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Duke service workers delivered a petition to Duke this month demanding hazard pay, back pay and more transparent communication from management about COVID-19 details and protocol.
Second in a series on use of force by Duke law enforcement officers. Read the first part here.
Since September, tenants nationwide have been partially protected by a recently extended Centers for Disease Control eviction moratorium. But many in North Carolina continue to struggle paying rent, accessing rental assistance and staying afloat. Some face different forms of or “extrajudicial” evictions unprotected by the CDC moratorium, advocates for tenants’ rights say.
Duke admitted 2,014 high school seniors Regular Decision to the Class of 2025 after receiving a record number of applications and hitting a record-low acceptance rate.
Since its last conduct update Feb. 4, Duke has issued 111 additional sanctions on students that could be included on their disciplinary record, and this semester, there have been nine student hearings for alleged flagrant violations of COVID policies, administrators wrote in a Wednesday email to undergraduates.
The remainder of Duke’s faculty and staff in Group 3 can register for the COVID-19 vaccine, and college students in congregate housing are projected to be eligible beginning April 7—though the exact date remains unclear and depends on the state government.
Christina Wang will be next year’s Duke Student Government president and Ramya Ginjupalli will be DSG executive vice president.
Permanent changes to satisfactory/unsatisfactory grading will come to Trinity College of Arts and Sciences starting fall 2021, while improvements to student testing accommodations are in the works.
Duke administration on Wednesday condemned in-person rush events held by the newly formed Durham Interfraternity Council and implemented restrictions on recruitment “until further notice.”
Duke Student Government and Duke Student Affairs announced Sunday that seniors will receive top priority in housing assignment for the 2021-22 academic year, walking back earlier information from Housing and Residence Life that juniors would have priority over seniors.
Traditionally excluded from Duke’s predominantly white fraternities and sororities, it wasn’t until 11 years after being admitted on campus that Black students could find social outlets in the University’s Greek life scene.
The newly formed governing body for fraternities that have disaffiliated from Duke began its spring rush process on Sunday.
Nine fraternities have broken away from Duke’s Interfraternity Council after Duke announced changes to the rush process and selective housing, forming a new group called the Durham Interfraternity Council that has begun recruiting new members.
Anticipating an improvement in public health, Duke is planning to return some housing policies to normal.
All Greek and non-Greek selective living groups “in good standing with the university” will have the option to live in Edens Quad for the 2021-22 academic year.
Duke has placed two campus organizations on interim suspension since Jan. 1, and 17 students have faced individual sanctions that may become part of their conduct records, administrators wrote in a Thursday email to undergraduates.
Karis Boyd-Sinkler hopes to serve as a student advocate in the Pratt School of Engineering, working together with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and postdoctoral researchers to listen to their concerns and create change.
Greek and non-Greek selective living groups will be allowed to hold virtual recruitment for sophomores, junior and seniors in the spring semester, though most cannot recruit first-years
Editor's note: This story is part of a series about the Class of 2024 based on a survey conducted by The Chronicle. You can read more about our methodology and limitations here, or see all of our survey coverage here.
The student-led Black Coalition Against Policing hosted a virtual town hall on policing and policy enforcement with Duke representatives Wednesday night.