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Looking for a virtual event to liven up the first two weeks of class, when many in-person activities aren’t possible? Here are seven events coming up soon, including cooking workshops, a talk with author Chanel Miller and this year's Heatwave concert.
Worry and hope at the beginning of a semester like no other.
Duke announced its latest testing numbers for returning students Monday: 11 positives out of 5,765 tests so far, or 0.19%.
One week after starting in-person classes, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced classes will move online.
A panel of Duke leaders discussed COVID-19 and campus life Friday morning in one of the first live discussions regarding the pandemic since the University shifted online in March. The panel discussion, which was livestreamed on YouTube, included President Vincent Price, Provost Sally Kornbluth and Executive Vice President Tallman Trask and was hosted by Valerie Ashby, dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences.
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With open arms and reassuring words, speakers welcomed the Class of 2024 to what is sure to be a year unlike any other.
Undergraduates will participate in COVID-19 pool testing starting next week, with the process then expanded to include other community members, Duke announced Thursday.
Out of 3,116 tests administered to returning graduate and undergraduate students in August, four results have so far come back positive, Duke announced in a Wednesday news release.
Move-in for the 2020 fall semester is a bit different than normal. Take a look at how Duke is handling the process and at how students feel about the upcoming year.
Duke is moving ahead with reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic, but life on campus will look little like it did before.
From combating “Zoom burnout” to avoiding time zone conflicts, student leaders have been working tirelessly this summer to brainstorm ways to conduct engaging virtual events.
How will students satisfy their late-night cravings this semester, with the changes to campus dining due to the coronavirus pandemic?
Move-in this fall will not be marked by friend groups reuniting in crowded hallways or whole families unpacking together.
How the Duke Student Government responded to COVID-19 this spring.
The student government passed resolutions calling for changes to fall grading policy and the fall academic calendar amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the fall semester begins amid the coronavirus pandemic, members of the Duke community will have to agree to the Duke Compact, the text of which is included in a Monday evening news release. The agreement includes commitments to wear a mask in public and participate in COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and self-reporting of symptoms.
After Duke walked back reopening plans, some upperclassmen were left with mere weeks to compete with other students for an apartment, sign a lease, pack up their belongings and move—all during a pandemic.
President Price announced Saturday that the Duke will rescind its planned 3.9% tuition increase from last year.
While Duke students are currently petitioning for the reduction of fall 2020 tuition and housing, two class action lawsuits for the repayment of spring 2020 costs have been voluntarily dismissed.
