Monthly Archives: April 2012

$econd in a series of the coming fund-raising campaign For today’s essay, we’re going to create an alumnus: Allen Mole, class of 1978. Despite his career as a successful trader and executive at Goldman Sachs, bundling in $10 to $20 … Continue reading →

Bowing to Vice Chair David Rubenstein, the Brodhead Administraton will be stripping  the name of William R. Perkins from much of the main Library — and will rededicate it in honor of the big bucks Trustee. While the original announcement … Continue reading →

Is there a message for Duke in the months-long soul-searching by the Yale faculty over their version of Kunshan: a stampede to build a new undergraduate college 9,496 miles from home in conjunction with the government of Singapore? Indeed there … Continue reading →

Search words: Anil Potti Duke University When the Potti Mess began to overflow in July 2010, a Deputy DukeChecker who was assigned to read the website of Potti’s medical school in India sent an internal memo that noted Potti might … Continue reading →

When William Chameides was brought in from Georgia Tech and named Dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, the official PR announcement was attributed to Peter the Provost alone. That was June 20, 2007. Times change, … Continue reading →

The hoax and set-up involving Crystal Gail Mangum, the corrupt DA Mike Nifong and the 2006 Duke lacrosse team brought some nut-jobs out of the woodwork, and one emerged again on Thursday. This time, Sidney B. Harr, who is not … Continue reading →

A new day, and a new crop of rumors in the Sanford School of Public Policy about the new Dean. As we reported overnight, the consensus was that the director of the U S Census might be coming to Duke. … Continue reading →

It looks as though President Brodhead is going to get even more frustrated.  And Dukies who believe there must be more diversity in top leadership at the University will be disappointed yet again. Precisely two weeks ago, President Brodhead — … Continue reading →

Following information from WRAL-TV, pictures from screen grabs. A Duke doctor — flying on an American Airlines jet from London to Raleigh-Durham Airport — responded to an urgent call for medical help from a flight attendant, rushed to a mother … Continue reading →

Head football coach David Cutcliffe has kicked a wide receiver off the team — the wide receiver who starred in last Saturday’s Spring game with five receptions for 78 yards, including a 33-yard catch on a pass from Anthony Boone. … Continue reading →

* updated at 3 PM to reflect official Duke PR release. Its hand forced by a DukeCheck article on Monday evening that revealed the new location of the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Life, the Brodhead Administration has … Continue reading →

If you’re new to DukeCheck, and we are happy to say that a lot of people are, Meat Loaf is put together with ingredients that we did not use for major essays. It is named after the entree in the … Continue reading →

It’s not often you hear Kean University, an undistinguished division of the state university system in New Jersey, and Mighty Duke mentioned in the same breath. But Kean (pronounced cane) and Duke have a lot in common: – Both were … Continue reading →

To understand this story about research money in the 2009-2010 academic year,  you need to know three things: * The accountants have changed the way they they report on things. Previously they looked at the total of new grants made … Continue reading →

The director of the Center for LGBT Life — Janie Long — has told members of several gay organizations that the center has secured new space and will be moving into Bryan 101.  There is no information on whether the … Continue reading →

With construction on the campus of the new Duke Kunshan University now on its fifth timetable, the last thing the Brodhead Administration needs is another high-profile failure to adhere to a schedule that the Administration itself set. But we have … Continue reading →