Duke Student Government announced a permanent extension to game day parking, launched a new initiative to stock menstrual products in residential bathrooms across campus and approved over $25,000 in student group funding requests during its Wednesday meeting.
See all our coverage from The Chronicle's inaugural campus election poll.
We surveyed members of the Duke community about their voting plans and top issues for the 2024 presidential election and North Carolina gubernatorial election. Questions ranged from opinions on the North Carolina 12-week abortion ban to student debt relief efforts.
Brooks spoke about his journey learning to form stronger interpersonal relationships, which he chronicles in his book “How to Know A Person: Bringing Humanity Back from the Brink.”
Melanie Wallskog, assistant professor of business administration, joined the study a decade ago when she was a fourth-year doctoral student at Stanford University.
Although the University said that these updates to the Community Standard will not interfere with free speech on campus, students expressed mixed opinions about the policy. Some view the change as a positive step towards safer and more organized events, while others are concerned about its ambiguity and potential to deter students from attending events.
Duke community members — some alumni of the University’s undergraduate and professional schools, others former employees and one a current student — are running for office at various levels and branches of the government this election season.
The Thursday event, part of the University’s Centennial celebrations and Duke’s Forever Learning Institute, and sponsored by Duke Women’s Impact Network, featured remarks from President Vincent Price and a panel of distinguished women leaders.
The vandalism includes a number of ripped-out fire exit signs and a broken patio chair, as well as an “emptied” fire extinguisher and hallway wall damage.
Faculty members generally responded that the U.S. was doing “too much” to provide military aid to Israel, and an overwhelming majority responded that the U.S. was doing “too little” to provide humanitarian aid to Palestinians.
The event, hosted by the Office of Climate & Sustainability, featured speeches from President Vincent Price and Climate Commitment leaders, as well as a ceremony recognizing Climate Commitment Leadership Award recipients.
The BC Landing, adorned with a sea of “Blue Devils for Harris-Walz” signs and overlooked by Secret Service agents, hosted over 150 community members to hear the vice presidential pick speak on the importance of voting in North Carolina this election.
We found that faculty members had varied views on DEI, with nearly half of respondents indicating that Duke placed too much or somewhat too much emphasis on it. Tenured faculty respondents were more likely than others to share this perspective, as were more conservative respondents.
Duke Student Government announced that It’s Thyme will now accept first-year dinner equivalency, addressed the proposed STINF phaseout from the Arts & Science Council and approved $40,417.40 in student group funding requests during its Wednesday meeting.
Karl Rove, former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff in President George W. Bush’s administration, and David Axelrod, former senior adviser and chief strategist in President Barack Obama’s administration, spoke about the upcoming election at a Tuesday event hosted by the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy, POLIS: Center for Politics and the department of political science.
For its first year, The Chronicle surveyed Duke faculty members about their thoughts on contentious issues facing higher education, including affirmative action.
CFOs seemed predominantly optimistic about the financial outlook for their own companies and the U.S. economy as a whole. Concerns about inflation have decreased since the Q2 survey.
Over the past 17 years, the University has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 31% despite growing its physical footprint by 27% and its campus population by 24%.
Student organizations at Duke — partisan and otherwise — are ramping up their efforts to mobilize voters on campus ahead of the 2024 general election.
While faculty respondents tended to be liberal overall, the disaggregation of the data by field and school revealed variation in political views.
