Senior Leah Rosen opened her speech at Sunday’s Commencement ceremony with a simple question, one Duke students have heard time and time again.
As the 5,500 soon-to-be-official graduates sat, anxiously awaiting the conferral of their degrees, Lisa Borders took a selfie.
The Board of Trustees discussed task forces, approved a $2.8 billion budget and re-elected its chair at its annual May meeting.
From the complete weekend's schedule to recaps of seniors' four years on campus, here's The Chronicle's coverage of Commencement 2019.
Chelsea Decaminada earned her undergraduate degree in public policy studies and international comparative studies from Duke in 2015, and was on assignment in Sri Lanka for the U.S. Department of Commerce when she was injured in the bombings.
Senior year has seen the renaming of an infamous building, an array of controversies and a star-studded basketball season.
Junior year witnessed new aspects of campus life—from the welcoming of a new University president to the softball team playing its inaugural season—and a number of high-profile guests visiting campus.
Sophomore year featured participation in local and national elections, the announcement of a new University president and an ACC tournament championship for the men’s basketball team.
Freshman year was characterized by the completion of major construction projects, student activism sparking campus-wide discussions and a bowl win for Duke football.
This schedule was compiled based off of the events listed on the Commencement Weekend's official schedule.
After several recent public miscues, Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, is slated to retire at the end of June. Mary Pat McMahon, the incoming vice provost/vice president for campus life, will succeed Moneta in the role.
Hanging on the wall of her bedroom back home is a poem that senior Leah Rosen wrote in fourth grade.
Borders will join senior Leah Rosen, the student speaker, onstage to bid goodbye to more than 6,100 graduates.
When Evan Charney’s contract came up for renewal last spring, he did not expect that it would be shot down.
The Chronicle sat down with the new DSG president to talk about the year ahead and the road that led up to it.
A new undergraduate education initiative will seek to achieve “consistent excellence” across the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences.
Onyekwere (Onye) E. Akwari, the first African American faculty member in the Duke department of surgery, died April 14 at the age of 76.
Joe Gonzalez, assistant vice president of student affairs and dean for residential life, said in August 2018 that a safety review of the apartment complex's balconies was to be "finished shortly."
Ever find yourself mindlessly scrolling through social media, seeing all your friends but still feeling lonely? Duke researchers are working to combat digital loneliness—with another social media app.
Stephen Miller, Trinity '07 and a senior policy advisor to President Donald Trump, features consistently in special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
