Duke was ranked No.13 in the U.S. News and World Report’s “World’s Best Colleges” rankings, which was released last Thursday. The University came behind No.1 Harvard, No.2 Yale, No.5 Caltech, No.8 University of Chicago, No.9 MIT, No.10 Columbia, No.11 University of Pennsylvania, and No.12 Princeton.
It shares the No.13 spot with Johns Hopkin University, and is ahead of No.15 Cornell, and No.17 Stanford.
These rankings differ from the U.S. News National University rankings, released annually in late August. Duke was ranked No.8 in the national rankings last year, sharing the spot with University of Chicago and Columbia.
Students gathered on the Chapel Quad friday night to remember the victims of the recent election violence in Tehran. To view more of Michael Naclerio’s photos, please check out a photo slideshow by following this link.
Superior Court Judge J.B. Allen dismissed the case that Tiffany Lynette Locus, Trinity ‘07, filed last year against Charles Thompson, education and curriculum director for the Center for Documentary Studies Monday. The suit also named various other Duke administrators including President Richard Brodhead, Provost Peter Lange, Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta and Director of Judicial Affairs Stephen Bryan.
Locus alleged that she suffered emotional distress–in the form of severe depression and anxiety attacks–after Thompson accused of her cheating on her final paper and unfairly gave her an F in his “Who Cares and Why: Social Activism and Its Motivations” course. Locus contended that the discrepancies in that paper were due to false information she received from a woman she interviewed for the project.
The lawsuit requested punitive damages of more than $10,000 and for Locus’ grade in the class to be changed to passing.
Judge Allen, however, was not convinced by the arguments of James Locus, Tiffany’s father, that Duke violated a contractual agreement in assigning Locus the “F.”
Although many renowned speakers helped make the John Hope and Aurelia Franklin Celebration event memorable, who were the guests at the event and why did they attend? In this video series, The Chronicle interviewed students, university faculty and administrators and friends of the Fraklins who came to the Chapel. The series investigates why attendees felt it an important event to attend and what they hoped the speakers and the program would focus on. The series also features memories of the Franklins and attendees’ reactions to the even.
Celebration of the Lives of John Hope and Aurelia Whittington Franklin (1/4)
Celebration of the Lives of John Hope and Aurelia Whittington Franklin (2/4)
Celebration of the Lives of John Hope and Aurelia Whittington Franklin (3/4)
Celebration of the Lives of John Hope and Aurelia Whittington Franklin (4/4)
On June 11th, 2009, family, friends, and admirers of John Hope and Aurelia Whittington Franklin gathered in the Duke Chapel to pay tribute to the exceptional couple. For a more of Michael Naclerio’s photos from the celebratory service, check out a slideshow by following this link.
