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Quinton Smith, interim director of the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, stood on the steps of the Duke Chapel Wednesday afternoon. He spoke about Derek Chauvin’s Tuesday conviction for the murder of George Floyd, evoking hope tempered with knowledge of the challenges that remain.
As the year draws to a close, we’ve asked members of the Duke community to send in their photos and videos from a year like no other in Duke’s history.
Last year, Duke students were forced to trade their vibrant spring lives for closed doors, covered faces and bucketloads of hand sanitizer. With COVID-19 vaccinations more accessible and students back on campus, this spring has brought back joy and vibrancy to the lives of not only students, but also animals and nature on campus.
Duke’s housing practices will largely return to normal in the fall, but a fraction as as many students as normal chose to live in selective housing sections, the head of Housing and Residence Life told The Chronicle.
Senior Doha Ali and third-year law student Gerardo Párraga were chosen by nominating committees and President Vincent Price as Duke’s next undergraduate and graduate Young Trustees, respectively, wrote Margaret Epps, secretary to the Board of Trustees and Price’s chief of staff, in a Wednesday email to The Chronicle.
Duke has paused use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, in keeping with a Tuesday move by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to temporarily stop using the vaccine after reports of rare blood clots in people who had received it.
All students will have to be vaccinated for COVID-19 before they can enroll for the fall semester, President Vincent Price announced Friday.
We’re approaching the end of one of the strangest academic years in Duke’s history. Students have spent the year studying remotely from home or living on a changed campus. Many faculty members have had to adapt to virtual teaching. Staff have worked to keep Duke open despite the new risks the pandemic poses.
I have had enough.
Durham police closed Morehead Avenue between Kent Street and Anderson Street on Tuesday while they searched for a suspect.
Duke is lifting most elements of its stay-in-place order at 9 a.m. Sunday as planned, administrators wrote to undergraduates on Saturday. However, the University will require students in Duke housing to remain on campus until March 28 and largely bar off-campus students from campus grounds.
A tornado warning issued for Duke’s campus has expired, but a tornado watch remains in effect until 9 p.m.
Duke is examining daily COVID-19 test results to decide whether to lift the stay-in-place order for undergraduates on Sunday, with enough space in on-campus quarantine and isolation housing to weather the current surge in cases, Duke’s chief spokesman told The Chronicle on Wednesday,
Duke has implemented a "stay-in-place" order for undergraduates, effective at midnight Saturday night and lasting until 9 a.m. Sunday, March 21.
Administrators urged students to follow virus safety rules as weekly COVID-19 cases more than doubled among undergraduates.
At their quarterly meeting, the Board of Trustees reappointed President Vincent Price to a second five-year term, according to a Saturday news release.
The Chronicle will be publishing endorsement letters for the 2021 Duke Student Government presidential election from Tuesday, March 2nd to Monday, March 8th at 11:59 p.m. The candidates for executive vice president have agreed not to seek endorsements this year. No endorsements will be published the days of the election. The final deadline for endorsements is Monday, March 8th at 7 p.m.
This story was updated Sunday night with information from President Vincent Price about Duke's decision to increase tuition and the ways the University offers students financial support.
Pi Kappa Alpha has notified Duke that it is disaffiliating from Duke’s Interfraternity Council, according to chapter president Jake Zanazzi.
At least 50 unmasked students were present at a Friday night gathering that violated Duke’s COVID-19 rules, as well as local and state coronavirus policies, Durham police have told the University.
