Despite cooling down since their peak this summer, housing costs in Durham have witnessed upward momentum since the pandemic began in 2020. This has aligned with trends in other growing cities in the Triangle area and throughout North Carolina.
This year’s Durham School Days program on Nov. 18 was back in-person for the first time since the pandemic. The annual program aims to encourage middle school students to pursue a college education, especially those who would become first-generation college students.
Since QuadEx's announcement last fall, Duke has expressed a goal of making sure each quad “will develop its own identity, traditions and social events.” Creators, most of whom are students, hope to use the Arches to develop community pride.
If you’re in need of a quick study break, here are some ideas to practice self-care and stay afloat during these last weeks on campus.
Community members gathered for a vigil Thursday night at the Goodson Chapel to honor the four students at the University of Idaho and three at the University of Virginia who died in separate tragedies on Nov. 13.
FTX executives’ moves appeared to be part of a nationwide lobbying effort to shape cryptocurrency regulation.
The Duke Global Health Institute’s hybrid course teaches students both at Duke and in Rwanda about how health systems can address the lack of access to surgery in low and middle-income countries.
Kornbluth will begin her new role as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Jan. 1.
Duke obtains all of its drinking water from the City of Durham.
The Duke Hunting and Conservation Club, a new student organization that received DSG approval this spring, seeks to “create a space for undergraduate students who are passionate about hunting and its role in environmental conservation.”
The vigil will take place at Goodson Chapel from 7-8 p.m. Thursday.
A panel of three judges from the N.C. Court of Appeals agreed with the plaintiff’s appeal, writing that Evans did not “make written findings of fact supported by competent evidence supporting its conclusions of law,” according to the decision filed on Nov. 15.
Durham residents, including Duke students, can use an online mapping tool to submit ideas until Dec. 10 about where they would like to see part of the budget used and why. Proposed projects must benefit the public, be a one-time cost, and be capital projects.
Students across campus expressed varying views on the results of the election, with differing focuses and takeaways from the midterms.
The Respect for Marriage Act is currently de facto federal law because of the Supreme Court rulings of Obergefell v. Hodges and Loving v. Virginia. However, the future for same-sex marriage became uncertain after Justice Clarence Thomas explicitly called for the court to reconsider the Obergefell decision in June.
Ten people died in the fire Thursday and nine were hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Across social media and in widespread protests that have occurred in the wake of the fire, many have attributed the tragedy to overly strict COVID-19 protocols that prevented people from being able to leave their homes.
The investigation will determine if Ticketmaster complied with North Carolina antitrust laws and if it is using its power to harm North Carolina consumers.
Nuzzi elaborated on the media’s tendency to “fill up all of this space” with something “dramatic,” which can lead to hypotheticals solidifying as narratives. She advised journalists to find comfort in uncertainty.
The center, founded by Horowitz, a conservative author and activist, is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-profit legal advocacy group.
Duke joins several other top-14 law schools in withdrawing from the U.S. News’ rankings within the last week. Yale Law School was first to announce its decision to withdraw on Wednesday.
