While the pandemic has emotionally affected many in the Duke community, it has taken a particularly grave toll on those who are struggling with eating disorders.
Duke’s COVID-19 positive test results have remained consistent for nearly the past month, with between 20 and 26 positives each week.
From physical activity to time with family, students and faculty have found new ways to relieve the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mounting stress and increasingly low motivation have affected Duke community members’ mental health this past year. However, some faculty members and undergraduates said these conditions have slightly improved in the spring.
Wilson has been extremely popular among students: It’s the only indoor gym open on campus this semester, and spots are in high demand. Due to limited capacity to allow social distancing, students must reserve a one-hour slot, registration for which opens two days in advance and is open until 30 minutes after the start time.
Duke is currently hoping to host an in-person commencement ceremony, according to a Tuesday announcement from President Vincent Price, but families will have to watch remotely as of now.
While teachers last spring scrambled to move their classes onto virtual platforms, student-teachers will now have to face a transition back to in-person teaching without ever having taught in a classroom.
Professors describe exhaustion, issues with personal connection during virtual learning.
A year ago, nobody in the Class of 2021 expected that their final semester at Duke would involve Zoom lectures and social distancing.
One of Duke students’ favorite study-break spots is still off mostly off limits to them.
After several months of braving the cold, students will now have access to limited indoor dining options, administrators told undergraduates on Tuesday.
Similar to Duke’s, policies at North Carolina Central University, a historically Black university in Durham, include a large reduction in the number of in-person classes and restrictions on capacity at all campus facilities. Students are also tested for COVID-19 twice upon arrival to campus and on a rolling basis throughout the semester. Temperature checks are conducted at entrances of various buildings.
After decreasing for three weeks in a row, Duke’s positive COVID-19 tests increased slightly in the period of time from Feb. 15 to Feb. 21.
After the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of in-person campus tours and events, the Karsh building could no longer fulfill its intended purpose. But devoid of students and alumni, Karsh gained a new role, becoming a multifunctional empty space. In the past few months, the building has morphed from an early voting center in the 2020 election to a vaccination site for the Durham community.
Concerned about the spread of COVID-19 via instruments or singing, music groups such as the Duke University Chorale, Duke Sangeet and the Duke University Marching Band have had to adjust their rehearsals.
Duke on Monday reported a cluster of six graduate student COVID-19 cases from a birthday party held at an off-campus apartment complex.
For students coming back to Duke this spring after spending the fall away from campus, the return has been a moment of joyous relief, but also of ambivalence and adjustment.
At least 50 unmasked students were present at a Friday night gathering that violated Duke’s COVID-19 rules, as well as local and state coronavirus policies, Durham police have told the University.
The Duke Gardens are mostly closed, but students can still go in for guided study breaks.
The Trinity College of Arts and Sciences made changes to its spring 2021 grading policies, but despite student advocacy, these changes don’t extend to the Pratt School of Engineering.
Food establishments in downtown Durham have had a variety of experiences navigating the pandemic and these restrictions, and while some restaurants may be doing better financially than others, it has not been business as usual for anyone.
