For the eighth consecutive year, we are administering our first-year survey, a questionnaire that aims to quantify the demographics, beliefs and interests of each first-year class.
Arts & Sciences Council discussed faculty concerns over international students’ safety under the Trump administration and Duke’s response to federal immigration policy changes at its Thursday meeting.
As blue confetti streamed down the screens of Duke’s most recent batch of accepted students, some high school seniors could barely get past the word “congratulations” before celebrating their feat.
Students can find “Nourish Meals” offered for select dining locations in the Brodhead Center through the Mobile Ordering app with options including a vegetarian omelet combo from The Skillet, chicken basil pesto pasta from Il Forno and an impossible burger and fruit from The Devil’s Krafthouse.
In Duke Student Government’s final senate session of the year, senators heard a presentation summarizing their achievements throughout the year, approved $24,560 in Student Organization Finance Committee funding requests and appointed incoming officials for the 2025-26 year.
Organized by the North Carolina American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and National Nurses United (NNU), the protest aimed to “defend the VA and protest privatization and cuts to health care for veterans to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.”
Even without medical degrees, students in Duke Remote Area Medical still serve a critical role in helping source free and accessible health care across the state.
The proposed budget — $33.65 billion for the first year and $34.35 billion for the second — focuses on public education and health and also includes efforts to strengthen the workforce, improve spending efficiency and effectiveness, and lower living costs for families. It will likely face challenges in the Republican-controlled legislature.
A total of 1,982 undergraduate students cast a ballot in this year’s DSG election, which was open from noon Monday to noon Tuesday. The previous election cycle received 500 more votes, with a total turnout of 2,482 students.
The University received a record-high 53,223 Regular Decision applications, bringing the cycle’s acceptance rate to an all-time low of 3.67%, down from 4.1% last year.
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.
Dubbed Climate TRACE, the database maps human-produced emissions around the world to help policymakers craft more effective strategies for reducing global emissions.
A quantum computing researcher by day and climber at the Triangle Rock Club in Durham by night, Lloyd 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.
According to Edmund Malesky, DCID director and professor of political science, Sanford leadership paused the center’s activities “because [DCID] did not have an alternative funding model in place.”
Durham hosted its 22nd Annual Women’s Forum Thursday to celebrate Women’s History Month and honor women who have made an impact in the local community.
At Duke, there were 21 undergraduate and graduate students from the 11 “red list” countries enrolled in fall 2023, with 50 more from “orange list” countries and 12 from “yellow list” countries. In fall 2024, international students comprised 11% of the undergraduate student population and 35% of the graduate student body.
Duke researchers recently found that oral nicotine pouches (ONPs) contain large levels of artificial sweeteners that significantly enhance their appeal and consumption rates, especially among young people.
Students expressed generally positive sentiments about the University’s ability to meet their dining requirements, saying that Duke officials were largely attentive to their needs, although offerings could be limited in some cases.
Duke has become the subject of national discussion through an unlikely setting, taking on a supporting role in the latest season of HBO’s hit TV show, “The White Lotus.” However, University administrators are far from enthusiastic about its portrayal.
Duke Student Government approved $51,603.49 in student funding requests and received Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention and Education training at its Wednesday meeting.
