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Tenting in K-Ville: Paying for the Duke-UNC men's basketball game, not with money, but your well-being

By Sam Mickenberg | January 30, 2023

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.

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Bringing people and plants together: A tour of the Duke Greenhouse

By Zoe Spicer | January 25, 2023

Built in 2004, the Duke Greenhouse spans over 15,000 square feet of indoor space, divided into live plant collection and research rooms.

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‘A light upon the nations’: Yalla, a kosher and halal food truck, looks to use cuisine as interfaith bridge

By Anisha Reddy | January 23, 2023

“We are two distinct religions with incredibly similar ethical and moral values,” Imam Abdullah Antepli said. “Our belief in the living God, that our God is involved in every aspect of our life, including our food, is so similar.”

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‘Your tent shouldn’t be a home, it should be a fallout shelter’: A tenter’s guide to K-Ville survival

By Anisha Reddy and Michael Ramos | January 22, 2023

The Chronicle paid K-Ville a visit on Thursday afternoon to ask tenters, both seasoned veterans and first-time Crazies, how to survive K-Ville.

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‘Every mother would do this’: How two Ukrainian women found new beginnings in Durham

By Sana Pashankar | January 2, 2023

Under Uniting for Ukraine, Ukrainians are granted humanitarian parole, which allows them to stay in the country temporarily due to urgent humanitarian reasons. These are the stories of two Ukrainian women, Lyudmyla Skorlupina, 43, and Yulia Sytnyk, 36, who both fled Ukraine with their young children and now reside in Durham through this federal program.

Courtney Lewis, an associate professor in the cultural anthropology department and Trinity’s first American Indian professor, joined Duke in fall 2022.

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Meet Courtney Lewis, Trinity's first American Indian professor who’s changing the game

By Christina Ferrari | December 23, 2022

This semester, the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences welcomed Lewis to the Cultural Anthropology department as associate professor and Trinity’s first American Indian professor. Lewis' hiring was part of Trinity's cluster hire in Native American and Indigenous Studies in spring 2021.

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'All about the people on the team': Provost Sally Kornbluth reflects on nearly three decades at Duke, transition to MIT presidency

By Katie Tan | December 22, 2022

After nearly 30 years at Duke, Kornbluth will serve at the helm of MIT beginning Jan. 1, bringing her quick thinking, witty humor and leadership skills to Cambridge.

Scenes from the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture

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‘Not in this alone’: Black students reflect on community, significance of the Mary Lou as center looks to reopen next fall

By Sevana Wenn | November 13, 2022

Housed on the first floor of the Flowers building, the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture — known to many simply as “the Lou” — has been a cornerstone of the Black community at Duke since its founding in 1983.

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‘Getting the deal was a pleasant bonus’: Duke alumni receive $450,000 investment on Shark Tank for crochet startup

By Olivia Kim | November 3, 2022

Justine Tiu, Pratt ‘11, promoted her crochet-kit startup The Woobles last month on the show. She left with a $450,000 investment from Mark Cuban and Lori Greiner for 6% equity.

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As QuadEx embarks on its first year, alums who worked toward housing reform look back

By Matthew Griffin | October 27, 2022

For some alumni, something like QuadEx was a long time coming. It's the culmination of a line of work that includes Duke Students for Housing Reform and students who shared their voices with administrators, driven to do so by a housing system that didn't quite feel like a home.

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A look into Duke’s beloved Puppy Kindergarten

By Sevana Wenn | October 23, 2022

It’s a sleepy morning at the Duke Puppy Kindergarten in early October. Inside a cozy room within the Duke Canine Cognition Center, Congo and Nancy are perfectly content. The two dogs — an adult and a puppy Labrador-golden mix — sniff, cuddle and pad around the space without a care in the world.

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Duke student’s new app seeks to spark spontaneous connections and make campus feel ‘a little less lonely’

By Sevana Wenn | October 17, 2022

Junior Sonali Sanjay believes her app could be the future of sparking connections on campus: first at Duke, and potentially at other colleges across the country.

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

By Senou Kounouho | October 4, 2022

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.

Students pet Gold, the 11-week-old golden retriever, as she sits in Keith Upchurch's lap outside of the Brodhead Center on Aug. 23.

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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.”

From right: First-years Andrew Spong and Daniel Rodriguez-Florido play the piano together on Aug. 22 in Project Arts, alongside Justin Garcia on the bass guitar.

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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.

Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, addressing DSG about dealing with the media in 2015.

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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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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.

Tenting in K-Ville: Paying for the Duke-UNC men's basketball game, not with money, but your well-being

Bringing people and plants together: A tour of the Duke Greenhouse

‘A light upon the nations’: Yalla, a kosher and halal food truck, looks to use cuisine as interfaith bridge

‘Your tent shouldn’t be a home, it should be a fallout shelter’: A tenter’s guide to K-Ville survival

‘Every mother would do this’: How two Ukrainian women found new beginnings in Durham

Meet Courtney Lewis, Trinity's first American Indian professor who’s changing the game

'All about the people on the team': Provost Sally Kornbluth reflects on nearly three decades at Duke, transition to MIT presidency

‘Not in this alone’: Black students reflect on community, significance of the Mary Lou as center looks to reopen next fall

‘Getting the deal was a pleasant bonus’: Duke alumni receive $450,000 investment on Shark Tank for crochet startup

As QuadEx embarks on its first year, alums who worked toward housing reform look back

A look into Duke’s beloved Puppy Kindergarten

Duke student’s new app seeks to spark spontaneous connections and make campus feel ‘a little less lonely’

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

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

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

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

A glimpse into Duke's new Experiential Orientation

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

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

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

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