https://today.duke.edu/ en Wed, 17 Jul 2024 02:23:30 -0400 Tue, 09 Jul 2024 10:34:59 -0400 https://today.duke.edu/2024/07/duke-flags-lowered-professor-emeritus-buford-jones-dies <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p>Duke Associate Professor Emeritus William Buford Jones, 91, of Durham, passed away at Hillcrest Convalescent Center, July 7, 2024, after a long illness.</p><p>Jones taught in the Department of English for 50 years. He specialized in 18<sup class>th</sup> and 19<sup class>th</sup> century American Literature, particularly the works of Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, Emerson, and Thoreau.     </p><p>A visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to noon p.m. Thursday, July 11, at</p></div> Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2024/07/duke-flags-lowered-professor-emeritus-buford-jones-dies Tue, 09 Jul 2024 10:34:59 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed English|Faculty|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2024/06/expressions-pride-through-graduate-study <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> The Graduate School https://today.duke.edu/2024/06/expressions-pride-through-graduate-study Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:08:50 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Bass Connections|English|Graduate School|History|Music|students, graduate and professional https://today.duke.edu/2024/05/three-juniors-named-faculty-scholars Awards are the highest honor bestowed by faculty to undergraduates Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2024/05/three-juniors-named-faculty-scholars Mon, 27 May 2024 13:34:54 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed English|History|Mathematics|students, undergraduate|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2024/03/duke-100-spotlight-gen-martin-dempsey <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> Duke Centennial https://today.duke.edu/2024/03/duke-100-spotlight-gen-martin-dempsey Mon, 04 Mar 2024 11:20:59 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Centennial|English|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2023/10/christopher-ouma-explores-pan-african-imagination <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> Trinity College of Arts and Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2023/10/christopher-ouma-explores-pan-african-imagination Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:04:48 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed English|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2023/09/five-scholars-selected-thomas-langford-award <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> Office of the Provost https://today.duke.edu/2023/09/five-scholars-selected-thomas-langford-award Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:48:01 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed African and African American Studies|English|Statistical Science https://today.duke.edu/2023/06/hot-press-summer-reading-duke-authors <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p>Summer is a great time to catch up on reading. Books from more than a dozen Duke authors offer insight on a range of topics – from gratitude for everyday life to the antislavery writings of Henry David Thoreau. Below is a roundup of some of the most recently published and soon-to-be-out titles.</p><p>Many of the books, including new editions of previous titles, can be found on the “Duke Authors” display shelves near the circulation desk in Perkins Library. Some are available as e-books for quick</p></div> Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2023/06/hot-press-summer-reading-duke-authors Thu, 22 Jun 2023 15:32:29 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed African and African American Studies|Art, Art History and Visual Studies|Asian and Middle Eastern Studies|Divinity School|English|History|Politics & Public Policy|Psychology and Neuroscience|Religion|Romance Studies|School of Law|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2023/06/duke-diary-dispatch-hello-panama <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><div class="wp-block-dt-intro"><p class="text">This is the first in a series of diary entries by Nhu Bui, a Duke University undergraduate doing research this summer in Panama. </p></div><p>Howdy! My name is Nhu, and I’m a rising senior from Cypress, Texas majoring in Environmental Science and Policy and English. As part of my upcoming senior thesis and with support from the Rachel Carson Scholars program, this summer I’m in Bocas del Toro, Panama with the Silliman Lab to conduct an independent study at the</p></div> Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2023/06/duke-diary-dispatch-hello-panama Mon, 12 Jun 2023 10:50:24 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed English|Students|students, undergraduate|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2023/05/three-students-honored-faculty-scholars Students honored for record of creative and original scholarship Duke Today https://today.duke.edu/2023/05/three-students-honored-faculty-scholars Thu, 11 May 2023 11:06:33 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Economics|English|Psychology and Neuroscience|students, undergraduate|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences https://today.duke.edu/2023/04/duke-alumna-speak-how-her-english-degree-and-global-work-shape-her-efforts-end-life-care <div class="wp-block-dt-story-meta-plus-text"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-columns-25-75"><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-25"><p></p></div><div class="wp-block-dt-utility-col-75"><p></p></div></div> Duke Global Health Institute https://today.duke.edu/2023/04/duke-alumna-speak-how-her-english-degree-and-global-work-shape-her-efforts-end-life-care Fri, 14 Apr 2023 09:23:57 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Alumni|Duke Global Health Institute|English|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences