Duke DivinitySchool names new dean

Elaine A. Heath, a theologian, preacher, teacher, writer, and current McCreless Professor of Evangelism at Southern Methodist University’s Perkins School of Theology in Dallas, will be the next dean of the Duke Divinity School.

Divinity Dean Richard Hays Stepping Down Aug. 1

Richard B. Hays, dean of the Duke Divinity School, will step down on August 1 to begin treatment for pancreatic cancer.

Duke Divinity Names CLAS Director

Maria Doerfler, assistant professor of the history of Christianity in Late Antiquity, has been named the director of the Duke/UNC Center for Late Ancient Studies (CLAS).

Duke receives $6 million to train ministry leaders

Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded Duke University a $6 million grant to support leadership education at Duke Divinity School focused on professional development opportunities for leaders in church and nonprofit ministries.

$1.5M Gift Endows Professorship at Duke Divinity

Duke University alumni William McCutchen Jr. and his wife, Irene Lilly McCutchen, have committed $1.5 million to endow a professorship at Duke Divinity School.

Duke Divinity School Awarded $124,000 Federal Grant

Duke Divinity School has been awarded a $125,000 federal grant for the Divinity School Library to continue its work in the Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection project.

Duke Divinity School to receive $1.5M Bequest

Duke University trustee Jack Bovender and his wife, Barbara, have established a bequest of $1.5 million to endow an Anglican Episcopal professorship at the Duke Divinity School.

Duke Chapel Hires New Organist

Duke Divinity School and Duke Chapel announced that Kit Jacobson has been named the new organist for the Divinity School and Duke Chapel. The appointment will begin on July 1.

Duke Divinity Receives $5.74 Million for Clergy Health Initiative

The Duke Divinity School has received $5.74 million to continue its work with the Clergy Health Initiative.

Richard Hays Named as New Dean of Duke Divinity School

Richard Hays, George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament, has been selected as dean of the Duke Divinity School. Hays has served as the interim dean since former Dean Gregory Jones stepped down in August 2010. Hays first came to the Divinity School as a professor in 1991.

Journal Selects Duke Divinity Professor's Work as "Book of the Year"

The Englewood Review of Books has selected Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating written by Norman Wirzba, research professor of theology, ecology, and rural life at Duke Divinity School, as the 2011 “Book of the Year.”

Duke Divinity Professor Wins Book Award

Willie Jennings, associate professor of theology and black church studies at Duke Divinity School, has been selected to receive the Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion from the American Academy of Religion for his book, The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race (Yale University Press, 2010).