Students recount trip to Israel, share stories from survivors of Oct. 7 attacks
By Michael Austin | March 27, 2024One student said that the goal of the trip was to “listen to the stories and better understand what happened on October 7th."
One student said that the goal of the trip was to “listen to the stories and better understand what happened on October 7th."
Stein, who faces Republican Mark Robinson in the upcoming election, highlighted his policies on education, housing reform, gun violence, economic growth and voting rights.
Juniors Teddy Hur, Heather Raslan and Emily Yagoda are running for DSG president, while junior Akhilesh Shivaramakrishnan is running for the executive vice president position.
Duke Student Government presidential candidate Heather Raslan aims to build collaborative partnerships with student organizations, enhance DSG’s internal structure and make DSG an accessible resource for all students to actualize their goals and address their needs.
Running on the platform “connect, empower and transform,” Duke Student Government presidential candidate Emily Yagoda hopes to amplify diverse student voices on campus, facilitate collaboration with student groups and promote open communication.
Shivaramakrishnan, a junior, is the current DSG outreach coordinator. He first joined DSG as a first-year senator and served as an associate vice president of Durham and community affairs his sophomore year.
Duke Student Government presidential candidate Teddy Hur, a junior, hopes to expand the resources offered to first-generation, low-income students, reinvigorate the on-campus social scene and make changes to how DSG operates.
DukeLine, an anonymous text line for Duke students, by Duke students, was created to help fill in for high-stress situations when in-person therapy may fall short for students.
Plans for the renovation were first announced in 2018 due to a “lack of services and adequate space. Construction was due to start in 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic and an increase in the estimated project costs pushed the start date back.
The changes were implemented March 12, but were referenced in a Friday email sent to Duke community members from Kimberly Hewitt, vice president for institutional equity and chief diversity officer.
DSG and Duke University Union hosted the open forum, which was moderated by DSG Attorney General Annie Cui, a senior.
Price fielded several questions from faculty, including an anonymous question seeking a response to the ACIR report recommending that DUMAC not be required to divest from fossil fuel investments.
The Chronicle broke down some of the biggest questions about the report, including what it says and why it matters.
The effort was spearheaded by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s The Daily Tar Heel (DTH), which received a grant in 2023 from the Solutions Journalism Network as part of its Student Media Challenge initiative.
The voting period will run from Wednesday, March 28 at noon to Thursday, March 29 at noon.
Williams emphasized the importance of understanding the realities of Durham citizens beyond providing recommendations based purely on conversation within the classroom.
The allegations began in late February when conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro posted a thread on X that included a video of Duke surgical resident Vignesh Raman saying that the School of Medicine was “transitioning to a completely holistic review process” and “abandoning all sorts of metrics and screens.”
Seniors Annie Cui and Drew Greene spoke at a panel moderated by sophomore Hanna Elks Smith, Young Trustee nominating committee chair, in the Rubenstein Library Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room.
The Office of Climate and Sustainability hosted the seventh installment in their investment responsibility series, which focused on the logistics of managing university portfolios and issues of transparency.
Exploring all the different aspects of how we think, feel and socialize, Duke researchers have been hard at work understanding and tackling the challenges that face people’s mental wellbeing.