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I think that no matter where you come from or are currently quarantined, there is benefit from more love, grace and acceptance. More active recognition of how small we are in an interconnected, beautifully broken world.
One minute we oppose a sexual predator, and the next moment we’re all supposed to direct our Twitter accounts and outrage against a private research university in Durham, North Carolina?
It is pretty hard to have sex with someone who's at least six feet away from you.
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The University has not sought our input as it has made decisions affecting our health and livelihood, and many of us are struggling.
From the pew bench to family couches, Duke Chapel members continue to take part in religious services—just from the comforts of their homes.
It feels like the coronavirus is something that we ordinary people can’t do much to impact besides washing our hands diligently and staying home. Passing the days by in quarantine can make us feel like passive, if not powerless, observers—or perhaps hostages.
Last week, for the first time in my life, my parents warned me that my identity might put me in danger and urged me to be careful in public.
In response to this rapid shift, some departments have implemented new standards to guide students through this precarious time.
Keith and Nugget are still finding ways to entertain themselves even without Duke students to dole out affection.
Facing a nationwide shortage of N95 face masks in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Duke Health researchers have successfully found a way to decontaminate masks so that they may be reused.
Duke was a leader in making pass/fail grading widely available during this crisis. That should just be the start of reevaluating how we grade.
The first national study testing a possible therapy for the coronavirus has gained a new participant: Duke University Hospital.
While many students come back to Durham claiming that study abroad changed them, the only thing that changed this semester was the return date.
In the midst of the chaos, The Chronicle has compiled a timeline of some important COVID-19 related news in North Carolina and the Duke community.
It bans individuals in Durham from traveling, going out in public or gathering in groups of more than 10 people, with some exceptions.
At least 15 Duke MBA students who traveled to Israel over spring break tested positive for COVID-19 and have been isolated at their homes off-campus for at least a week, sources told The News & Observer.
Two years ago, a Duke professor warned to prepare for a devastating pandemic that sounds similar to what the world is facing today.
Welcome to Ghost Town—also known as Duke University.
At first I thought I might use this time to get in shape, maybe pick up running. But it is currently 30 degrees in Vermont and there is still snow on the ground, so that might have to wait a couple weeks.
Durham will soon join cities, counties and states around the country in issuing a “stay at home” order to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
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