Selective groups have made clear that they’re determined to maintain their presence at Duke without on-campus housing. Here’s how they’re doing it this spring.
Many Cabinet projects in the last year were focused on finding space for groups on campus, especially within the Bryan Center.
Looking for a last-minute add/drop class? Here are six climate-centered courses offered this spring and how the Climate Commitment may have altered their learning objectives.
Faculty Fellows, a QuadEx initiative, consists of seven faculty members who are each affiliated with a West Campus quad. These faculty members are responsible for “fostering connections between Duke’s academic mission and undergraduate students’ social and residential lives.”
About 100 people have transferred to positions outside of Student Affairs and about 100 people have left the University entirely since 2020, according to Mary Pat McMahon, vice president and vice provost for student affairs.
At over 1.4 billion views in the last several months, the trending hashtag #IUD has allowed TikTok to rise as a platform for women to share their experiences with IUD insertion, removal and general usage.
On-campus cases have fallen more than 60% in the last week, despite the full return to campus activities, according to the email.
Starting this February, Duke plans to roll out a pilot program that will provide subsidized parking permits for staff and faculty making $80,000 or less.
Duke pharmacies currently do not dispense mifepristone as they await “additional state level regulations that may apply to pharmacy dispensing of mifepristone," according to the associate chief pharmacy officer of retail and specialty pharmacy services.
Outgoing Vice Provost Gary Bennett, will work alongside Smith as he transitions into his new position of dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences on Feb. 1.
If they score well enough, the top 70 teams will begin setting up their tents this Saturday, spending their next weeks vying for spirit awards and studying for yet another trivia contest to determine their tent ranking.
After the impact of the pandemic, a national movement to abolish Greek life and the loss of on-campus housing for these organizations at Duke, past estimates of one-third Greek, one-third SLG, and one-third independent likely no longer accurately reflect the makeup of Duke’s social scene.
The music department has also hired new faculty members who teach courses that don’t depend on reading music or knowledge of “Western harmony” for their content. This has led to an area of the music department that would be “well-served by a different sort of music minor,” said Bagg.
As Martin Luther King Jr. Day approaches, The Chronicle takes a look back to King’s five public appearances in Durham, one of which was on Duke’s campus.
DKU’s classes will “be taught in hybrid mode for the first two weeks of Session 3 until after Spring Festival, when the situation will be re-evaluated,” according to a December email sent to DKU students. Session 3 started on Jan. 9.
On Wednesday, Duke Student Government senators created two new DSG affiliates and approved funds for a K-Ville common room tent at their first Senate meeting of the semester.
The Chronicle has compiled a list of ways to volunteer at Duke and Durham this upcoming weekend to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr.
Starting as a grassroots project, Neurodiversity Connections aims to help neurodivergent students access mental healthcare, academic resources and other relevant materials through existing organizations on campus.
In spite of Duke’s ban on recruitment events for the year, some non-Greek selective living groups will still be holding rush this spring. The groups also announced that they will begin rushing first-years again — the first time since Duke limited rush to sophomores, juniors and seniors in 2021.
ShotSpotter technology has been a recent subject of controversy both in Durham and in the several other cities in which the technology is being used.
