At Duke, Mentor Is the Message
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Former Duke players Johnny Dawkins, Steve Wojciechowski and Chris Collins are fiercely loyal lieutenants and trusted confidants to Coach Mike Krzyzewski.
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Duke University has hired John Danowski from Hofstra to coach its embattled men's lacrosse team, the new coach said Friday.
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Duke University on Monday named a Harvard researcher as the first woman to lead its medical school, which also makes her the only female at the helm of one of the nation's Top 10 medical schools.
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School officials anticipate great interest and a huge crowd to support the No. 19 Maryland women as they take on No. 3 Duke on Sunday.
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DeMarcus Nelson has seen No. 1 rankings and ACC championships during his career at Duke, experience that has made him probably the Blue Devils' most valuable player on a young squad.
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Thereâs a growing sense of urgency among educators that  every student should be on a college track.
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DURHAM, N.C. -- A new center at Duke University will become the first to study why more babies are born premature or underweight in the South than elsewhere in the nation.
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Unbeaten Duke showed the Miami Hurricanes that the Atlantic Coast Conference is not so easy after all. Junior Shelden Williams scored a career-high 30 points and the No. 4 Blue Devils shot 61 percent to win 92-83 Wednesday night, ending a surprising run by ACC newcomer Miami.
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By David Ranii, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 23--Internet giant Yahoo is tapping the creativity of Duke University marketing students.
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An epiphany struck Duquesne Coach Ron Everhart in mid-January when the Dukes, who had suffered through a shooting tragedy a month before the season, turned their season around.
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By RYAN SEALS  UNC--Chapel Hill School of Dentistry faculty made a special house call to the Gateway Education Center Friday to help kids find their beautiful smiles.
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Virginia's Jameel Sewell looks to be pretty quick in learning how to lead, then again a 37-0 drubbing of ACC punching bag Duke will lift most quarterback's spirits.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Larry Coker was standing on the sideline with his headset tilted to the side. The affable Miami coach had to be wondering why no one in the administration told him that the sledding was going to be so tough in the ACC.
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Instead of the usual Blue Devils T-shirt and ball cap, Duke University freshmen receive a free iPod engraved with the school's crest. The school hopes the devices will be used for recording lectures and capturing scientific data.
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When the Northeastern Conference invited 360 of the area's top student-athletes to Salem State last Friday for its first leadership gathering in close to a decade, the idea was to get students talking.
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The Atlantic Coast Conference's highest-scoring team had its way against the conference's best defense. LaToya Pringle had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and third-ranked North Carolina shot 51.6 percent from the field in a convincing 93-76 victory over No. 11 Duke last night in Durham, N.C., that broke the Tar Heels' two-game losing streak to their Tobacco Road rivals.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Duke had little trouble staying unbeaten while opening Atlantic Coast Conference tournament play. Things figure to get a little tougher the rest of the way.