The 2023 cohort saw recipients across 48 scholarly disciplines and artistic fields and 72 different academic institutions. With four faculty recipients, Duke tied for second with the University of Pennsylvania for the most awardees per university.
“I couldn’t read more than a page of ‘Last of the Mohicans,’” says the novelist, whose new book is “Less Is Lost.” “Not only is it wildly offensive, it’s unintelligible gibberish. There. I said it. Come after me.”