The center, affectionately referred to as “the Lou,” was forced to close in September 2022 after a chilled pipe in the Flowers Building burst, causing “significant water damage” to the facility.
The symposium brought together investors, entrepreneurs, consultants and project developers working on cutting-edge technology in the blue economy.
The Climate Commitment, first announced in September 2022, represents a “university-wide, impact-oriented initiative to address the climate crisis by creating sustainable and equitable solutions that place society on the path toward a resilient, flourishing, carbon-neutral world."
Arts & Sciences Council met Thursday afternoon to discuss feedback about end-of-semester student teaching evaluations and potential incentives to encourage student participation.
A total of 2,482 undergraduate students cast a ballot in this year's president and EVP election, which was open from noon Wednesday to noon Thursday, wrote DSG Attorney General Annie Cui, a senior, in a Thursday evening email to The Chronicle.
There were 47,951 Regular Decision applicants, bringing the acceptance rate for Regular Decision to a record low 4.1%, down from 4.8% last year.
Former Israel Defense Forces soldiers Tal Sagi and Luiz Aberbuj, members of anti-occupation organization Breaking the Silence, spoke at a Wednesday event organized by the Duke chapter of J Street U.
Ruiz said that in March 2023, SOFC received $30,000 in requests. This year, it received $100,000 in requests, which it reduced to $29,000. Her comment was met by applause from senators.
The Office of University Scholars and Fellows informed merit scholars in a January email that Duke would be moving to a “post-matriculation” model of selection. Under the new model, OUSF will notify merit scholarship finalists in May after the University has finalized enrollment for the Class of 2028.
In its petition, THWP demanded Duke Health and University of North Carolina Health publicly call for a cease-fire in Gaza, support the entrance of humanitarian aid and condemn the “continuing medical violence” against Palestinians and their healthcare infrastructure.
One student said that the goal of the trip was to “listen to the stories and better understand what happened on October 7th."
Juniors Teddy Hur, Heather Raslan and Emily Yagoda are running for DSG president, while junior Akhilesh Shivaramakrishnan is running for the executive vice president position.
Duke Student Government presidential candidate Heather Raslan aims to build collaborative partnerships with student organizations, enhance DSG’s internal structure and make DSG an accessible resource for all students to actualize their goals and address their needs.
Running on the platform “connect, empower and transform,” Duke Student Government presidential candidate Emily Yagoda hopes to amplify diverse student voices on campus, facilitate collaboration with student groups and promote open communication.
Shivaramakrishnan, a junior, is the current DSG outreach coordinator. He first joined DSG as a first-year senator and served as an associate vice president of Durham and community affairs his sophomore year.
Duke Student Government presidential candidate Teddy Hur, a junior, hopes to expand the resources offered to first-generation, low-income students, reinvigorate the on-campus social scene and make changes to how DSG operates.
DukeLine, an anonymous text line for Duke students, by Duke students, was created to help fill in for high-stress situations when in-person therapy may fall short for students.
Plans for the renovation were first announced in 2018 due to a “lack of services and adequate space. Construction was due to start in 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic and an increase in the estimated project costs pushed the start date back.
The changes were implemented March 12, but were referenced in a Friday email sent to Duke community members from Kimberly Hewitt, vice president for institutional equity and chief diversity officer.
DSG and Duke University Union hosted the open forum, which was moderated by DSG Attorney General Annie Cui, a senior.
