A block of rooms has been reserved at a special rate of $99.00 per night at
the *Hilton in Durham near Duke University*. For more information about the
hotel, including driving directions, see www.durhamneardukeuniversity.hilton.com.
Please make your reservations as
early as possible by calling 1-800-445-8667 or 1-800-HILTONS and asked
for the group code: LAB
The hotel offers shuttle service anywhere within a five-mile radius of the
hotel. This includes downtown Durham and the Duke campus, but not the
airport.
There is a limited supply of housing available for graduate students who
prefer to stay with other students in the Triangle area. Please email orion.teal@duke.edu for more information.
Travel:
By air: Book flights to Raleigh Durham Airport (RDU). You can rent a car
at the airport, or take a taxi to Durham. The drive from the airport to
Duke is approximately half an hour, and costs approximately $30-40 by taxi
cab.
By train: There is an Amtrak station in Durham. For more information, visit www.amtrak.com.
For Driving Directions to Sanford Institute at Duke:
Parking will be available near the conference site.
Food:
Your registration fee includes two bag lunches, for Friday and Saturday,
which will be supplied by Bon Vivant Catering. Bon Vivant is a local
company owned by two sisters, Geri Seibert and Laura Hall. In addition to
catering, Bon Vivant runs the Refectory at the Duke Divinity School, which
has made a successful business out of serving locally grown food in an
environmentally friendly eatery by staff that make a living wage.
Information about Durham, including lists of restaurants:
