'Peace Car' rolls onto campus to recruit for Peace Corps
The Peace Corps “Peace Car” visited Duke yesterday as part of its journey to recruit students from around the country.
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The Peace Corps “Peace Car” visited Duke yesterday as part of its journey to recruit students from around the country.
Construction on the Rubenstein and Bostock Libraries is in full force and on schedule.
After a months-long national search, Carl DePinto was selected as the new director for parking and transportation services.
The Pizzeria, a popular Merchants-on-Points vendor, has recently closed for business—leaving one fewer option for students to spend food points.
The largest gathering of graduate and professional students of the year concluded this weekend after more than 2,000 students participated in the annual basketball campout.
Duke Student Government recently created the DSG Research Unit, a committee of students designed to quantitatively review different facets of student life in order to help solve campus issues. DSG recently appointed junior Kshipra Hemal to be the DSGRU director for this year. The Chronicle's Kali Shulklapper conducted an email interview with Hemal on her plans and goals for the new unit and what she hopes to bring to her role.
Students attempting to pick up packages from the West Campus mailboxes found themselves waiting in line longer than usual this year.
The Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee discussed options for a new Merchants-on-Points vendor at their Monday meeting, along with other concerns including late-night options and labeling in campus eateries.
Balloons filled the air and chalk art glistened on the pavement Sunday afternoon when the American Tobacco Campus hosted a block party in celebration of its ten-year anniversary.
Foodies with a taste for the freakish are bringing a unique culinary experience to campus.
The search to replace Janie Long as director of the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity will likely be over by the end of September.
A new LGBTQ-inclusive question on Duke’s admissions supplement puts the University among the first to explicitly mention sexual orientation and gender identity on its application.
While construction continues on high-profile, long-term campus projects such as Perkins Library and the West Union, a number of smaller projects were completed over the summer.
Several student organizations on campus are making efforts to rally support for the family of Michael Brown and show solidarity for people facing violence in Ferguson, Mo.
Few freshmen will ever forget the first faces they see as they arrive on move-in day. Teams of First-Year Advisory Counselors form to provide guidance and support to the newest residents of the Duke campus. Seniors Lizete Dos Santos and Sarah Haas, FAC Board Co-Chairs, were tasked with overseeing the group of nearly 250 counselors. The Chronicle's Kali Shulklapper talked with Dos Santos about the wisdom she hopes to pass down to the Class of 2018.
Construction delays in China mean students and faculty will be housed in a conference center—the only standing building on campus—when they arrive at Duke Kunshan University in August.
For students returning to campus this Fall, it may appear as though West Campus has been swallowed up by bulldozers and related machinery—but the current overlap in construction projects was not necessarily deliberate.
With the opening of Duke Kunshan University a few months away, administrators are focusing on logistics—including the fact that only one of the six buildings will be ready when the campus welcomes its first students.
Humans have extra adrenaline and cortisol flowing though our bodies when under stress said Lia Gilmore, referral services coordinator for Counseling and Psychological Services. She added that this helps give students the energy to cram for exams and get their papers done in record time.
The Coalition for Preserving Memory and Duke University Union collaborated to present a multimedia exhibit as part of Genocide Remembrance Week.