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The first time Lydia Greene saw sifaka lemurs in the wild in Madagascar, it was a “very emotional” moment for her. She had studied sifakas at the Duke Lemur Center for all of her undergraduate and graduate career.
Recent controversy over a North Carolina bill reflects a larger national debate over how the country’s classrooms should reckon with the past.
Duman, a global health and biology major, plans to pursue graduate study in medical anthropology.
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The starkly different outcomes for DKU’s international students have been exacerbated by border closures, visa logistics and the challenge of paying for college amidst the pandemic.
On Sept. 13, third-year law student Andrea Guzman, second-year law student Kate Weaver and Shane Ellison, a lecturing fellow in the Law School and supervising attorney for the clinic, travelled to Fort Pickett, Va. There, thousands of Afghan refugees sleep on barrock cots or in trailers in a makeshift village.
This year, SOFC is taking a decidedly different approach to its job, with more goodwill towards student groups and committee-wide reforms.
Look around Durham today, and you’ll see neighborhoods like Walltown, Trinity Heights and Hickstown, as well as the Durham Freeway that cuts diagonally through the city. These houses and highways have existed for decades, but few know the full story behind them.
How has the population of Durham County been affected by these developments? To answer this question, The Chronicle investigated changes in Durham’s population and income over the last 10 years using 2020 U.S. Census Data.
"The stories that she can tell, the understanding that she has of the rhythm of the city, how the rhythm of the city has changed over time, she’s watched it cycle through success and failure and dark times and bright times. She really is a living oral history of the city.”
It all started with a couple of dads who couldn’t find their badminton rackets.
Before dawn on a recent Thursday, cadets in Duke’s Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps lined up in the Morris Williams Track & Field Stadium to warm up for their physical fitness test, a once-a-semester event critical for their future as cadets.
The local police ruled Eduardo Tirella’s death an “unfortunate accident.” Duke was found negligent in the death of Eduardo Tirella and escaped the trial without any criminal liability. For decades, this official narrative remained untouched, despite rumors of murder. But new evidence now challenges that account.
The major companies' expansions to the Triangle will provide a boost to the Triangle’s economy by bringing thousands of new jobs to the area, including for Duke students—but it could also stymie the success of tech startups, increase congestion and accentuate Durham’s lack of affordable housing.
Though I understand little of the scoring and game play, I blend into the crowd, booing when the Redbirds (infrequently) score and cheering madly when Dalton Kelly and Josh Lowe hit home runs back to back.
The Marine Lab is three hours away from Durham on Piver’s Island, which Duke shares with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. But it’s far more than just a lab: it has dorms, a dining hall, a library, multiple research labs, a drone lab, classroom spaces and abundant views of the ocean.
On Friday and Saturday, Duke welcomed back the Class of 2020 for commencement festivities after a 16-month delay due to COVID-19.
Sally McIntosh Ziegler, Trinity ‘56 and the first female editor-in-chief of The Chronicle, passed Sept. 10 at age 85. In addition to her love for others, her family still fondly recalls her love for Duke basketball, shucking oysters on Thanksgiving and how she was always surrounded by music and literature. The lessons Sally taught them—from technical sewing skills to treating others the way you want to be treated—are innumerable.
“We will make a home for them here. No matter what your religion, no matter where you’re from, no matter what your race, no matter what language you speak, we want you here in Durham, and we’ll embrace you.”
Many first-years' biggest question is why Duke chose to start QuadEx in the middle of the fall semester instead of before the Class of 2025 arrived on campus.
“I'm curious if Duke is trying to slowly do away with SLGs, and Greek life as a byproduct, but I don't necessarily think they will ever really be phased out here at Duke," one student said.
