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American Dance Festival to feature 47 performances

The American Dance Festival’s 80th anniversary season, June 13-July 27, will feature 47 performances by 25 companies and choreographers from around the world. Published: May. 21, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Judge reseals Hedgepeth warrants another 60 days

A judge has continued the order sealing search warrants in the September death of a UNC student. Published: May. 17, 2013 2:54 PM | Full story

Duke Cancer Institute turns spa for a day

CANCERSPA2-DN-050813-HLL CANCERSPA3-DN-050813-HLL Duke Cancer Institute gave patients and their supporters a break from everyday struggles with its sixth annual Spa Day Wednesday. The event offered free beauty and relaxation treatments like facials, wig and scarf styling, and massages. Published: May. 11, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Main Street bridge project begins Monday

Work is scheduled to start Monday to replace the Main Street bridge over Campus Drive in Durham, which serves as the main link between Duke’s East and West Campuses. Published: May. 9, 2013 11:21 AM | Full story

Murdock donates $50 million to research in Kannapolis

MURDOCK01-NE-050813-RTW Billionaire David Murdock, the Dole Foods chairman whose vision and money turned an abandoned Kannapolis textile mill into a multimillion-dollar nutrition research campus, announced a donation of another $50 million in operating support for the venture. Published: May. 9, 2013 10:28 AM | Full story

NCCU, Duke to send off graduates this weekend

More than 6,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees will be conferred at commencement exercises in Durham this week. Published: May. 7, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Duke retreats from for-credit online courses

Faculty at Duke vote ‘no,’ prompting the university to back out of a deal to offer classes through 2U, an online education consortium. Published: May. 1, 2013 5:28 PM | Full story

Duke University gets $10 million gift for public policy school

Book Festival-Gift Duke trustee David Rubenstein has donated the largest single gift to the Sanford School of Public Policy. The money will go toward graduate fellowships, undergraduate internships and a fund to support the school’s engagement in the public policy world. Published: May. 1, 2013 5:31 PM | Full story

Philosophy takes a field trip

PHILOSOPHY-DN-04=32213-MG For Michael Burroughs, philosophy isn’t just something found in a musty old book. As coordinator of UNC’s Department of Philosophy Outreach Program, he takes the lesson out into the world and spreads it among all ages. Published: Apr. 13, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

NCCU show spotlights artist Tyrone Geter

The first time Kenneth Rodgers saw a creation by artist Tyrone Geter, he was floored. “I was at the home of noted African-American artist Bing Davis in Dayton, Ohio, and Geter’s drawing was one of the most incredible that I had seen up to that point,” said Rodgers, who is the director of the N.C. Central University Art Museum. Published: Apr. 9, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

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