Dinin has previously taught two courses centered around social media and content production, and his so-called “TikTok classes” are spurring a social media frenzy. During spring 2023, his students’ content reached over a quarter of a billion people around the world, according to Dinin.
Using a survey of 60,000 employees, the Forbes America’s Best Employers for Women ranking placed the Duke University Health System 73rd and the University 105th out of 400 listed workplaces.
The award, announced earlier this month, is part of the FDA’s Centers of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation program, which was “established to foster robust and innovative approaches to advance regulatory science.” The new center, the Research Triangle CERSI, will be the newest of five CERSIs across the country.
In a May meeting, the Space Advisory Committee, a group of student representatives dedicated to working with administrators to assess space allocation, recommended a move back to the bottom floor, according to an email to The Chronicle from Student Affairs. However, specifics about the move are still unclear, to the confusion of some affinity group leaders.
Three at-large seats on the Durham City Council are up for election. An October primary election will narrow the field to the top six choices.
On Nov. 7, Durhamites will vote to elect a new mayor to serve for a two-year term. A primary election on Oct. 10 will narrow the field to the top two candidates.
On Monday, the NC State Board of Elections approved 99 student and employee ID cards for use in the 2023 municipal and 2024 primary and general elections, including the Duke Student Voter ID Card.
The Duke Endowment, a private foundation based in Charlotte, awarded a second $10 million grant towards renovating the library, moving the East Campus staple one step closer towards a considerable transformation.
Now covering almost 47 acres, Phase 2 of the DKU campus houses a library, sports complex, research center and nine new student residence halls, providing enough housing for upperclassmen and graduate students.
Called the Master of Engineering in Climate and Sustainability Engineering, the program is one of several post-graduate engineering tracks offered by Duke and is designed to be completed in three semesters. The program is set to formally begin in fall 2024, though classes will be piloted this coming academic year.
Political experts expect the Republican supermajority in the North Carolina General Assembly to override Cooper’s vetoes and pass the bills into law. The NCGA has already overridden 10 bills this session.
In June, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, Trinity ‘03, was randomly assigned to preside over United States v. Trump, a pending federal criminal case that deals with former President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents after his presidency.
Lisa Henderson, regional director for Region 10 of the NLRB, wrote in her decision that the facts of the case have not “changed significantly” since the Region’s initial finding in 2017, when the DGSU held its first unionization drive. In doing so, Henderson rejected the University’s challenge against a 2016 NLRB decision affirming that doctoral candidates were employees with the right to unionize.
The grant will be spent over five years, aiming to address physical activity, nutrition and food access in Durham through community engagement, data collection and food equity education.
Arcidiacono, William Henry Glasson distinguished professor of economics, was retained by the petitioner, Students for Fair Admissions, as an expert. Among other results, Arcidiacono found in 2022 that Asian American applicants to Harvard received significantly lower “personal ratings” and overall ratings than applicants of other races, despite there being “fairly small” racial differences in other factors that are considered in the admissions process.
Voters chose between the blue deer and a red phoenix, both wearing DKU official colors of blue and green. The blue deer won in a landslide with 75.8% of the vote, according to a May 25 email sent to the DKU community by the DKU Department of Athletics.
In town for the Fourth of July? The Chronicle has you covered. From fireworks to pig pickin’s, here are some ways to celebrate Independence Day in the Triangle.
A lawsuit brought against the law by Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and Beverly Gray, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Duke, largely failed after many potential issues with the law were resolved by last-minute changes signed by Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday.
In her role, Klotman will be “responsible for strategic, academic and budgetary oversight and authority for the School of Medicine and its affiliated academic institutes and programs,” according to Price.
Among undergraduate students at Duke, 30% take out loans to graduate. Duke students graduate with a median debt of $13,500, which is below the national average.
