Mandelblit, one of Israel’s foremost experts on international conflict law, has served in various roles in the Israeli government, including chief military advocate general and cabinet secretary.
The event was hosted in Gross Hall by the Duke chapter of Young America’s Foundation and the Ciceronian Society and featured a lecture from West, followed by a Q&A session.
Duke Graduate and Professional Student Government passed a resolution Tuesday calling on University administration to aid in the federal investigation of racist text messages recently received by several students and to impose consequences on any Duke-affiliated persons found in connection to the messages.
Durham City Council passed four rezoning requests during its Monday meeting, two of which were approved by a narrow vote after residents raised concerns about their impact on surrounding properties.
The event, hosted by Chabad at Duke and the Provost’s Initiative on the Middle East, also featured remarks from Millet Ben Haim, who was saved by Davidian at the festival. Davidian and Ben Haim shared their stories to a full lecture hall with Duke students and members of the Durham Jewish community in attendance.
In a North Carolina Supreme Court race with over five million ballots counted, a Duke Law student trails by just 623 votes. Now, he’s suing the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
As of fiscal year 2022, Duke’s carbon emissions reductions since 2007 were measured at 43%. The University expected to reduce emissions by another 2% in advance of the 2024 carbon neutrality deadline, leaving 55% to be offset by redeeming carbon credits. However, emissions ended up rising 11.35%, requiring Duke to offset almost 69% of its 2007-level emissions with carbon credits.
Smith was one of 32 students named Rhodes Scholars from 865 applicants across the country. At the University of Oxford, she plans to pursue a Master of Science in criminology and criminal justice as well as a Master of Science in comparative social policy before applying to law school.
BCS originated from a house course at Duke where undergraduates created a service-learning project as part of the University Scholars Program. Now, volunteers who join the club learn contextual information about educational disparities in Durham and theoretical frameworks underpinning their service work.
Duke’s ninth annual Energy Week brought together students, faculty and industry leaders to explore the pressing challenges and opportunities in the energy landscape.
The initiative addresses both the challenges and opportunities AI presents by focusing on its technological advancement and ethical, social and behavioral impacts.
Joel Fleishman, founder of the Sanford School of Public Policy and namesake of the Fleishman House, is remembered as a visionary who played a transformational role in Duke’s development.
Today, the Duke Forest comprises just over 7,100 acres distributed to the west of the University’s campus across Durham, Orange and Alamance counties.
Student wellness representatives shared resources for dealing with health emergencies and promoted the University's amnesty policy as an incentive for taking action.
International students reflected on campus discourse during the election and expressed concerns about complications to the annual visa renewal process and fallout from proposed cuts to education funding following Trump's victory.
The collaboration resulted in $75,000 awards to four pilot projects, each led by faculty from both schools with an expected timeline of 18 months.
City officials highlighted recent efforts to invest in the community through youth engagement, jobs and housing programs.
Tenting registration will begin a week before FDOC, with black tenting scheduled to start Jan. 12, blue tenting Jan. 18 and white tenting Jan. 23.
Soong, North Carolina's first international student, studied at Trinity College before going on to found a successful publishing business and contribute to the revolutionary effort that ended imperial rule in China.
Inquisite works similarly to other language models and search engines, such as ChatGPT or Google, but specializes in conducting research on complex topics. Its main appeal is a promise to give users responses generated from trustworthy sources.
