Mandelblit, one of Israel’s foremost experts on international conflict law, has served in various roles in the Israeli government, including chief military advocate general and cabinet secretary.
The event was hosted in Gross Hall by the Duke chapter of Young America’s Foundation and the Ciceronian Society and featured a lecture from West, followed by a Q&A session.
Duke Graduate and Professional Student Government passed a resolution Tuesday calling on University administration to aid in the federal investigation of racist text messages recently received by several students and to impose consequences on any Duke-affiliated persons found in connection to the messages.
The event, hosted by Chabad at Duke and the Provost’s Initiative on the Middle East, also featured remarks from Millet Ben Haim, who was saved by Davidian at the festival. Davidian and Ben Haim shared their stories to a full lecture hall with Duke students and members of the Durham Jewish community in attendance.
Smith was one of 32 students named Rhodes Scholars from 865 applicants across the country. At the University of Oxford, she plans to pursue a Master of Science in criminology and criminal justice as well as a Master of Science in comparative social policy before applying to law school.
BCS originated from a house course at Duke where undergraduates created a service-learning project as part of the University Scholars Program. Now, volunteers who join the club learn contextual information about educational disparities in Durham and theoretical frameworks underpinning their service work.
Duke’s ninth annual Energy Week brought together students, faculty and industry leaders to explore the pressing challenges and opportunities in the energy landscape.
The initiative addresses both the challenges and opportunities AI presents by focusing on its technological advancement and ethical, social and behavioral impacts.
Today, the Duke Forest comprises just over 7,100 acres distributed to the west of the University’s campus across Durham, Orange and Alamance counties.
International students reflected on campus discourse during the election and expressed concerns about complications to the annual visa renewal process and fallout from proposed cuts to education funding following Trump's victory.
Tenting registration will begin a week before FDOC, with black tenting scheduled to start Jan. 12, blue tenting Jan. 18 and white tenting Jan. 23.
Following backlash to the 2023 training, which some students viewed as "triggering" and "apathetic," the University created a new Office for Gender Violence Education and Outreach and updated the presentation for 2024.
Students shared largely positive feedback, feeling well-informed about how to register and cast their vote. Many students opted to vote early at The Karsh Alumni and Visitors Center, which set a new Duke early voting record with 13,956 early voters, an increase of 1,262 voters since 2020.
The University received $1 million from HPS Investment Partners and the Kapnick Foundation to fund the Climate Dialogue and Innovation Initiative: Southeast Asia and the World in the Sanford School, and Associate Professor of Medicine Robert Tighe was named to lead the School of Medicine’s research strategy on the impact of the climate crisis on health.
Should Duke students — temporary residents of the city who often don’t pay property taxes — have a say in on local bond referenda?
Here is The Chronicle’s guide to five captivating courses being offered next semester.
The Duke community includes 2,304 military veterans and 880 students with military affiliations, according to Antwan Lofton, vice president of human resources.
As administrators look to establish new climate objectives for 2050 during the 2024-25 academic year, students reflected on current campus successes in the climate space as well as areas for improvement.
Trump’s decisive victory was not viewed with the same energy by all Duke students and Durham residents — with some sharing their excitement and others expressing worries for their rights under a MAGA presidency.
Plunkett's prize-winning project focused on the environmental impact of cyanide processing plants, which operate as a method of extracting gold.
