Hood emphasized that regardless of one’s political allegiances, conservatism is useful to understand because “it’s not going anywhere.”
Keohane served as Duke’s first female president from 1993 to 2004 and was succeeded by Brodhead, who served from 2004 to 2017. Price took up the helm in 2017, serving the University in its Centennial year.
The new initiative, introduced in a Thursday afternoon email to the University community, will represent a “campus-wide effort to support open deliberation in the classroom and across our campus.”
Duke Student Government hosted Chris Simmons, vice president for government relations, as a guest speaker for the first time in roughly two decades, introduced its organizational leadership team and confirmed first-year senator nominees during its Wednesday meeting.
Rain is expected to clear by Friday afternoon in time for Duke’s concert featuring Ed Sheeran at 7:30 p.m. in Wallace Wade Stadium. The University said the event would go on “rain or shine” in a Tuesday morning email to ticket holders.
Duke Votes representatives are tabling on campus in the weeks leading up to the 2024 general election to provide eligible students with physical DukeCards that meet the N.C. State Board of Elections’ photo ID requirement.
Founded in April 2023 by a coalition of 16 American colleges, STARS works to support the 9.7 million high school students from rural America in enrolling in and graduating from college.
The event, hosted by Duke Democrats, was part of Clayton's “30 campuses in 30 days” tour.
Duke shares its No. 6 ranking with the California Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins University and Northwestern University.
Duke increased the number of employees obligated to respond to reports of Title IX policy violations and adjusted aspects of the hearing process in response to updated federal regulations that took effect Aug. 1.
Duke previously operated under a residential advising system but moved away from the model with the adoption of QuadEx in fall 2022.
University administration stated that there is “no threat to campus” in a Friday email to The Chronicle.
The typhoon made landfall Monday in Shanghai, about 40 miles east of DKU. It was the strongest typhoon to hit the city since 1949, prompting the preemptive evacuation of over 414,000 people.
“I recognize this is a difficult time for many members of our community [and] also for higher education generally,” President Vincent Price said in an address to the council. “It's never [been] more important that we as an academic community, represented by this council, lean into these issues and think deeply about them.”
Beginning Monday and concluding Dec. 13, the Durham, Korstian and Blackwood Divisions of the forest will be closed to the public on weekdays to prevent injury during the hunting period.
The letter characterized the decrease in Asian students from those enrolled in Duke’s Class of 2027 to those in the Class of 2028 — 35% to 29% — as “not possible” through the race-blind admissions process delineated in the June 2023 Supreme Court ruling.
DSG senators met Wednesday to approve over $30,000 in SOFC and OCF funding, discuss Democracy Day and consider proposed guidelines for off-campus events and gatherings.
Bostock and Perkins Libraries now close at midnight Sunday through Thursday, two hours earlier than last year’s closing time of 2 a.m. Study spaces in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library and Von der Heyden Pavilion in Perkins Library will be kept open until 1 a.m. Sunday through Thursday.
The Chronicle has broken down the University’s transportation options for getting around campus this academic year.
In its initial announcement, Duke administration highlighted Canvas’ ability to service an “expanded array of learning experiences” and its “stronger user community” in comparison to other learning management services.
