John Burness
John Burness
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President Brodhead has had a positive influence on town-gown relations. Duke's relations with the Durham community actually have been far stronger than one might have guessed from recent media reports. I suspect that's why despite all the tensions the media describe, the community has not splintered but, in fact, has come together during the current crisis.
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It's always been a priority that Duke be engaged with the public schools in an effort to strengthen them. We have a really large number of people who live in Durham; therefore, the quality of education is very important because it affects our employees.
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It's very disturbing at one level, but at the same time, until police complete their investigation, we really don't know what happened.
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The main thing to know is we don't plan to make a profit on this. The houses will go for what the market will bear.