The Center aims to create a network through which Duke scientists and researchers in health data and genetics will be connected to clinical departments to work together to expand clinical genetics and its relevant research for improved personalized healthcare.
In an email to Duke undergraduate students, Mary Pat McMahon, vice provost and vice president for student affairs, wrote that Duke had painted over the phrase "from the river to the sea..." on the East Campus bridge.
Duke has seen roughly 60 cases of HFMD in the past four weeks, according to Director of Student Health John Vaughn, with the outbreak mostly affecting the Class of 2027.
The academic affairs committee’s project, Blue Devil Bridges, will be released for both students and alumni Thursday. Similar to Blue Devil Buddies, Blue Devil Bridges pairs students with alumni, who can help give them advice about life after graduating from Duke.
According to 990 tax forms from 2022, seven out of Duke’s top 24 highest-paid employees saw percent increases of 30% or more in total compensation, with five experiencing at least a 50% increase.
“As an institution of higher learning, we value wide freedom of expression for those in our campus community. With that freedom comes the responsibility to foster scholarly discourse, and not descend into polemics, personal attacks or antisemitic or anti-Muslim rhetoric,” Price wrote.
A group of faculty members and students spoke about the history of and ongoing conflict in Palestine at a Thursday event sponsored by Duke Students for Justice in Palestine, the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies and the International Comparative Studies program.
All eight Jewish and Israeli student organizations collaborated to put on a Day of Peace, as well as Tuesday’s vigil.
Ramos, a correspondent for Vice and author of “Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity,” was the keynote speaker at a celebration of Latinx Heritage Month. The event was organized by the Speakers and Stage committee of Duke University Union, the Center for Multicultural Affairs and Mi Gente.
As fall break begins and the usual bustle of campus subsides, here are plenty of activities to fill the time if you plan on staying on campus during fall break.
Yovanovitch opened the talk by commenting on the recent Hamas’ attack on Israel and drawing a connection with the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. She noted that “forces of darkness” from state actors such as Russia to terrorist organizations such as Hamas are using “many of the same tactics” to threaten the world order.
The event comes on the heels of the one-year anniversary of the Climate Commitment’s announcement last September and is the second student town hall dedicated to discussing the Climate Commitment after the first took place last February.
With break just around the corner, here’s a look at how Duke facilities will be operating from Saturday through next Wednesday.
This semester, 279 students are participating in the program, which offers multidisciplinary courses spanning areas from religion to medicine and co-curricular activities that foster faculty-student interaction.
"I am shocked and saddened at the terror attacks by Hamas in Israel and the continuing conflict that has taken so many innocent lives," Price wrote. "I feel deeply for all in our community and beyond who are in pain.”
DuWell and other student groups are working to spread awareness and provide emergency care for opioid and other drug overdose.
The University has already accounted for two dozen students, faculty, staff and affiliates in Israel and the Palestinian territories, and some have already left the region.
Jewish and Israeli professors, students and religious figures shared speeches to over 150 attendees, honoring the lives lost after Hamas militants launched a deadly surprise attack on Israel Saturday.
In February 2022, Duke replaced the C-1 weekend route with the C-Swift, which students say causes longer bus rides between campuses and overcrowding on the buses.
Duke’s Class of 2027 is the second class to experience a fully implemented QuadEx system, with no memory of the University’s previous housing system to compare it to.
