In a debate-filled meeting Wednesday night, the Duke Student Government Senate amended their election rules and procedures and passed an unusual amendment to a piece of funding legislation.
The list of candidates in this year’s undergraduate Young Trustee election has been released. Before voting begins, The Chronicle answered some common questions about the process behind electing the newest Board of Trustees member.
Are you a pre-medical student who loves to read Chaucer? Or a history buff who enjoys researching the human genome? The Health Humanities Lab could be perfect for you.
According to a recent Forbes report, Duke is the eighth-best employer in terms of diversity and inclusion in the United States.
With Early Decision Blue Devil Days having wrapped up this past weekend, The Chronicle decided to look into how Duke fared in Early Decision compared to its peers.
Duke Energy has agreed to clean up nearly 80 million tons of coal ash out of unlined basins in what many state regulators are calling the largest cleanup of its type in U.S. history.
While most students embraced the restaurant’s new look with expanded seating options and social spaces, some complain they don’t quite feel at home anymore at the new Pitchfork’s.
Everything about Pete Sigal is as you’d expect for a Duke professor. That is, besides his bright purple mohawk and eagerness to talk about sex. With his course on sexual pleasure, Sigal brings sex into the classroom environment by unraveling its ties to colonialism and slavery.
For the former Florida gubernatorial candidate, the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. is in the power and urgency of change-making.
The campaign for the position of undergraduate Young Trustee is ready to begin.
Peter Feaver, director of the Duke program in American Grand Strategy and professor of political science and public policy, said he’s glad AGS can host Bolton while he’s so present in the news.
Ranjan Sudan was found not guilty on all assault charges filed against him Dec. 12, according to his attorney.
Fresh off the first week of classes, faculty sat enraptured in the recesses of the Divinity School as they heard presentations about Durham, libraries and a survey.
It’s time to link up on LinkedIn, according to one Duke professor.
Duke will play host to a couple of big prize-winners this spring with Nadia Murad and Nyle DiMarco coming to speak on campus.
Duke administration and people representing the Board of Trustees discussed a number of topics, from changes in the undergraduate experience to the hiring of new faculty and Duke’s relationship with the Durham community.
In early January, reports suggested that the United Methodist Church will likely separate into two or more factions because of disagreements over LGBTQ+ rights. Divinity School administrators and faculty have conflicting opinions about whether the likelihood of the split has been exaggerated.
Jed Rose, director of the Duke Center for Smoking Cessation, is pushing a pro-vaping point of view. He accepts research funding from the likes of Philip Morris and JUUL. “The only work that I’m doing with the industry is completely to help people stop using combustible cigarettes in favor of less harmful ways of getting nicotine,” Rose says.
As students returned from a semester abroad, Duke’s housing, transportation and dining services geared up to welcome them back.
Could Duke name a new dorm after a donor?
