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Inaugural cohort of Duke Forest Stewards promotes sustainable recreation, provides critical help to staff

By Senou Kounouho | Yesterday

The Forest Stewards program selected 14 pairs of volunteers to walk trails in Duke Forest twice a month to remove fallen branches, tally the number of visitors and provide valuable information on trail traffic and conditions to the Office of the Duke Forest. They “steward the well-being of the Forest into the future," according to the Duke Forest's website.

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A finger on the pulse of campus: An afternoon with DSG President Lana Gesinsky

By Anisha Reddy | September 7, 2022

Amid the typical bustle, Gesinsky sat at one of the few dry tables to make good on her campaign promise of creating Pulse Checks, a way for students to informally ask questions in-person and give feedback to DSG. 

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Step aside, Blue Devil: Meet Duke’s new ‘Gold’en mascot

By Katie Tan | August 30, 2022

Upchurch remembered the impact Nugget had on the Duke community. It was his “calling” to get another golden retriever, he said.  

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‘There’s a little bit of community in FDOC’: Students reflect on start of semester

By Kathryn Thomas , Ana Young and Sevana Wenn | August 29, 2022

“It's like what you see in the movies [about college] came true.”

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A glimpse into Duke's new Experiential Orientation

By Kathryn Thomas , Milla Surjadi , Katie Tan and Ishani Raha | August 28, 2022

Administrators have hailed the redesign as the most significant change in Duke’s new student programming since 1995. 

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‘How loved she was’: Peaches’ caretakers reflect on beloved calico cat’s legacy at Duke

By Adway S. Wadekar | August 21, 2022

The campus icon befriended countless members of the Duke community and went on many on-and-off campus adventures until her death Wednesday.

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A ‘second Duke education’: Chief communications officer Michael Schoenfeld looks back at his 14 years with the University

By Audrey Wang | July 19, 2022

“You don’t go to college and say, ‘Oh, I think I want to be a chief external affairs officer for a major university,'” Schoenfeld said. “I didn’t know it at the time, but it was sparked at Duke.” 

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FEATURE

Words of wisdom: Class of 2022 graduates give guidance to incoming Blue Devils

By Ishani Raha | May 26, 2022

The Chronicle asked three members of the Class of 2022 to share what they learned from their Duke experiences. Here’s what they said.

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Bringing back the ‘palpable sense of Duke’: Meet Finn Brauer, the next DUU president

By Kathryn Thomas | May 25, 2022

As Duke emerges from the pandemic, Brauer believes “it’s a perfect time to really go all in” with programming “to try and bring back a big sense of Duke spirit, Duke energy, Duke fun.” 

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‘Leading by example’: DSG President Lana Gesinsky shares hopes for term

By Audrey Wang | May 24, 2022

Gesinsky, a senior, has ambitions to implement a “cultural reset” to bring DSG closer to the rest of the undergraduate population. 

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‘The worst-kept secret in the history of Duke’: Blue Devil mascots reveal identities, reflect on time at Duke

By Ishani Raha | May 23, 2022

To most of the Duke population, Stratton Thomas, Trinity ‘22, and Cate Schick, Trinity ‘22, are ordinary students: they take classes, participate in clubs and, like many at Duke, are diehard Duke basketball fans. But when Thomas and Schick mysteriously disappear during various sporting events, people are bound to ask: where do they go? 

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‘It’s all about the people’: Trinity College Dean Valerie Ashby reflects on her time at Duke

By Anisha Reddy | May 23, 2022

Valerie Ashby, dean of Duke's Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and the daughter of two high school teachers, was seemingly destined to be an educator. Now, after a seven-year tenure at Duke, Ashby has a wealth of memories, accomplishments and advice under her belt. 

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‘The lives of actual living and breathing women’: Protestors mobilize amid possible overturning of Roe v. Wade

By Audrey Wang and Sevana Wenn | May 19, 2022

Following public outcry, Planned Parenthood organized nationwide “Bans Off Our Bodies” rallies to unite against the Justices’ decision. On Saturday, May 14, demonstrations took place across the United States. From coast to coast, people of diverse walks of life gathered outside courthouses to protest and share their stories.

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‘At least 10,000 friends’: Keith Upchurch reflects on Nugget’s legacy, Duke community response

By Chris Kuo | May 19, 2022

“Sometimes I can make it through part of the day and sort of push it out of my mind for a few minutes, but it always comes back,” Upchurch said. “It’s slightly better each day, but only slightly.”  

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FEATURE  |  THE KUNSHAN REPORT

‘Graduating is a slightly scary thing’: Duke Kunshan’s first-ever graduating class reflects on last four years

By Charlie Colasurdo | May 2, 2022

With Duke Kunshan University’s inaugural commencement ceremony approaching, seniors from DKU’s first-ever graduating class looked back on their four years attending Duke’s joint venture program.

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'LDOC is a blank tote bag': The story of a long-awaited last day of classes

By Maria Morrison , Anisha Reddy , Katie Tan and Sevana Wenn | April 20, 2022

With Chapel climbs at dawn, silent disco on the Bryan Center plaza and last-minute cram sessions in the library, here’s how Duke students spent the morning of the last day of the school year.

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‘Grateful for little things’: Moments from a Tuesday on the Bryan Center plaza

By Matthew Griffin | April 19, 2022

Seemingly everyone has come outdoors on April 12, a Tuesday, and the Bryan Center plaza is the beating heart of it all.

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The ‘Aloha mentality’: Living in the moment at Da Kine’s Kava Bar

By Christina Ferrari | April 14, 2022

It’s late on a warm and drowsy Sunday evening, and in just the past hour, I have learned about Japanese martial arts, been psychoanalyzed by a therapist-in-training, discussed my plans for the future with complete strangers and tried my first cup of Kava. 

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FEATURE  |  THE KUNSHAN REPORT

Duke Kunshan University implements daily COVID-19 testing, incorporates serious sanctions for noncompliance

By Amy Guan | April 5, 2022

Under Duke Kunshan University’s new COVID-19 testing policy, two to three missed surveillance tests can lead to academic suspension, demotion from leadership positions and a permanent note on students’ records.

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‘Do they feel like equals?’: The history of sorority housing, dynamics with fraternities at Duke

By Nadia Bey | March 21, 2022

“It was a matter of getting all of the Panhellenic sororities to agree that they wanted housing, and then they would approach administration in a unified way to say ‘we now wish to have housing that is comparable to what the fraternities have.'"