Supreme Court overturns race-based affirmative action in college admissions
The Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-3 decision that the use of race as an independent factor when making admissions decisions is unconstitutional.
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The Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-3 decision that the use of race as an independent factor when making admissions decisions is unconstitutional.
Duke researchers found levels of lead higher than U.S. Environmental Protection Agency maximums in three Durham parks located in historically Black neighborhoods.
Welcome to this year’s Chron15.
National Basketball Association Commissioner Adam Silver reflected on how attending Duke positions graduates to take on social issues during his Commencement address to the Class of 2023.
How much do Duke professors make?
If you’re craving orange chicken from Panda Express, May 5 will be the last day to get it on campus.
First the programming went. Then the people.
Arts & Sciences Council heard from Dean of Trinity College Gary Bennett and considered a proposal for a new minor in journalism in its April meeting.
Editor's note: This story is part of a series about the Class of 2026 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.
Duke admitted 2,148 high school seniors to the Class of 2027 through its Regular Decision admissions cycle, according to Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag.
Beginning next semester, Duke is changing its class schedule, decreasing the passing time between some class periods to 20 or 25 minutes from its current 30.
President Vincent Price gave his annual address to Duke faculty at Academic Council’s March meeting, speaking about successes the University has seen over the past year and his vision for its future.
Duke administrators sent an email Monday to doctoral students and faculty acknowledging the intent of the Duke Graduate Students Union’s to hold an election with the National Labor Relations Board.
Trinity College of Arts and Science’s Curriculum Development Committee presented a first look at the structure and values of its new undergraduate curriculum to the Arts & Sciences Council at its Thursday meeting.
Ingrid Daubechies, a Duke mathematics professor dubbed the “Godmother of the Digital Image,” has received one of the highest honors in the field of mathematics.
Academic Council had a panel discussion about Duke’s Climate Commitment and approved a new tenure track pathway for faculty in the creative arts in its February meeting.
Some Duke faculty members are worried that academic dishonesty will become a more common occurrence with the emergence of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, a service that allows users to ask a highly-trained artificial intelligence model questions and receive fairly robust responses.
Academic Council heard from Suzanne Barbour, dean of the Graduate School, and considered a proposal to change the required academic credentials for tenure-track faculty in Duke’s visual and performing arts departments in its Thursday meeting.
Arts & Sciences Council approved a proposal for alternative pathways through the foreign language requirement for students with disabilities, and heard a proposal for a new minor in music during its first meeting of the spring semester.
Change is abound within the Duke administration. From the University side to Duke Health leadership, there have been a handful of personnel changes in the last year.