Petition calling for Duke Herbarium to stay open surpasses 9,400 signatures
By Zoe Kolenovsky | February 16, 2024Several leading organizations in botany and natural history collections signed a description accompanying the petition.
Several leading organizations in botany and natural history collections signed a description accompanying the petition.
The Council also listened to a conversation regarding Duke Athletics between Andrew Janiak, chair of the Athletic Council, and Linda Franzoni, Duke’s faculty athletic representative for the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The symposium, which took place in Penn Pavilion, is the first in a new Climate Collaboration Symposia series hosted by the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability and Duke Risk Science for Climate Resilience (RESILE).
The Duke Herbarium is the second-largest private university herbarium in the U.S. and is home to more than 825,000 plant specimens, including some specimens almost 200 years old. Universities across the world utilize the herbarium, which is a foundation for research in molecular, biochemical and cytogenetic studies.
Duke Student Government senators met Wednesday to provide updates on committee projects and approve funding for various student groups.
Two SLGs that have been approved as LLCs, The Cube and Langdorm, are currently undergoing this transition under the QuadEx residential model.
Bruce Jentleson, William Preston Few distinguished professor of public policy and head of the provost’s initiative, moderated the conversation with Kurtzer on the prospect and logistics of facilitating peace in the Middle East.
Four panelists, including three Allen Building Takeover student activists and Theodore Segal, Trinity ‘77 and author of “Point of Reckoning: The Fight for Racial Justice at Duke University,” took the stage in the Rubenstein Library’s Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room to share their experiences.
Gallimore appointed Bruce W. Jentleson, William Preston Few distinguished professor of public policy and former State Department advisor on Middle East issues, to lead the initiative.
At the start of the spring semester, 23 formerly-abroad juniors were assigned to East House, an East Campus dorm otherwise occupied by DKU students, according to Marijean Williams, director of housing assignments and planning.
The NYCE, which is slated to begin construction in 2025 on Governors Island in New York City, will allow Duke to connect with other universities and public and private partner organizations to engage in collaborative research, education, and development around climate issues.
In a staff-wide election, members of the student newspaper chose Spiller to succeed junior Audrey Wang as editor-in-chief of The Chronicle and president of the Duke Student Publishing Company, Inc., the publisher of the independent, student-run daily newspaper.
According to the source, Van Miegroet’s next of kin, students and department chair were notified of his death.
Ressa currently serves as CEO of Rappler, a Filipino online news site she co-founded in 2012.
The open meeting for undergraduates to meet their respective Young Trustee finalists is scheduled for March 19 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room in Rubenstein Library.
Duke Student Government senators convened Wednesday to approve funds with the goal of making Personal Checks, an annual Krzyzewskiville tenting party, safer for students.
Students, faculty and other community stakeholders met in the Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room of the Rubenstein Library to hear experts across the financial sector speak about the way climate risks show up in their work and can affect the investment practices of institutions like Duke.
Many of the modifications to the Community Standard address how students can express themselves on campus, and are in response to questions the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards received from students and student organizations after the Israel-Hamas war began.
The minimum wage increase will apply to all regular and full-time contract staff at the University and the Duke University Health System.
Over 20% of all Duke undergraduates and over 40% of first-year students used the platform between 2020 and 2022, per the project’s website.