Smith explained a new rule that allows students to add themselves to an existing group during walk-up line checks. This rule prevents groups from adding strangers during line checks and swapping them out afterwards as needed.
DKU had previously announced Sept. 12 that juniors who are completing a study-abroad term at Duke this semester will be required to return to the Kunshan campus next semester. Now, juniors are allowed to remain on campus through the spring semester but are still expected to be at the China campus for fall 2023.
Eid is the chairman of the Center for Near East Policy Research. In 1996, he founded the Jerusalem-based Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group.
The name of the series serves a dual purpose: the room in which the meetings take place, the Mary Lou’s Multipurpose Room, is literally underground. But so are the different beliefs and rituals of the communities the series aims to highlight, according to Gill.
The event, titled “Environmental Justice: Past, Present, and Future,” highlighted the anniversary of the 1982 Warren County protests.
If you’re looking for opportunities to help the environment, there are a variety of green organizations to join on and off campus.
With COVID-19 disrupting supply chains and the war in Ukraine affecting supply of fertilizer and crops, the price of food has increased by 11.4%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Jewish Life at Duke (JLD) is comprised of the Freeman Center for Jewish Life and the Rubenstein-Silvers Hillel, which provide programming for Duke’s Jewish population of about 1,700 undergraduate and graduate students.
Unions are formally recognized bodies of workers who join together to establish collective bargaining power in a workplace. Recognized unions at Duke span dining, publishing, transit and academics.
Supported by Duke Chapel and Student Affairs, Duke’s Religious Life Groups consist of 21 officially recognized organizations and three Chapel-sponsored affiliate groups, including Jewish Life at Duke, Muslim Life at Duke and the various Christian groups on campus.
DGSU Co-chair Matt Thomas said he was not given an explanation on why staff could not accept the letter. It mistakenly read that President Vincent Price sent “intimidating,” anonymous anti-union emails in early 2017. At the time, Richard Brodhead was president.
This latest effort is the renewal of an inconclusive unionization effort in 2017.
Faculty members will be allowed to request that students continue to wear masks in their individual classrooms.
Even after the university's classroom mask mandate is lifted, faculty can establish mask requirements in their individual classes, according to Paul Grantham, assistant vice president for communication services.
All first-years and sophomores are required to return to China. Exceptions are permitted for juniors who have not had the opportunity to spend a semester at Duke, along with seniors currently in Durham who plan to study at Duke in the spring.
The request to reevaluate holding classes on Labor Day was proposed by faculty members in the University Schedule Committee and approved in the spring.
The CEF, a source of funding for cultural groups, will resume accepting applications by the end of the week. Until this week, no cultural groups were able to access the fund this academic year.
These changes, including a doubling of a one-time payment and an increased stipend next year, come amid continuing demands from Duke’s Graduate Students Union for greater financial support from the University.
Duke is offering free flu shots for all students at vaccination clinics from Sept. 20 to Oct. 31. No appointment is needed.
During the pandemic, some programs expressed an interest in switching to permanent GRE-optional admissions due to equity considerations.
