NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Why did athletes test positive at a higher rate during COVID-19 entry testing?

By Anna Zolotor and Chloe Nguyen | September 20, 2020

If the the entry tests Duke performed on the general student body had come back positive for COVID-19 at the same rate as July entry tests for student-athletes, Duke would have had around 340 positive cases as students returned to campus. But only 24 Duke students tested positive for the coronavirus upon entry after Aug. 2.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Lack of supervision may have led to large O-Week gatherings, students say

By Ayra Charania | September 18, 2020

Groups of students gathered outside of Gilbert-Addoms dorm on East Campus the night of Aug. 12, chatting and partying less than six feet apart. First-year Angela Torrejon felt that a lack of adult supervision potentially caused these gatherings and that not much was put in place to prevent them. 

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NEWS  |  HEALTH SCIENCE

Affordable Care Act architect Nancy-Ann DeParle talks voting and health care at Wednesday event

By Preetha Ramachandran | September 17, 2020

Students heard about health-care policy, voting and more at a Wednesday event.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Students adjust voting plans as unprecedented election approaches

By Kathryn Thomas and Miles King | September 17, 2020

With an unprecedented and consequential election just under 50 days away, voting has become a particularly important talking point of discussions on campus. 

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OPINION  |  STUDENT VOICES COLUMNS

Anti-maskers don’t trust science: And it’s science’s fault

By Nathan Heffernan | September 17, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused an immense amount of pain, fear, and disappointment in the institutions that many of us trusted at one point in our lives. Instead of mocking this fear and skepticism, we need to look at where it comes from. And for members of academic institutions, we need to examine our own failures in creating lasting trust.

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RECESS  |  LOCAL

Behind the scenes of The Lodge with TikTok food vlogger and Duke RA Ben Wallace

By Maddie Menkes | September 16, 2020

"NYU students were using TikTok to show how their boxed meals were screwed up. Someone who was supposed to get a caesar salad instead got a box with a packet of balsamic vinaigrette and a bag of chips.That’s not a meal at all."

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NEWS  |  LOCAL NATIONAL

Meet the students who swapped the classroom for the campaign trail this fall

By Ann Gehan | September 16, 2020

Some students had long had the fall of 2020 earmarked for a leave of absence from Duke for election-related work. For others, the decision came in response to COVID-19, after a spring and summer filled with Zoom meetings and a lack of clarity from Duke about what the fall semester would look like on campus.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Online mental health resources available to students this fall from DSG, student groups

By Theiija Balasubramanian | September 15, 2020

In addition to a summer dominated by the coronavirus pandemic, a socially distanced semester and online classes have created concerns of prolonged periods of isolation for incoming students. With the semester back in full swing, students have a variety of mental health resources to help them navigate the challenges this year brings.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Duke's libraries offer study space and resources, but with new safety restrictions

By Amy Guan | September 15, 2020

Studying in your dorm room can be distracting, but have no fear: Duke’s libraries are here and ready to help students by providing study spaces and academic resources.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Duke reports five new positive COVID-19 tests for students, one for faculty and staff in weekly update

By Mona Tong | September 14, 2020

There were six new positive coronavirus tests at Duke between Sept. 5 and Sept. 11, out of 7,582 total tests, according to data released Monday on the University’s COVID-19 testing tracker.

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NEWS  |  HEALTH SCIENCE

How will we develop a COVID-19 vaccine? Experts discuss the process in Thursday webinar

By Andrew McCallum | September 11, 2020

As precautionary measures taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19 continue, one question is on all of our minds: When is a safe, effective vaccine going to be developed? 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Duke builds up contact tracing team, including student volunteers

By Milla Surjadi and Sanjit Beriwal | September 11, 2020

Duke’s contract tracing team is calling on students to join them as volunteer contact tracers. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Dine-in, mobile ordering, Merchants on Points: Options for dining safely during the pandemic

By Laura Boyle and Pilar Kelly | September 10, 2020

Stepping inside West Campus' main dining hall reveals the strange new world of eating at Duke.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

How does Duke’s COVID-19 testing tracker compare to other Triangle schools?

By Nadia Bey | September 9, 2020

Duke rolled out its COVID-19 tracking dashboard Aug. 19. Other universities in the Triangle also have trackers—but they don't all report the same data.

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NEWS  |  LOCAL NATIONAL

'Start all over': How Elmo's Diner and Cosmic Cantina have adapted to the pandemic

By Shreya Joshi | September 8, 2020

North Carolina is in Phase 2.5 of COVID-19 recovery, which restricts restaurants to opening within capacity limits and not serving alcohol between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Given these limitations, businesses are finding creative ways to keep profit margins up, from scaling up take-out to working with delivery services. 

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NEWS  |  LOCAL NATIONAL

Mac McCorkle on gerrymandering, voting by mail and N.C. races to look out for in the 2020 election

By Kathryn Thomas | September 8, 2020

Mac McCorkle was recently named the director of POLIS: Center for Politics, which sponsors Duke Votes. The Chronicle spoke to him about his perspective on the 2020 election in North Carolina.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Six new student positives, none for faculty and staff in weekly COVID-19 testing update

By Matthew Griffin | September 7, 2020

There were six new positive coronavirus tests among students between Aug. 29 and Sept. 4, out of 6,551 total, according to data released Monday on the University’s COVID-19 testing tracker.

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NEWS  |  LOCAL NATIONAL

Housing plans, number of cases: How other colleges and universities are faring in the pandemic

By Rachel Enggasser | September 7, 2020

By May, colleges and universities had developed a spectrum of plans for holding a fall semester amid a pandemic. Now, as other schools in the Triangle move online, Duke is still hosting classes on-campus while other schools across the country try to do the same. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Duke reports 29 cases of 'more flagrant' COVID-19 rule infractions

By Mona Tong | September 6, 2020

As of Aug. 27, there were 29 pending cases of “more flagrant misconduct and persistent non-compliance by individuals or groups of students” being investigated by the Office of Student Conduct.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Why some courses are S/U this fall while others are still graded

By Madeleine Berger | September 2, 2020

More than 20 courses in 12 departments shifted their grading basis from standard to S/U, while other courses remained graded for a variety of reasons.