DSG senators debate SOFC spending, share committee updates
By Aseel Ibrahim | February 29, 2024Duke Student Government senators met Wednesday to debate funding for two student group events that faced spending cuts and share committee updates.
Duke Student Government senators met Wednesday to debate funding for two student group events that faced spending cuts and share committee updates.
Fuqua, the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, Fuqua's Center for Energy, Development and the Global Environment and Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship cohosted “From Billions to Trillions: The Inflation Reduction Act as a Catalyst for Private Investment."
Many students feel that this increase is unprecedented, and some linked the increase in police presence to the implementation of the “Good Neighbor Program,” a new initiative streamlining communication between Duke and partnered neighborhoods.
The MBE, established by King George V in 1917, rewards contributions to the arts, sciences, charitable work and public service.
While incidents of robberies and aggravated assaults were down, incidents of homicide cases increased by 8.89% and rape cases increased by 16.30%.
“As we mark Duke’s Centennial, this naming is a timely and meaningful way to recognize the significant contributions these dedicated and long-serving staff members made to Duke University,” Price wrote in a Tuesday email sent to the Duke community.
Narcan, the brand name for the opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone, can be administered in critical situations in response to signs of a potential overdose, such as unresponsiveness, abnormal breathing and discoloration. It also poses no harm if mistakenly administered to someone who is not overdosing.
Silver joined the Board in 2015 and currently holds the position of vice chair and member of the Executive Committee.
The total cost of attendance will be $86,886 for the 2024-25 academic year, according to a Monday news release. Tuition will be $66,325 and room, board and fees will be $20,561.
This year’s show is titled “The Greatest Med Student” and will be held March 1 at the Bryan Center’s Reynolds Theater. Tickets are available online and a livestream will be available for those unable to attend in person.
The minor, a joint collaboration between the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity and the history department, provides students with the opportunity to “advance their understanding of the causes and consequences of inequality and pursue research around issues of social equity across a range of social science methods.”
The Women in Energy panel brought in Esther Kamau, a climate technology investment analyst at 8 Rivers and Fuqua '22, Paige Swofford, a principal strategy and planning manager at Duke Energy and Nicholas and Fuqua '18, and CEO of EQ Research Miriam Makhyoun.
DPS provoked public outrage in January when it announced that at least 1,300 classified workers would have their recently-implemented raises revoked after an alleged payroll error led to mass overpayments.
Trinity has maintained the same curriculum since 2000, though it was adjusted in 2004. The University launched a new committee in 2014 to reconstruct this curriculum in response to a request delivered by Laurie Patton, who was the Dean of the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences at the time.
Christopher Kilner, Graduate School ‘23, and Rickard Stureborg, a final-year doctoral candidate studying computer science, were selected as this year’s finalists.
In the months before the closure, departmental leadership limited communication with herbarium faculty about the facility’s future. Emily Bernhardt, chair of the biology department, did not respond to The Chronicle’s request for comment about why communication was limited.
DSG described plans to host Democracy Day on March 1 from noon to 4 p.m. on Bryan Center Plaza. The event will feature acapella performances, food trucks and voter ID cards for pick-up.
Community stakeholders met in the Rubenstein Library’s Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room for the conversation, which is the fifth installment in the Investing for Mission-Driven Institutions seminar series.
Van Miegroet, 71, died in a car accident while driving on North Carolina Highway 751 near Duke University Drive on Feb. 9. Around 6:30 p.m., he veered off the road and crashed into a “very small tree,” according to police records obtained by The Chronicle.
Hasan, who was born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents, initially hoped to volunteer in Gaza with his wife Lauren Hasan, a former trauma surgeon, after the conflict had settled down. The couple didn’t think they would be able to go at the height of the war.