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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 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 ...
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.
During the 1992–93 school year, WXDU left the supervision of the student government and joined the Duke University Union. The move has allowed the station to grow in new and exciting ways. WXDU can now, for instance, sponsor concerts on campus at the Coffeehouse, and pool resources with other union groups such as Cable 13 and Major Attractions.
Duke was, at the time, in the process of building a new hospital wing priced at $92 million—an addition that the corporation prioritized over improving working conditions for its employees. [40] For the University, unionization meant higher costs to employ unskilled workers, which the corporation could not afford if they hoped to achieve ...
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.
Paul L. Modrich (James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University, joined Duke in 1976), 2015 Nobel laureate in Chemistry [13] William Kaelin Jr. (B.S. 1979, M.D. 1982), 2019 Nobel laureate in Medicine [14] Simon Johnson (Associate Professor at the Fuqua School of Business from 1991 to 1997), 2024 Nobel laureate in Economics [15]
The Chronicle commands a budget of more than $1 million and employs a staff of 120, including undergraduates at Duke Kunshan University. [1] Its coverage gained national significance in light of the 2006 Duke lacrosse team scandal. The paper is independent of the university and as such is governed by a board composed largely of former staff ...