"[The provost] is just a multifaceted, really complex leadership opportunity. And that appeals to me. That seems like the next stage, the next challenge of my career to sort of elevate to that level. And it's wonderful," Gallimore said.
Each school’s challenges, traditions and student reception — from the fanfare of Harvard’s Housing Day to dorm t-shirts made by a Yale student — provide a glimpse into what QuadEx could look like at Duke in four, 30 and 60 years down the line.
Over the last year and a half, most of the work at the Center for Documentary Studies, a nonprofit affiliate of Duke that is nationally renowned, has come to a halt. Now the future of the center remains uncertain as Duke administrators consider, among other things, what the “appropriate relationship” should be between the University and the center moving forward.
The Chronicle returned to the students who shared their initial reactions to the new residential living system with us in 2021.
Even the most critical of first-years agreed that’s how residential dorms’ common spaces created both intra- and inter-dorm communities, but several pointed out that the impact of QuadEx depended more on dorms’ spaces and their utilities, not their proximity.
The center currently does not have a permanent director, even though the search for one began last spring. It has no office on Duke’s campus and communication about it has been sparse. Students have expressed uncertainty about how to access it.
A staff photographer at Duke Athletics for almost six years, Nat’s finger is on the pulse of all 27 Duke teams.
An organization that funds microgrants to Durham residents for projects benefiting the Durham community, Durham SOUP was inspired by the SOUP model created by InCUBATE, “a research group founded in Chicago focused on exploring new approaches to arts funding.”
Data compiled by the Academic Advising Center reveals sharp declines over the last decade in the number of Duke students majoring in subjects like history, English and political science, following national trends. Meanwhile, that of computer science, Duke’s fastest-growing major, has soared.
The data is like a time capsule, showcasing both my habits and how Duke Dining has evolved over the years.
At Duke, Zora was a fourth-year doctoral candidate in cultural anthropology and had been conducting research in Hatay Province, Turkey, when the Feb. 6 earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria.
Now an M.D. candidate at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Polascik is the founder and current president of the school’s Respectacle chapter.
From the Union Institute Academy, to Trinity College, to what we now call Duke University, the history of Duke lives within its buildings and the names that they carry.
Housing just under one million pressed, dried and labeled plant specimens, the Duke Herbarium is tied with Cornell’s as the sixth-largest university herbarium in the United States.
The “Duke is for Lovers” mural is one of four murals in the library that were made for the same event, a library party in 2007.
Looking to expand your dinner options beyond the Brodhead Center or Marketplace? Below is The Chronicle’s guide to some of Duke’s beloved food trucks, and the stories behind the people who run them.
From organizing heritage month programming to advocating for student needs, Mi Gente has created a community for Latinx students on-campus for the past three decades.
OOTI features a cast composed entirely of people of color, an initiative that began with the group's production of “In the Heights” in 2019.
Administrators also say they’re not satisfied with this short-term allocation of affinity spaces, agreeing with students that there’s still work to be done for groups to feel at home in their campus spaces.
On the inside, the process can be demanding and draining, pushing many to their breaking points. Over the years, tenting has evolved into an operation that can adversely affect the physical and mental health of its participants and those that have committed to overseeing it.
