Duke falls 3 places in Forbes' 2021 top colleges ranking, Berkeley tops list
Duke may be number one in our hearts, but it ranked twelfth in the 2021 edition of Forbes’ America’s Top Colleges list.
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Duke may be number one in our hearts, but it ranked twelfth in the 2021 edition of Forbes’ America’s Top Colleges list.
There were 126 total positive COVID-19 tests for the period from Aug. 30 to Sep. 5, according to Duke’s Covid Testing Tracker. There were 24,070 total tests administered, giving a positivity rate of 0.52%.
Duke updated its COVID-19 guidance after over 300 undergraduate students tested positive over the last week, per a Monday afternoon email to students, faculty and staff from members of Duke administration.
JUUL will pay $40 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the state of North Carolina that claimed that the company’s products were causing young people to become addicted to nicotine. The settlement, which was announced Monday morning, makes North Carolina the first state in the country to successfully hold JUUL accountable for the issue of youth addiction.
The Durham City Council approved its budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year, which includes $6 million for reparations for slavery. This money will be used to fund green and equitable infrastructure in historically Black neighborhoods.
Amy Chua, former professor of law at Duke Law School and the current John M. Duff, Jr. professor of law at Yale Law School, has been facing allegations that she invited students and possibly federal judges to dinner parties at her home this past winter.
Seventy-nine percent of University employees are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to Duke’s Office of Employee Occupational Health & Wellness as cited in a press release.
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Since the April conduct update, Duke imposed 94 additional sanctions related to infractions of the Duke Compact, according to a Thursday email from Dean of Students John Blackshear and Jeanna McCullers, director of the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards.
The current chair of Duke’s Board of Trustees reflected on his tenure during Thursday’s Academic Council meeting, the final of the 2020-21 academic year.
Two Duke professors have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, which announced this year’s cohort of new members last Monday. They will join the ranks of 2,461 of the country’s leading researchers.
Most students living or working on campus this summer will be required to undergo entry testing and all will be required to participate in surveillance testing, according to a Tuesday morning email from Executive Vice Provost Jennifer Francis and Vice President of Administration Kyle Cavanaugh. The email was sent to all Duke undergraduate, graduate and professional students who will be on campus in some capacity this summer.
Duke’s positive COVID-19 tests for the week of April 12 to April 18 dipped after a slight increase last week, according to data posted Tuesday on Duke’s COVID-19 tracker.
After decreasing for three weeks, Duke’s positive COVID-19 cases ticked upward this week, according to data posted Tuesday on Duke’s COVID-19 tracker.
As if writing essays for classes wasn’t enough, three Duke students spent a year of their undergraduate careers writing books.
Duke’s positive COVID-19 tests have decreased for three weeks in a row since a stay-in-place order was imposed on all undergraduates, according to data posted Tuesday on Duke’s COVID-19 tracker.
Frank Bruni, a longtime New York Times columnist, is leaving his current appointment at the paper to join the faculty of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy, the center announced Monday.
Duke’s testing numbers declined for the second week in a row following the stay-in-place order earlier this month.
Though students do not elect the undergraduate young trustee anymore, they will have a chance to participate in the selection process after a virtual meeting Thursday evening.