Duke to switch from Sakai to Canvas as learning management system
(12/09/22 7:52am)
Whether you love or hate Sakai, you’ll only have to use it for one more year — Canvas is the new platform in town.
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Whether you love or hate Sakai, you’ll only have to use it for one more year — Canvas is the new platform in town.
The Arts & Sciences Council heard a proposal to alter the foreign language requirement for students with disabilities that prevent them from taking language classes on Thursday. It also heard from the Trinity College Office of Technology Services regarding Duke’s shift to Canvas from Sakai.
In a resolution to Durham City Council, Duke University has asked that a portion of N.C. Highway 751 be renamed in honor of Mike Krzyzewski, former head men’s basketball coach.
Eligible students will soon be able to receive financial aid for Duke’s 2023 tenting season, a new initiative that aims to ease the financial burdens of tenting.
While Blue Devils hunkered down Thursday night to study for upcoming exams, Duke faced its own final: one last home game before conference play begins in a few weeks. The team aced the test, earning itself an A-plus against Austin Peay.
The question of whether it is possible to dissociate the artist from their work has been debated for a long time. Some people have become famous and have succeeded in their artistic work after positive reviews of their behavior. On the other hand, other well-known actors, musicians, artists or athletes have had their careers hampered by controversies.
As the NBA season creeps closer to the holiday season, the Blue Zone takes a look at some former Blue Devils who are making strides at the next level:
Sophomore Michelle Cooper announced that she would be forgoing her last two years of eligibility—the first Blue Devil soccer star to do so—to pursue her professional career. Yet, throughout her time at Duke, the Clarkston, Mich., native flourished and left her mark on the program—making her a top candidate for the USWNT.
Duke Student Government senators heard from Mary Pat McMahon, vice provost and vice president of student affairs, about QuadEx, programs and spaces designed to build community on campus at their Wednesday meeting. They also approved updates to Krzyzewskiville tenting policies.
As everyone was crafting exciting new year’s resolutions at the beginning of the year, vowing to go to the gym or to learn how to play the piano, I had a different plan in mind: I promised myself that this would be the year that I reduced my crying frequency. I have always been an emotionally expressive person, but crying seemed to induce a crippling weakness that portrayed me as overly histrionical. No longer would I project such a frenzied image to the world.
After facing an on-campus housing shortage during the fall semester, Duke will have enough bed space for all students who apply for spring housing, according to Ali Harrison, senior associate dean for residence life.
Duke experts were part of a team that was the first to ever provide enzyme replacement therapy to a fetus to treat infantile-onset Pompe disease. While untreated infantile-onset Pompe disease patients rarely live past their first year of life, now-17-month-old patient, Ayla Bashir, is eating, drinking and living normally after having received the treatment.
After defeating Iowa at Madison Square Garden to notch its ninth win, Duke returns to play at Cameron Indoor Stadium this weekend. Ahead of the Saturday evening showdown against Maryland Eastern Shore, the Blue Zone checks out a player from each side capable of leading their team to victory:
After each Duke men's basketball game this season, check back here for the Player of the Game and more. The Blue Devils took down Iowa 74-62 in a commanding showing last night in the Jimmy V Classic, and the Blue Zone breaks down the performance:
Duke released information about COVID-19 guidelines for the spring 2023 semester in a Wednesday afternoon email to students, faculty and staff.
Following the conclusion of Week 13 of the NFL season, the Blue Zone looks at a few former Blue Devils and how they performed for their teams:
The imminent reverberation of your alarm clock inaugurates the sprint to the day’s activities. We pack the buses. We rush to class where we vehemently take notes. We grab an overpriced meal from WU, and then proceed to study tirelessly all while trying to keep our personal lives in balance.
This evening, Dec. 7, award-winning novelist Marlon James will visit the Rubenstein Arts Center for a reading and book signing.
NEW YORK—In the nine days since Duke hit an early-season low in Portland, Ore., against Purdue, life has only sped up for head coach Jon Scheyer and company. Nonconference play has taken the Blue Devils from coast to coast and back again; now, after hitting a new high note against Iowa at Madison Square Garden, they are visibly reaping the rewards of that gauntlet as it comes to a close.
At 7:30 p.m, Dec. 7, Duke Symphony Orchestra (DSO) will be hosting their second full concert and fourth show of the year at Baldwin Auditorium. To learn more about the event, The Chronicle interviewed DSO Publicity Chair David King. DSO is a full orchestra with between seventy to eighty members, a string section and smaller wind and bass sections. DSO is composed primarily of undergraduate and graduate students, with some members from the wider Duke community. It is relatively unique in that it is both a social organization and a half-credit class that meets twice a week for practice.