The majority of the gift, $8.75 million, will go towards the Sanford School of Public Policy, which is currently celebrating its 50th year.
Current Trinity Dean Valerie Ashby is leaving Duke to become president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Noor will fill Ashby’s role while the national search for her permanent successor takes place.
A$AP Ferg released his debut single “Work” in August 2012, followed by his debut studio album “Trap Lord” in August 2013, which debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200. Since then, he has released two other studio albums, “Always Strive and Prosper,” and “Still Striving.”
“There’s just similar frustration. I don’t think RAs are special students. We share the same concerns as the rest of the student body.”
ShotSpotter uses microphones placed in public areas. Once the software picks up on a noise it classifies as gunfire, police are automatically alerted and dispatched to the area where the noise was detected.
Duke is offering a second COVID-19 booster shot to eligible members of the Duke community who received their first booster at least four months ago.
“That’s what SFK does. She makes the ordinary—not that [Shooters II Saloon] is ordinary—extraordinary. She makes the sidewalk a red carpet. She wears a ballgown to the frat party, and I did that three times.”
Faculty on the Council were skeptical that the new certificate was not all too different from pursuing the public policy major with a focus on health policy, or independently pursuing classes and opportunities related to health policy.
Effective July 1, the minimum wage for general student job postings will increase to $15 per hour, a jump from the $10.50 baseline.
The purpose of the complaint was to call on North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein to investigate potential legal violations associated with Duke’s fossil fuel investments.
Senators were allowed to contest any funding cuts made before the meeting, but they had to balance the budget while doing so.
All students enrolled in summer session are required to be vaccinated or have an approved medical or religious exemption, and they must have a negative PCR test 72 hours prior to their arrival on campus.
Duke will bestow honorary degrees to four recipients at the Class of 2022's commencement ceremony in May, a list that includes a rocket scientist, an economist, a prominent biochemist and an influential surgeon.
The union will remain certified unless the NLRB issues a stay—during which election proceedings will be halted—or the NLRB accepts the University’s appeal.
The Board of Trustees will consider their nominations May 6
Barra is the first woman to lead a major auto company. She received an honorary degree from Duke in 2018 and is a member of the University’s Board of Trustees.
As the weather gets warmer and your allergies worsen, it is evident that spring has officially sprung in Durham! Here is a list of things to do on campus and in the Durham area while enjoying the sunshine and beautiful blooms.
Ashby has been dean of Trinity since 2015. During her tenure, she led initiatives that helped Trinity more deeply invest in faculty recruitment and development, philanthropy and student engagement.
Titled “Narrating Resistance & Agency: Shifting the Discourse on Palestine,” the series featured Dana Alhasan, a local community organizer; Alaa Hammouda, a peace fellow at the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a journalist and producer; and writer Mohammed El-Kurd.
This represents a slight increase from the Class of 2025’s record-low 4.3% acceptance rate for Regular Decision applicants, but is lower than the Class of 2024’s six percent.
