http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/news.html Arts & Sciences News en-us Mon, 12 May 2008 11:27:36 EDT Duke University Faculty Database System 2000-01-01T00:00:00-0500 2 hourly http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-1-0-0-2589 More than 4,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students received degrees at Duke 156th commencement. Novelist-essayist Barbara Kingsolver P'09 spoke on the virtues of a sustainable, Jerry Oster Mon, 12 May 2008 11:27:36 EDT Graduates urged to redefine success http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-1-0-0-2588 Revenues in the FY 08/09 budget are about 9.1 percent higher than those for the current fiscal year, while expenditures are budgeted to increase 9 percent. Jerry Oster Mon, 12 May 2008 10:50:34 EDT Trustees approve $2 billion budget http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-1-0-0-2586 A $5 million anonymous gift will enable the engineering school to establish a new curriculum that encourages undergraduates to think critically about problems that lack obvious solutions. Jerry Oster Thu, 08 May 2008 14:33:09 EDT Pratt gift to develop courses on uncertainty http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-1-0-0-2574 <span style="font-weight: bold;"> Mike Reed</span> (mathematics), <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wesley Kort</span> (religion), <span style="font-weight: bold;">Huseyin Yildirim</span> (economics), and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Daniel Rittschof</span> (marine lab) were honored for excellence in teaching. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mary Boatwright</span> (classical studies) received the Dean's Distinguished Service Award. Jerry Oster Fri, 02 May 2008 09:36:58 EDT Faculty award honorees named http://fds.duke.edu/db?listnews-1-0-0-2520 The Duke Endowment gift (the largest ever received by Duke University Medical Center) will help construct a medical-education facility and a cutting-edge pediatric inpatient facility. Jerry Oster Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:23:38 EDT TDE gives $50 million to DUMC