In a staff-wide election, members of the student newspaper chose Spiller to succeed junior Audrey Wang as editor-in-chief of The Chronicle and president of the Duke Student Publishing Company, Inc., the publisher of the independent, student-run daily newspaper.
According to the source, Van Miegroet’s next of kin, students and department chair were notified of his death.
Ressa currently serves as CEO of Rappler, a Filipino online news site she co-founded in 2012.
The report constitutes an internal review of “the issues surrounding the timeline and implementation of changes to the salary schedule for approximately 2,000 classified employees.”
The district’s entire transportation support staff called out for Friday, likely in connection with ongoing tensions related to the district withdrawing raises for classified workers upon finding that it accidentally overpaid its workers due to an accounting error between July and December 2023.
Durham Mayor Leonardo Williams praised residents’ engagement after hearing short comments from 36 community members who spoke to the council about the resolution.
The open meeting for undergraduates to meet their respective Young Trustee finalists is scheduled for March 19 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room in Rubenstein Library.
Duke Student Government senators convened Wednesday to approve funds with the goal of making Personal Checks, an annual Krzyzewskiville tenting party, safer for students.
The board appointed DPS Deputy Superintendent Nicholas King to assume Mubenga’s duties temporarily until an interim superintendent can be appointed.
Organized by the Durham Association of Educators, the Merrick-Moore walk-in was held concurrently with walk-ins at over 30 other Durham public schools at around 6:45 a.m. The walk-ins follow weeks of walkouts, protests and contentious board meetings.
Students, faculty and other community stakeholders met in the Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room of the Rubenstein Library to hear experts across the financial sector speak about the way climate risks show up in their work and can affect the investment practices of institutions like Duke.
Many of the modifications to the Community Standard address how students can express themselves on campus, and are in response to questions the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards received from students and student organizations after the Israel-Hamas war began.
Over 100 protesters brought a Durham City Council meeting to a standstill after interrupting the session with chants, singing and demonstrations calling for the council to adopt a resolution supporting a cease-fire in Gaza.
Like many students, the Plano, Texas native is a computer science major by day. By night, he’s a content creator who films himself roller-skating through the scenic backgrounds of Plano and Durham.
The minimum wage increase will apply to all regular and full-time contract staff at the University and the Duke University Health System.
Over 20% of all Duke undergraduates and over 40% of first-year students used the platform between 2020 and 2022, per the project’s website.
Durham City Council began the meeting by discussing new residence zoning areas, but the session came to a halt when one speaker, who initially began to talk about why he opposed the new zoning laws, started to call for a cease-fire.
Teachers, students, parents and classified workers from seven Durham public schools that were closed Monday assembled to make their demands heard by the DPS Board of Education. They asked for no further pay cuts and more input in DPS operations.
Seven schools closed after the Durham Association of Educators organized another Day of Protest in solidarity with classified workers, who are facing pay cuts after the district accidentally overpaid them due to an accounting error.
In October 2023, DPS implemented findings from an employee compensation study, bringing employee salaries up to market rates. Now, the district has revoked the raises, claiming that an accounting issue led to many workers being paid more than intended, resulting in widespread frustration.
