"Not only am I not voting for Donald Trump, but I will be voting for Kamala Harris," Cheney said to a standing ovation in Page Auditorium.
The Wednesday announcement is the first public statement from University administration about the future of the position since The Chronicle reported in July that Stacey Harris would not be assuming the role.
Duke Graduate Students Union hosted a rally the day after Labor Day to demand that Duke give graduate students fair contracts, improve working conditions and pay all its employees livable wages.
Lilly Library, opened in 1927, was originally built to meet the needs of around 650 students. However, after only one partial renovation project in 1993 and the growth of the University’s first-year classes to over 1,700 students, Lilly is now closed for renovations until summer 2026.
The film offers new scientific insights into the world of man’s best friend, from examining how dogs evolved to become socially attuned to humans to exploring their abilities to communicate by tapping talking buttons.
Requesting an absentee ballot can feel daunting, but it doesn’t need to be. The Chronicle compiled a guide to voting abroad for students studying away during the fall 2024 semester.
If you find yourself browsing DukeHub in search of that perfect class before drop/add ends on Sept. 6, The Chronicle is here to help. Here are five unique classes to add a fun twist to your workload.
Duke was named by Newsweek as among America’s Greatest Workplaces for 2024 and Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers for New Grads in 2024, but DGSU maintains that University administration “is stuck offering [graduate students with] the status quo” and continues to call on Duke to continue to bargain with them in “good faith.”
The event, a Marshall Military Conversation titled “Evolving Technologies and the Threats to National Security,” was hosted by the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy and co-sponsored by the Sanford Cyber Policy Program.
Most Duke students are familiar with Duke’s Experiential Orientation program — lesser known are the six additional Welcome Weeks organized by the Office of New Student and Family Programs.
The OSCCS shared the updates and promoted a new awareness campaign and website in a Wednesday email to the Duke community. The message also provided summary data on Community Standard violations from the 2023-24 academic year.
The senate unanimously confirmed junior Tara Singh as vice president of campus life and sophomore Yash Sharma as vice president of Durham and community affairs. Singh and Sharma’s predecessors, who had been confirmed in April alongside the other new officers for the 2024-25 academic year, resigned from the executive board over the summer.
Whether it’s your first year or your last, there’s always somebody at Duke that you might not know. The Chronicle is here to help. Here are some of the University’s biggest stars to be on the lookout for as you adjust to life at Duke.
The newly-offered weekly support sessions will serve a wider community of staff and faculty employed by the University and the Duke Health System.
The upgrades spanned Duke’s student, dining and athletic facilities. While some of the renovations were part of routine upkeep, others reflected an effort to enhance experiences for the Duke community.
Free Durham County Library cards will be available for pick-up in Perkins Library Thursday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The University's settlement agreement was approved by a federal district court in a July 20 ruling, making current and former students from 2003 onward eligible for compensation. The deadline to file a claim is Sept. 18.
In the 2022-23 academic year, the University surpassed $1.39 billion in total research expenditures, submitting 5,925 proposals and 11,390 publications.
The “historic” program will fund the “hiring and start-up costs” for a senior “luminary” faculty member and four to seven mid-career faculty over the next five years.
As Duke continues to celebrate its Centennial, The Chronicle looked back on the University's inaugural first-year class and got to know members of the Class of 2028.
