Duke has renamed East Campus’ Jarvis dorm to its original name of West Residence Hall.
Duke is launching a multi-pronged effort to combat racism at the University and expanding existing initiatives, including $16 million in new grant funding from The Duke Endowment.
Early voting kicks off Thursday in North Carolina, and The Chronicle has pulled together information on the Durham County races you’ll find on your ballot.
Duke Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention and Education filled Duke Student Government senators in on its mission at the Senate’s Wednesday meeting.
Duke is expanding education in quantitative skills with the creation of a new center.
Even with visitors banned from campus, Duke is still inviting parents to family weekend—virtually.
Duke’s Panhellenic Council has voted to no longer allow chapters to host mixers with all-male organizations.
With early voting kicking off Oct. 15 in North Carolina—including an on-campus early voting place at the Karsh Alumni and Visitors Center—The Chronicle has pulled together information on other national and statewide races that you’ll find on your ballot if voting in Durham.
A major solar acquisition over the summer, along with a new Board of Trustees strategic task force will help Duke continue on its path to carbon neutrality.
In July, Duke told juniors and seniors who had been planning on returning that they would not be able to be housed on campus, with limited exceptions, and many students scrambled to find leases in apartment complexes close to campus. It may be harder to build community in an off-campus apartment than in a traditional campus dormitory, but students are connecting with their classmates where they can.
Duke has made plans to cut 75 staff positions in the Duke University Talent Identification Program starting Jan. 6.
Duke students are currently allowed limited access to the University’s trademark venues: The Sarah P. Duke Gardens, the Nasher Museum of Art and the Duke Chapel.
There were 12 new positive coronavirus tests at Duke between Oct. 3 and Oct. 9, out of 15,187 total tests, according to data released Monday on the University’s COVID-19 testing tracker.
On Oct. 2, a sex scandal and a positive coronavirus test changed the race between Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham and incumbent Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC).
The North Carolina State Board of Elections has had a chaotic few weeks.
Trinity Dean Valerie Ashby gave her annual fall update to the Arts and Sciences Council at its Thursday meeting. Throughout her remarks, she emphasized progress that has been made at the University despite the pandemic. Ashby made particular note of the new Trinity Committee on Anti-Racism, a group of 11 faculty members from various departments.
After 16 years serving Duke, Vice President for Finance Tim Walsh left the University Oct. 1.
Duke is asking selective organizations including fraternities, sororities and non-Greek selective living groups to pause planning for recruitment processes until further notice.
According to Vice President for Administration Kyle Cavanaugh, students living on campus or in the Durham area are tested anywhere from once or twice a week to once every other week. In order to determine how many times each student gets tested, Duke uses “modeling data” that was developed by other universities, Cavanaugh wrote in an email.
The United States has always struggled with the issue of fair and free elections and the question of who gets to participate in them, and a new book looks at that history in Duke’s home state.
