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(02/22/24 5:00am)
I believe our relationship to science education is overwhelmingly transactional. We sit in a chair, have information presented, imprint it in the old noggin and then are tested on how well we’ve remembered said information. It’s like a file transfer, only most of the files kinda get corrupted or I accidentally drop the USB stick into a puddle of soup. While this form of instruction is not limited to the sciences, it’s most common for teaching big, foundational subjects like calculus, computer science or inorganic chemistry.
(02/20/24 2:59am)
On Dec. 23, Professor of Neurosurgery David Hasan traveled over 6,000 miles to the other side of the world, leaving his wife and seven-year-old daughter in North Carolina to volunteer in war-torn Gaza as a surgeon and medical staffer for a week.
(02/20/24 2:00pm)
A new documentary recounting the aftermath of the 2015 Chapel Hill shooting which left three Muslim college students dead was screened last Monday at Carolina Theater.
(02/20/24 2:26am)
Duke is no longer giving essays and standardized testing scores numerical ratings in the undergraduate admissions process.
(02/20/24 1:50am)
The Fighting Irish may go down but never count them out.
(02/20/24 5:00am)
Editor's Note: This article contains descriptions of eating disorders.
(02/19/24 10:02pm)
A popular vacation destination for many Duke students after classes get out in May, the Myrtle Beach, S.C., area has developed into a favorite location for the Blue Devils’ baseball squad. After winning an NCAA regional in Conway last season, No. 16 Duke opened its 2024 campaign with a 3-0 showing in Baseball at the Beach over the weekend against Indiana, George Mason and Coastal Carolina.
(02/19/24 7:42pm)
Another strong week from the Blue Devils saw them rise one spot to No. 8 in the latest AP poll. The Blue Zone breaks down Duke’s new standing and movement across the college basketball landscape:
(02/20/24 5:00am)
I am shocked and saddened by the plan to close the Duke Herbarium — one of the most important resources in my Duke experience from 2002 to 2013. For my honors thesis, I collected mosses in the North Carolina swamps, and my work study was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to digitize herbarium specimens. It was a transformative experience to see the natural world beyond the classroom, and it launched me toward my current position as a professor and herbarium director. I see the passion among this generation’s college students to solve the major climate and biodiversity challenges we face. Yet, while worldwide interest in collections as a tool for climate research is rising, Duke is removing its herbarium from campus and diminishing its students' preparation to be the future leaders we need to address the climate crisis.
(02/19/24 4:12pm)
No. 25 Duke took no prisoners Sunday afternoon in its 25-5 routing of Winthrop. Twelve different Blue Devils scored in the lopsided matchup, six of them for the first time in their Duke career.
(02/19/24 3:49am)
After earning a big road win against Florida State Saturday, the Blue Devils will take on another Sunshine State opponent in Miami. Before the matchup, the Blue Zone is here with three keys to a Duke win:
(02/19/24 2:37am)
The Blue Devils are entering 2024 energized and prepared for the invitationals and ACC play to come. After barely missing the cut to advance and finishing 18th in the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship, Duke put in the work over the fall.
(02/19/24 5:15pm)
Sportswrap is your one-stop shop for everything Duke athletics, where we’ll recap how each of Duke’s sports currently in competition performed over the last week and give a brief look ahead. Here’s our recap for the week of Feb. 12-19:
(02/19/24 2:36am)
Professor of Political Science Michael Munger is looking to serve his community by running for office — again.
(02/19/24 2:15am)
Duke’s disappointing season continued Sunday against No. 8 N.C. State in Cameron Indoor Stadium, as the Blue Devils fell by a score of 36-9. The contest began with a celebration of Duke’s six senior wrestlers, and ended in a thoroughly dominant Wolfpack victory. The Blue Devils’ defeat was the team’s seventh in a row, and 31st consecutive in ACC play across the past six years.
(02/19/24 2:05am)
One early morning on Jan. 4, an academic dean and 20 students left campus for an eventful five days in the lead-up to the Iowa Republican caucuses.
(02/19/24 5:00am)
It’s the week after Valentine’s Day, and perhaps you — like thousands of other students at Duke — are still single and contemplating if you’ll ever be loved. You are not alone: Marriages are in decline. Birth rates are down. Depression and isolation are at record levels in the United States. In 2023, the US “epidemic of loneliness” was declared a public health crisis. All around, people are more disconnected. But never fear — as always, a group of Duke CS majors has developed a solution.
(02/19/24 5:00am)
Valentine’s Day is my least favorite holiday. No, it’s not because I’m single and bitter — only one of those is true, you can guess which. Sure, the blatant, unethical consumerism of cut flowers and foil balloons, sketchy additives in candy hearts, and general lack of recyclability of gift-wrapping materials are bad, but these problems aren’t unique to Feb. 14. My main issue lies in the societal fear-mongering and hetero- and mononormativity — the privileging of opposite-sex and monogamous relationships, respectively — of it all.
(02/19/24 5:22am)
Although the FIU Invitational ended with a rained-out Sunday game, nothing clouded No. 5 Duke’s performance this weekend. The Blue Devils made it look easy, ending the tournament with a 4-0 record.
(02/18/24 8:19pm)
Carried by a historic scoring performance from freshman guard Jared McCain, Duke eased to a 76-67 win against Florida State. The Blue Zone analyzes the win with the Player of the Game and more: