Abby Spiller is a Trinity junior and editor-in-chief of The Chronicle's 120th volume.
The Chronicle will be accepting endorsement letters for the 2025 Duke Student Government presidential and executive vice presidential elections. Submissions will be reviewed from March 21 to March 29. All accepted endorsements will be published by March 30 at 11:59 p.m.
Upcoming spending adjustments include suspending capital spending, freezing staff hiring and salary mid-year adjustments, reviewing all faculty hiring practices and slowing all non-compensation spending. The administrators added that these immediate steps will be followed by additional measures as leaders develop “cost-reduction proposals” across the rest of the University.
Hill, Trinity ‘94, is recognized as one of college basketball’s greatest all-time players. He played on the Duke men’s basketball team during its first two championship runs in 1991 and 1992.
The Board of Trustees approved a 5.93% increase in the undergraduate cost of attendance for the 2025-26 academic year, bringing Duke’s price tag to $92,042.
Following Duke’s announcement of its major fundraising campaign, The Chronicle spoke to the University’s president about the campaign and how it aims to serve Duke in the years to come.
The campaign, dubbed “Made for This,” aims to prioritize funding and development across four main pillars: Duke Sciences and Technology, the Duke Climate Commitment, the undergraduate student experience and Duke Health.
The announcement marks the third time Duke has implemented the policy this academic year after over three years of no measurable snowfall on campus.
In his role, Beattie, Graduate School ‘16, will manage the country’s public diplomacy outreach on topics including counterterrorism and violent extremism, assist in developing foreign policy initiatives as well as oversee both the Educational and Cultural Affairs and Global Public Affairs bureaus.
Throughout the past two decades, Duke students have seen a rise in grade point average cutoffs to earn Latin honors and Dean’s List/Dean’s List with Distinction. These increases show a rising threshold to reach top marks, requiring students to earn essentially all As throughout their time at Duke in order to be ranked within the top echelon of their peers.
Each year, the president and EVP are selected via an internal application process. This cycle, all applications were reviewed by current President Mahika Jammula and EVP Michelle Igbinadolor, both seniors.
