“Whatever plans they have to change the way Duke housing looks in the future, they need to be cognizant and not intrude on the efforts of the Mitchell-White House because we’re here to stay."
This is the second time this year Duke has hit the top 10 in a college ranking list.
While the increases in meal prices weren’t incredibly high, students have said they have changed their eating habits to adapt to the new costs and not run out of food points.
First-year Ella Davis acknowledges that the Brodhead Center is understaffed and has sympathy for the employees but believes that the wait times go beyond these specific issues.
This weekend, Duke will bestow honorary degrees to four people during the Class of 2020 commencement festivities, including vaccine researchers, a university president and its own commencement speaker.
Every day, Wilson Recreation Center is crowded with students trying to squeeze in a post-class workout. But over on East Campus, Brodie Recreation Center sits closed and empty.
Three food trucks come to Duke on a rotating basis and can be found in the Swift parking lot from 5 to 7 p.m. Students can use their food points at the food trucks.
Faculty and staff who met the criteria established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for moderate to severe immunocompromisation were able to start scheduling an appointment for a booster shot on Aug. 19. Duke began administering these doses Aug. 23.
While buses are running more frequently this semester, Duke has adjusted operational hours and paused the C3 route. Here's how Duke chose the new hours, when you should pack up your books and hurry out of Perkins to catch the bus—and why students are saying the adjustments pose threats to their safety and are sources of stress.
At its first Wednesday meeting since the successful conclusion of first-year elections, Duke Student Government passed new budgetary statutes as well as prepared for newly elected senators and a new student wellness caucus.
The majority of workers at the Brodhead Center either declined to comment or cited no notable changes in the labor force. However, dining workers have been directed not to speak about the dining labor shortages.
In addition to required indoor masking, Duke will continue limiting indoor seating at Duke Dining facilities.
Most similar to Duke’s QuadEx are residential college systems at Yale University, Rice University and Dartmouth College.
The linking of East Campus dorms to West Campus quads has been in place since 2018, and since then, many other housing changes have taken place. Here’s how Duke gradually progressed towards establishing a full residential college system.
First-years will continue to live on East, and beginning with the Class of 2025, one to two East Campus houses will be assigned to one of seven quads on West Campus. This is similar to the automated linking system that was established in spring 2020, but linking is now mandatory.
Following the closure of residence halls to private package carrier deliveries, the mailroom has received over 1,300 incoming packages each day.
The plan is built around “a strong affiliation for students’ first-year homes and their sophomore year quad, with recruitment for Greek life and other selective living groups continuing in the fall of prospective recruits’ sophomore year."
Durham Mayor Steve Schewel joins DukeWeek to talk about what he’s most proud of from his time in office. Also, News Editor Anna Zolotor breaks down Duke’s national ranking, and Features Managing Editor Alison Korn talks about the effort to create an Ethnic Studies department.
The period from Sep. 6 to Sep. 12 saw just 37 positive results out of the 22,312 tests that were administered, for a positivity rate of 0.17%.
Duke shares its No. 9 spot with the California Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins University and Northwestern University.
