the earth who longs
for peace and healing. May we find and embrace them all." |
-- Executive Vice President
Tallman Trask III
speaking to 2,500 people attending a university-wide interfaith vigil
in front of
Duke Chapel on Wednesday, September 12, 2001
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Even
with broad public interest in raising academic standards and holding
schools accountable, there’s a backlash against high-stakes testing. |
A
student-curator program, now fourteen years old, continues to provide
deep engagement with art—and to spark careers devoted to the
world of art. |
Four
decades of teaching introductory chemistry to some 30,000 students
has given one popular professor the profound satisfaction of science
well-taught. |
The
Duke Primate Center faces critical questions about its mix of research,
teaching, and conservation. |
Adventure,
ecology, and archaeology in Honduras: a spring break with a difference,
a gate to the wilderness, and a chance to uncover a civilization. |
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Taking the
senior class full circle: presidential baccalaureate musings |
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A
board wrap-up, a
roster of student scholars |
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Dueling
over guns, reveling
in basketball |
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A
plan for residential life, a
music-making lobster |
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Postmodernism’s
subversive impact, and the art of marketing art |
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Rationalizing
missile defense, rating
the academic novel |
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“I think NBA teams get too caught up
in talking about potential and upside and forget that taking a player
like Battier, who already knows how to play the game and will be a
solid NBA talent, can be a smarter move than putting your future in
the hands of an eighteen-year-old kid.”
—Basketball News senior editor
Ken Bikoff, after Shane Battier ’01 was chosen sixth in the NBA
draft, following three high-school players, a Spanish player, and
sophomore Jason Richardson of Michigan State. Battier will play
for the Memphis Grizzlies. |
“Duke’s campus is absolutely
gorgeous. A lot of people have told us that if they could shoot on
any campus in the country, they’d choose Duke.”
—Lisa Fincannon, casting director
for the TV series Dawson’s Creek, referring to the choice of
Duke as a stand-in for the fictional “Worthington College,”
where one of the lead characters enrolls this fall. |
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