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On Sept. 26, 2022, a chilled pipe in Flowers Building burst and flooded the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, leading to its abrupt closure.
In 2021, 1,839 people were killed by firearms in North Carolina.
Less than a minute was left. A historic victory against then-No. 9 Clemson was just clinched for Duke. Thousands of fans were waiting on the sidelines at Wallace Wade Stadium for the first time since 2013, ready to burst onto Brooks Field.
Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida on Wednesday morning as a Category 3 storm and began moving northeast through Georgia and coastal South Carolina. Now downgraded to a Category 2 storm, it is expected to have “moderate impacts across portions of central North Carolina” starting Thursday morning.
Duke students and alumni may soon be eligible for a share of a $13.5 million settlement agreed to last week.
As part of the Climate Commitment, Duke joined an initiative to create the New York Climate Exchange, a center “dedicated to researching and creating innovative climate solutions” developed and maintained by various public and private institutions.
Duke will present honorary degrees to four individuals during the Class of 2023’s commencement ceremony, whose lines of work span from environmental research to musical performance.
From tote bag lines in the morning to Chapel climbs at noon, here are some of the scenes across campus from Duke’s last day of classes.
After years of pioneering work in aerospace engineering, Alec Gallimore, the current Robert J. Vlasic dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan, will begin his new role as Duke’s next provost and chief academic officer on July 1.
Duke released the final designs for the seven Quad Arches in early April, but some students have mixed feelings about the impact of the new symbols on their goal of fostering new Quad identities.
Duke recently received a $1.2 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to prepare post-baccalaureate students to apply for graduate programs or medical school and to diversify representation in biomedical sciences.
Duke Dining recently received the FARECheck Gold Status for East Campus dining facilities and became the first university dining program in the country to do so for an entire facility.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Math appointed Nadine Barrett, assistant professor in the department of family medicine and community health, and Brian Southwell, adjunct professor in the department of medicine, to the Committee on Understanding and Addressing Misinformation about Science this past December.
Over the past semester, QuadEx’s Faculty Fellows have aimed to integrate themselves into their quad communities. What remains to be seen, though, is just how much of a role the program will play in Duke students’ residential experience.
Each of Duke’s seven West Campus quads will soon have a “Quad Arch” — a symbol that will represent each dorm’s unique identity.
In response to rising food prices on campus, Duke’s Karsh Office of Undergraduate Financial Support allocated 300 additional food points per semester to all undergraduate students receiving grant aid in October. While some students say they’re satisfied with the boost, others are frustrated that those not on financial aid did not receive extra points.
Duke Student Government kicked off the year by announcing the newly reformed first-year election process. DSG President Lana Gesinsky, a senior, felt that the election process for first-years in previous years was largely rushed without clear communication of the organization’s goal.
Students living at 300 Swift and off-campus have been frustrated with the slow and irregular frequency of the Swift Avenue Shuttle (SWS) over the past few weeks.
A state agency rejected temporary rule changes that aimed to limit voter intimidation by specifying boundaries for partisan volunteers who monitor polling places on Election Day.