Lucas Lin is a Trinity sophomore and a university news editor of The Chronicle's 120th volume.
The FOCUS program has been a staple of Trinity’s first-year curriculum for over three decades, while Constellations is a recent edition, launching this fall as part of a revamping of the Trinity curriculum.
A memorial service in honor of Mukherjee is scheduled for April 19 at Duke. It will be livestreamed for those unable to attend in person.
As blue confetti streamed down the screens of Duke’s most recent batch of accepted students, some high school seniors could barely get past the word “congratulations” before celebrating their feat.
During his bid to become president of the United States, Donald Trump promised to “carry out the largest deportation operation in American history.” However, some Durhamites did not anticipate the arrests to occur so close to home following the administration’s Feb. 13 action targeting Durham neighborhoods.
For Bajaj, serving on the Board of Trustees would offer her the opportunity to “return the favor to Duke in any way that [she] can.” She envisions Duke as “a place that people feel so proud to attend that long after they leave, they still want to be involved.”
As civil discourse becomes a buzzword in the higher education landscape, The Chronicle spoke with faculty to understand what civil discourse means to them and why it has figured prominently in recent debates surrounding higher education.
Tiryakian died at age 95 at his home in Durham Feb. 1. Throughout his over five-decade tenure at the University, Tiryakian oversaw the development of sociology as an academic discipline all while fostering close relationships across the department and with his students.
The five grant recipients will invite experts from both Duke and Duke-NUS to conduct research at the intersection of urgent health and environmental challenges.
The two complexes will join 300 Swift and the Smart Home in the University’s residential QuadEx system. While Duke students already reside in 301 Swift and Blue Light, they will be incorporated exclusively into the undergraduate housing system.
Siegel, a Chapel Hill native and U.S.-Israeli dual citizen, spent 484 days in captivity until he was freed Feb. 1, becoming the first American hostage released as part of the new ceasefire agreement.
