With course enrollment just around the corner, The Chronicle compiled a list of the five quirkiest classes being offered next fall.
The event took place in front of the Duke Chapel 180 days after the initial Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel. Student leaders of pro-Israel organizations, religious figures from around the Triangle and family members of some of the hostages shared remarks to the crowd.
Sophomore Dylan Cawley was elected for the position following an anonymous vote and will succeed senior Shreya Joshi.
Sponsored by the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy, the Duke Centennial and the political science department, the talk was a part of the AGS Ambassador Dave & Kay Phillips Family International Lecture Series.
SOFC received an abnormally high amount of funding requests in March, prompting the organization to look for ways to cut costs. Some students said their club programming has suffered as a result.
Community members gathered in the Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room for the discussion, which featured insights from two partners at the global investment firm Cambridge Associates.
The survey, which is administered by University administration every three years, intends to understand how to foster a more “inclusive and equitable” campus community.
Held at the Karsh Alumni and Visitors Center, the talk was a part of the Provost’s Initiative on the Middle East, a year-long initiative that aims to foster civil engagement and respectful debate regarding the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.
According to Mathavi Strasburger, director of the Academic Advising Center, around 50 advisors will be leaving the program next year, and 17 advisors have already confirmed their departure.
Duke students and faculty have previously expressed concerns about the prioritization of STEM over the humanities, pointing to declining enrollment in the humanities over the past decade and the fact that none of the University’s top five majors in 2022 belonged in the field.
The center, affectionately referred to as “the Lou,” was forced to close in September 2022 after a chilled pipe in the Flowers Building burst, causing “significant water damage” to the facility.
The symposium brought together investors, entrepreneurs, consultants and project developers working on cutting-edge technology in the blue economy.
The Climate Commitment, first announced in September 2022, represents a “university-wide, impact-oriented initiative to address the climate crisis by creating sustainable and equitable solutions that place society on the path toward a resilient, flourishing, carbon-neutral world."
Arts & Sciences Council met Thursday afternoon to discuss feedback about end-of-semester student teaching evaluations and potential incentives to encourage student participation.
A total of 2,482 undergraduate students cast a ballot in this year's president and EVP election, which was open from noon Wednesday to noon Thursday, wrote DSG Attorney General Annie Cui, a senior, in a Thursday evening email to The Chronicle.
There were 47,951 Regular Decision applicants, bringing the acceptance rate for Regular Decision to a record low 4.1%, down from 4.8% last year.
Former Israel Defense Forces soldiers Tal Sagi and Luiz Aberbuj, members of anti-occupation organization Breaking the Silence, spoke at a Wednesday event organized by the Duke chapter of J Street U.
Ruiz said that in March 2023, SOFC received $30,000 in requests. This year, it received $100,000 in requests, which it reduced to $29,000. Her comment was met by applause from senators.
The Office of University Scholars and Fellows informed merit scholars in a January email that Duke would be moving to a “post-matriculation” model of selection. Under the new model, OUSF will notify merit scholarship finalists in May after the University has finalized enrollment for the Class of 2028.
In its petition, THWP demanded Duke Health and University of North Carolina Health publicly call for a cease-fire in Gaza, support the entrance of humanitarian aid and condemn the “continuing medical violence” against Palestinians and their healthcare infrastructure.
