<p>Two recent Duke oriented news items follow, of potential interest to those who frequent this forum:
1) In its recently concluded (30 June 2014) fiscal year, Duke received record charitable donations ($441.8M); <a href="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/08/11/5100323/duke-university-raises-annual.html#.U-uzq">http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/08/11/5100323/duke-university-raises-annual.html#.U-uzq</a> applies.
2) Duke, Berkley, NYU, Northwestern, and the University of San Francisco have been invited by nonprofit Bayes Impact to be the pilot universities in a data-intense developmental program for Master's students to resolve significant, real-world problems; <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/13/bayes-impact-universities/">http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/13/bayes-impact-universities/</a> applies.</p>