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Cultural affinity spaces to return to bottom floor of Bryan Center, concerns about moves linger

By Audrey Wang | July 25, 2023

In a May meeting, the Space Advisory Committee, a group of student representatives dedicated to working with administrators to assess space allocation, recommended a move back to the bottom floor, according to an email to The Chronicle from Student Affairs. However, specifics about the move are still unclear, to the confusion of some affinity group leaders.

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NC Board of Elections approves Duke Student Voter ID for upcoming elections

By Jazper Lu | July 21, 2023

On Monday, the NC State Board of Elections approved 99 student and employee ID cards for use in the 2023 municipal and 2024 primary and general elections, including the Duke Student Voter ID Card. 

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The Duke Endowment awards second $10 million grant to fund major renovations for Lilly Library

By Jianna Choi | July 18, 2023

The Duke Endowment, a private foundation based in Charlotte, awarded a second $10 million grant towards renovating the library, moving the East Campus staple one step closer towards a considerable transformation. 

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‘Time will tell’: A look into DKU's Phase 2 soft opening

By Sophia Hanani | July 17, 2023

Now covering almost 47 acres, Phase 2 of the DKU campus houses a library, sports complex, research center and nine new student residence halls, providing enough housing for upperclassmen and graduate students.

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New Pratt master’s program in climate-focused engineering to work 'hand in hand' with the Climate Commitment

By Michelle Brown | July 16, 2023

Called the Master of Engineering in Climate and Sustainability Engineering, the program is one of several post-graduate engineering tracks offered by Duke and is designed to be completed in three semesters. The program is set to formally begin in fall 2024, though classes will be piloted this coming academic year.

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NLRB rejects Duke’s challenge against Graduate Students Union, approves petition for official election

By Audrey Wang | July 10, 2023

Lisa Henderson, regional director for Region 10 of the NLRB, wrote in her decision that the facts of the case have not “changed significantly” since the Region’s initial finding in 2017, when the DGSU held its first unionization drive. In doing so, Henderson rejected the University’s challenge against a 2016 NLRB decision affirming that doctoral candidates were employees with the right to unionize. 

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The Duke Endowment awarded a $750,000 grant to improve Durham residents' health. Here’s what it’s been used for so far

By Jothi Gupta | July 9, 2023

The grant will be spent over five years, aiming to address physical activity, nutrition and food access in Durham through community engagement, data collection and food equity education.

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DKU voted for a new mascot. As students return to campus, here’s how administrators see it as a potential ‘unifying symbol’

By Sophia Hanani | July 5, 2023

Voters chose between the blue deer and a red phoenix, both wearing DKU official colors of blue and green. The blue deer won in a landslide with 75.8% of the vote, according to a May 25 email sent to the DKU community by the DKU Department of Athletics. 

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School of Medicine Dean Mary Klotman appointed first EVP for health affairs

By Adway S. Wadekar | June 30, 2023

In her role, Klotman will be “responsible for strategic, academic and budgetary oversight and authority for the School of Medicine and its affiliated academic institutes and programs,” according to Price.

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Supreme Court overturns race-based affirmative action in college admissions

By Adway S. Wadekar and Audrey Wang | June 29, 2023

The majority opinion, authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, notes that race-based affirmative action programs implemented at Harvard and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, while “well intentioned and implemented in good faith,” failed to comply with each of the Court’s “narrow restrictions” for race-based admissions. 

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Three Duke alumnae named 2023 Knight-Hennessy Scholars to pursue graduate study at Stanford

By Angikar Ghosal | June 28, 2023

Since the program’s inaugural year in 2018, 10 Duke graduates have received the prestigious award. Sheth, Pratt ‘20, Hunt, Pratt ‘23, and Gupta, Trinity ‘22, will join the program’s sixth cohort in the fall.

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Duke Dining’s ‘Ask Me’ allergen awareness program receives nationally-recognized award

By Andrew Huang | June 25, 2023

The program was created in October 2021 and presented to the Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee for input, according to Duke Dining. The program was then piloted at the Brodhead Center and expanded to remaining dining venues in August 2022.

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Duke to provide full tuition for Carolinian students with family incomes below $150,000

By Audrey Wang | June 20, 2023

According to the release, Duke will also provide additional aid for Carolinian undergraduates with family incomes of $65,000 or less for “housing, meals and some course materials or other campus expenses, without the need for student loans.”

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‘One of the most forgiving languages to learn’: A look into learning Malagasy at Duke

By Angikar Ghosal | June 19, 2023

Madagascar regulations mandate foreign researchers to collaborate with Malagasy researchers that are at a similar career stage, according to Shearer. 

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First-year Experiential Orientation to include new programs, class-wide interaction in response to student feedback

By Mia Penner | June 13, 2023

In fall 2022, Duke implemented the first iteration of its newly-designed Experiential Orientation program, which administrators dubbed the biggest change to new student programming at the University in almost 30 years. 

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‘A different avenue for students to come to music’: Duke to offer new listening-focused music minor

By Mia Penner | June 12, 2023

The faculty members believe the listening-focused minor is just as rigorous as the score-focused one, despite lacking a music theory requirement. Bagg pointed out that many of the courses in the listening-focused minor are analogous to those in the score-focused one. 

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Duke Health masking requirements to revert to ‘near pre-COVID-19 state’

By Jazper Lu | June 11, 2023

According to the announcement, masking will continue to be required in areas that have “always required masking as part of routine precautions” and as part of “transmission-based isolation precautions,” such as under the DUHS Standard and Transmission-based Policy. 

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Christoph Guttentag reappointed dean of undergraduate admissions through 2028

By Audrey Wang | June 11, 2023

Guttentag was named director of Duke’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions in 1992 and was first named dean of undergraduate admissions in 2006. He will begin his new term as dean on July 1, per the announcement.

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‘Can’t really say I’m that surprised’: Students split over North Carolina 12-week abortion ban

By Ishani Raha | June 8, 2023

The Care for Women, Children and Families Act, which goes into effect July 1, passed into law after Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly overrode Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the bill in May.

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Duke Health to reduce 280 positions in effort to ‘right-size and realign’ internal functions

By Jazper Lu | June 5, 2023

Duke Health officials wrote that the positions would be reduced primarily through “retirements, redeployments and closures of vacant positions.”