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This statement was sent to The Chronicle on behalf of Parkash by Dave Quast, senior vice president of Red Banyan, a crisis public relations firm.
On Tuesday, North Carolina reported 3,978 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest number in the month of January, but virus levels remain high across the state.
Duke’s Global Education Office announced Wednesday afternoon that all outgoing undergraduate study away programs for spring 2021 have been suspended as a result of “ongoing health, safety, and logistics concerns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic,” according to a news release.
If you missed early voting, no need to worry. The Chronicle has you covered for the logistics of voting on Super Tuesday, from voting locations to transportation.
What does sriracha have in common with a magnolia tree? As of July, both are the namesake of grey mouse lemurs at the Duke Lemur Center.
While administrators publicly say that the foundation of the university is its students, sometimes Duke has to worry about its other foundation—in this case, the one buried under the admissions building.
Out of around 200 debate teams across the country, two Duke seniors—Salil Mitra and Jenny Jiao—emerged victorious at a debate championship this past April.
A new undergraduate education initiative will seek to achieve “consistent excellence” across the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Trinity Dean Valerie Ashby explained.
When scientific research crashes into ethical quandaries, one Duke professor is there to parse the difficult questions.
Senior and Young Trustee finalist Luke Farrell says he is committed to building a better Duke.
The Provost's Ad-Hoc Committee on Re-Imagining Doctoral Education presented its findings and recommendations to Academic Council at its first meeting of the semester.
The Carr Building on East Campus has been renamed the Classroom Building until a new name is chosen.
Although the number of international students in the United States remains high, the new student enrollment has witnessed a constant decline throughout the past several years, according to the 2018 Open Doors Report on International Education Exchange.
Republican Sen. Rand Paul said that relations between Democrats and Republicans are strong at a talk on campus Monday.
Alex Rosenberg, R. Taylor Cole professor of philosophy, recently wrote a new book called "How History Gets Things Wrong: The Neuroscience of Our Addiction to Stories." Rosenberg spoke with The Chronicle to reflect on his book and a wide variety of other subjects ranging from the greatest threat to humanity to Rosenberg’s teenage self. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
L. Gregory Jones, dean of the Divinity School, resumed office in August 2018 after Elaine Heath unexpectedly stepped down. Greg Jones previously served as the dean from 1997 to 2010. Jones spoke with the Chronicle to reflect on what convinced him to come back to Duke, his goals for the next few years and what he hopes to do to address complaints about the treatment of LGBTQ+ and African American students that intensified during Heath’s tenure. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Motivated because of her disabled brother's struggles in school, Crystal Grant—recently named a supervising attorney at the Duke Law School's Children's Law Clinic—knew she was going to pursue a career in children's law from a young age.
You've heard of lunch, and you've heard of Flunch.
Duke's iPhone users will be able to use their phone to as their student ID to access their dorm and pay for food, among other things, but not Android users.
When life gives people lemons, they usually make lemonade. When life gives Duke students lemons, they sell them to CEOs and try to revolutionize agriculture.