Baldwin was the University’s first female full faculty member and helped launch the University’s Woman’s College, pioneering women’s involvement in campus social life and establishing a foundation for them to thrive academically. A century later, Duke is a coeducational institution with a nearly equal gender distribution among its students, largely due to Baldwin’s efforts.
A quantum computing researcher by day and climber at the Triangle Rock Club in Durham by night, George began training for this project in July. Known as the “muscle-up man” at the climbing gym, he has completed around 30,000 muscle-ups in preparation for April 13, which he said is equivalent in terms of upper-body movement to ascending Mount Everest four-and-a-half times.
As civil discourse becomes a buzzword in the higher education landscape, The Chronicle spoke with faculty to understand what civil discourse means to them and why it has figured prominently in recent debates surrounding higher education.
When Duke launched its new major fundraising campaign, student groups found STEM and student life in the starting lineup, though some wondered if the humanities would be on the sidelines.
To put the new $70,265 tuition price tag into perspective, The Chronicle examined Duke’s tuition changes over the years and against its peer institutions. Although the University mostly falls in line with a larger trend of tuition increases, Duke appears to be at the high end, if not ahead, of the curve.
As Miller’s second season in the West Wing begins to take shape, The Chronicle looked back on the views he penned in our pages during his time as a student, exploring those which have held firm over the years and may now be steering the country’s future.
Clayton’s just won a second term as chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party, having become the youngest state party chair in the country only two years ago.
Tiryakian died at age 95 at his home in Durham Feb. 1. Throughout his over five-decade tenure at the University, Tiryakian oversaw the development of sociology as an academic discipline all while fostering close relationships across the department and with his students.
As Duke prepares to finance a new generation of scholarly inquiry and health care innovation, The Chronicle looks back on prior institutional fundraising efforts — when they were launched, how much they raised and where the money was spent.
Meriwether’s long and dynamic career featured civil rights activism, public health leadership and investment in underserved communities at home and abroad.
Siegel, a Chapel Hill native and U.S.-Israeli dual citizen, spent 484 days in captivity until he was freed Feb. 1, becoming the first American hostage released as part of the new ceasefire agreement.
From wedding parties at Shooters to connections forged through the Duke Marriage Pact, love is a Duke tradition — just ask the over 6,000 couples who have tied the knot at Duke Chapel.
Known by students as the “party bus,” Luis Alonso Juárez’s particular C1 bus has a long legacy of livening up the journey between campuses, blasting music from Bad Bunny to Skrillex from its speakers for students to enjoy as a welcome reprieve from the midday slog.
Not every member of the “First Five” graduated from the University, but they are remembered collectively as trailblazers who broke racial barriers and paved the way for future generations of Black students.
Friends for Free Speech and Intellectual Diversity at Duke (FFD) — a group of alumni, students, faculty and staff and a member group of the Duke Alumni Association — hosts panels exploring topics including religion, trust in higher education and institutional neutrality.
Making the game time festivities possible for nontenters was the meticulous planning overseen by Duke Dining and the execution and cleanup carried out by employees.
Whether by painting faces to stand in Cameron Indoor Stadium, cramming into The Devil’s Krafthouse to catch glimpses of the TV screens or rushing to Abele Quad to watch the bench burn, the Duke community embraced the spirit of Blue Devil basketball for the most anticipated matchup of the year. The Chronicle captured some of the scenes from across campus on Saturday’s gameday.
Throughout the past two decades, Duke students have seen a rise in grade point average cutoffs to earn Latin honors and Dean’s List/Dean’s List with Distinction. These increases show a rising threshold to reach top marks, requiring students to earn essentially all As throughout their time at Duke in order to be ranked within the top echelon of their peers.
The Chronicle visited K-Ville to hear the stories of this year’s tenters, both seasoned veterans and first-time Crazies, on their strategies for surviving and thriving this tenting season.
Duke offers 63 majors, 61 minors and 23 certificates, and undergraduates have the option to pursue up to three of these courses of study during their time at Duke. This results in over 430,000 possible academic combinations for undergraduate students. For some Duke students, however, 430,000 is not enough.
