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University receives recordhigh $342M in contributions
David Graham
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John Strohbehn,
who served as provost 1994 to 1999 and was a driving force behind improvements to Duke’s science and engineering curricula, passed away Thursday at the age of 70. Strohbehn acted as the University’s chief academic officer during a time of change and progress. An electrical engineer by training, he was responsible for hiring Kristina Johnson, dean of the Pratt School of Engineering. Strohbehn is also credited for increasing minority faculty and student enrollment. Former University President Nan Keohane, under whom Strohbehn served, wrote in an e-mail that Strohbehn successfully immersed himself in the Duke community after working more than three decades at Dartmouth College. “He enjoyed being with students and other faculty members and found the
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provost’s job a great opportunity to get to know people across the University,”
Keohane said. “During his term in office, he laid the groundwork for many of the good things that have happened in the University since he stepped down. We will miss him.” Johnson said she will remember Strohbehn not only for his frankness and his laugh, but also especially for authoring “Duke at the Millennium,” a document in which he laid out the case for enlarging the faculty—and by extension the student SEE STROHBEHN ON PAGE 5
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Several students participate in a panel thatkicked off "Celebrating Our Bodies Week" Monday night.
Panel weighs in on body image at Duke by
Molly McGarrett THE CHRONICLE
Ever since Duke’s 2003 Women’s Initiative report cpined the term “effortless perfection” to describe pressures faced by female students at the University, body image has been a hot topic on campus. To kick off “Celebrating Our Bodies Week,” ESTEEM peer educators hosted a panel Monday entitled “Culture and Body Image” to address current feelings among students on the issue of body consciousness.
In particular, the panel discussed how various cultural factors play into perceptions about physical attractiveness and self-image. “One of the things we want to focus on is having a more cultural perspective,” said senior Dawn Eichen, president of ESTEEM peer educators, a student group that aims to eliminate eating misconceptions among students. The panel was made up of four students—three females and one male
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Duke ranked ninth in the country in alumni donations raised during the 20052006 academic year, according to the annual Voluntary Support of Education survey released last week by the Council for Aid to Education The University received a record-setting $341.9 million in charitable gifts between July 1, 2005 and June 30, 95,614 2006 from donors, according to a press release. The CAE survey, however, reported Duke’s donations at $332 million Officials said Duke’s ranking saw an increase from the previous year. “The fact that alumni giving set records last year speaks volumes,” John Burness, SEE ALUMNI ON PAGE 6
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UNC activism mag to come to Duke by
Shuchi Parikh THE CHRONICLE
Undergraduates will have another opportunity to team up with rivals down the road via Patchwork Magazine, a social justice publication.
Former Provost John Strohbehn, who served from 1994-1999,passed away Thursday at the age of 70.
Patchwork, founded at die University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by senior Marissa Heyl in 2004, will expand to Duke with its next issue released at the end of the semester. “The collaboration would contribute a lot to both universities’ goals to bring diversity and internationalization to campus,” said Heyl, who is also co-editor-inchief of the magazine. Patchwork, publishes two issues each semester, with a total circulation of 2,000 copies, and Heyl said she hopes to expand production to 5,000 to 6,000 copies per semester after the collaboration.
In the effort to promote awareness and activism among college students, each issue of the magazine focuses on a specific theme such as women’s rights or global health. The next issue on student social entrepreneurship will feature students from the Fuqua School of Business, Heyl said. She added that the resources available at Duke will enhance the content of the magazine, and that the long-term goal is to create a chapter of the publication at Duke to match the one already in existence at UNC. “I would like to form a longstanding partnership with Duke that would allow both schools to get involved in a collaborative effort to work for positive change *
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Patchwork, a social justice publication from UNC students, will be distributed at Duke starting in May.