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In 2013, they donated $50 million to Duke University to support Bass Connections, an initiative to encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration and studies. [16] In 2001, Bass and his wife donated $10 million to Duke to strengthen undergraduate teaching. They also donated $10 million in 1996 to establish the Bass Society of Fellows at Duke. [17]
The following holidays are observed by the majority of US businesses with paid time off: New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, [2] Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the day after known as Black Friday, Christmas Eve and Christmas. There are also numerous holidays on the state and local level that are observed to varying degrees.
The Local 77 chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is a Duke University labour union established in August 1965. It initially began as the Duke Employees Benevolent Society in February 1965, led by Oliver Harvey. The formation of Local 77 was directed towards improving work conditions for the working-class ...
Diana Butler Bass [a] (born 1959) is an American historian of Christianity and an advocate for progressive Christianity. [1] She is the author of eleven books. Bass earned a PhD in religious studies from Duke University in 1991 with an emphasis on American ecclesiastical history , [ 2 ] studying under George Marsden . [ 3 ]
Nov. 21—A Duke Energy lineworker died Wednesday while working to restore power during an outage in Sanford. "Yesterday, one of our lineworkers was involved in a tragic incident in Sanford.
Duke University staff (2 C, 13 P) Duke University trustees (10 P) F. Duke University faculty (4 C, 834 P) P. Presidents of Duke University (17 P)
Seven people have been arrested and charged in connection to an alleged social media drug ring at Rutgers University, New Jersey officials announced this week.
A treat arrives early on the schedule when Duke travels west to play Kansas, No. 1 in ESPN’s way-too-early top 25 rankings, in Las Vegas on Nov. 26. ESPN has Duke rated No. 8. ESPN has Duke ...