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Paula D. McClain Appointed Dean of Graduate School
Paula D. McClain, a professor of political science and former chair of Duke University's Academic Council, will become the dean of the university's Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education, effective July 1, Duke's president and provost announced Tuesday. Please see full story on Duke Today.

2012 Commencement weekend and Ph.D. Hooding Ceremony
Duke University’s 2012 Commencement  weekend is Friday, May 11 through Sunday, May 13. For details about Commencement, visit http://web.duke.edu/commencement/weekend. The Graduate School's Ph.D. Hooding Ceremony & Reception is Friday, May 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Durham Convention Center. (This is a ticketed event.) For information on the Hooding Ceremony & Reception, visit http://gradschool.duke.edu/gsa/programs/hooding.php.

Congratulations to the 2012-2013 Continuing Student Fellows
The Graduate School extends congratulations to the following outstanding nominees, to whom 2012-2013 Continuing Student Fellowships have been awarded. We thank all participating graduate departments for their leadership, and recognize these exceptional students for their receipt of such prestigious awards.

March 2012 Graduate School Newsletter
Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Mentoring and Teaching and Celebrating Graduate Student Appreciation Week: March 26-30 stories in the March 2012 Graduate School Newsletter, now available online.

2012 Dean’s Awards for Excellence

2012 Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring: The Graduate School is pleased to announce the 2012 recipients of the Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Mentoring and Teaching. Award recipients will be honored at a reception in March 2012.

From the Dean

Duke is an energetic and vibrant university at the forefront of graduate education. Graduate students are an integral part of its research, teaching, and service missions. The hallmark of graduate education at Duke is a rich blend of deep, specialized knowledge in a field of study combined with opportunities for significant exposure to intersections at the boundaries and frontiers of other fields, where multidisciplinary approaches are key to discovery...Read more from the Dean

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Ariel Dorfman

Ariel Dorfman, Walter Hines Page Professor of Literature and Latin American Studies, was on sabbatical from Duke this past year to focus on his writing, which he did in abundance. In September, the second volume of his memoirs, Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile more >

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