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GoTriangle considers light rail future after Duke decides to not negotiate

By Aislinn Antrim | March 7

The Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit Project has received several updates in the past two weeks, including a draft of a Federal Transit Administration ...

Duke changed its mind on the Durham-Orange Light Rail, throwing the project off track

By Ryan Smoot | March 1

After more than $130 million in Orange-Durham tax dollars was spent designing a new light rail transit system, Duke University informed GoTriangle that ...

Where are you watching the Duke game?

By Lauren Westbrook | February 19

Tomorrow night, UNC will face off against ACC rival Duke University at 9 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Here's where students will be watching. ...

Column: Duke vs. UNC, celebrity edition

By Zach Goins | February 19

"Can you smell it? That sweet, sweet mixture. The sweat of thousands of people who just sprinted from every direction. The smoke of a freshly lit bonfire ...

What do Robertson Scholars think of the UNC-Duke rivalry?

By Elizabeth Moore | February 17

During basketball season, you cheer for either UNC or Duke University – unless you’re a student at both universities.

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The UNC-Duke rivalry is more than just men's basketball

By Will Forrest | February 17

The UNC-Duke rivalry doesn't only apply to varsity sports, but continues into the club sports mentality, as well. We talked to some UNC club sports teams ...

Duke and UNC overlook the rivalry with visiting professorship

By Noah Dolgoff | February 17

“While we are fierce competitors on the basketball court, when it comes to academics, we complement one another greatly."

Want $10,000 in prizes? Compete in the Carolina Challenge Makeathon

By Anna Southwell | February 10

“Both faculty and students are focused on understanding things better and advancing the boundaries of what us humans know, and I think that’s really ...

“The Opposite Sex: A History” dives into European gender history

By Alec Critser | February 5

A professor from Duke will be visiting to give this year's commemorative lecture, which will be free to the public and focus on subverting traditional ...

Duke professor's email to Chinese students was sadly unsurprising, UNC students say

By Arabella Saunders | January 29

We talked to some UNC students who said they weren't surprised by the controversial email due to Duke's past scandals and their own experiences with the ...

Photo Illustration. Although traditional cigarette use has fallen in the past decade among young people in North Carolina, the rise in popularity of e-cigarettes has presented a new challenge for health officials.

Vape flavoring creates new potentially harmful chemicals, research shows

By Lyell McMerty | October 31

Some see e-cigarettes as a possible way to help smokers quit, while other believe they have under-researched health effects and are too popular among ...

Tea, honey bees and more at Sarah P. Duke Gardens' Harvest Festival

By Isaac Rosso Klakovich | October 10

"The seeds are ripening on plants, the air is crisp and cool, things smell delicious and there’s kind of a frenzy of energy of living organisms and ...

UNC receives $2 million grant to fight opioid epidemic

By Arabella Saunders | October 8

As the opioid epidemic in North Carolina worsens, UNC's Injury Prevention Research Center hopes a recent $2 million research grant will help evaluate ...

Despite rivalry, UNC and Duke students work together to empower community

By Arabella Saunders | September 26

Only eight miles separates the UNC and Duke rivalry, and some community initiatives between the universities are just as close. Despite fierce competition, ...

Nasher Museum program flourishes with grant from Alzheimer's Foundation of America

By Liza Zhytkova | May 31

"This is a way for people with dementia to really relax and enjoy themselves because there is no pressure to remember anything," Hower said. "They ...

Investigations into Duke student protesters dropped

By David Saff | April 23

The Office of Student Conduct at Duke has dropped investigations into the students who protested an alumni event April 14.

Duke to ban all smoking on campus by 2020

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | April 22

The program will be rolled out over two years and will expand access to treatment and support services for all members of the Duke community.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rev. William Barber II hold public forum at Duke

By Michael Meeks | April 20

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rev. William Barber II discussed and answered audience questions concerning a variety of pressing political issues, such as inequality, ...

Duke protest sparks student interest, no response from administration

By David Saff | April 18

A group of student activists at Duke protested at an alumni reunion event on Saturday. Now they're waiting for administration to respond.

UNC goes to Washington: Graduates reflect on their paths to politics

By Becca Heilman | April 12

Politicians like N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper and U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., were involved in a variety of campus extracurriculars during their undergraduate ...