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Could vinyl flooring, flame-retardant chemicals in houses harm kids?

By Ashwin Kulshrestha | Yesterday

Semi-volatile organic compounds—linked to a wide range of illnesses and developmental disorders—may be far more commonplace than previously recognized.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

The Chronicle answers Class of 2023's questions about Duke social, housing life

By Staff Reports | 2 days ago

What you need to know about SLGs, Greek Life, independent housing and more.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Who to know at Duke: Administrators, students, staff and more

By Nathan Luzum | 2 days ago

The thousands of new faces may be intimidating, but The Chronicle is here to help.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Duke Kunshan University breaks ground on 47-acre expansion

By Maria Morrison | 3 days ago

Phase 2 of construction at Duke Kunshan University began this past Friday, and the expansion is projected to more than double the current size of the campus.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

New year, new buses: Central Campus closure brings bus route shakeup

By Nathan Luzum | 3 days ago

As Central stops housing undergrads, Duke's bus routes are changing.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Robertson Express Bus finds new partner for Duke to UNC route

By Bre Bradham | August 15, 2019

The Robertson Scholars Foundation is “going local” to connect Duke and UNC. The organization signed a contract Thursday with Carolina Livery to run the route. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

An uncertain future: Central Campus demolition begins this week

By Ben Leonard | August 15, 2019

Central Campus is officially crumbling. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

How Carolyn McAllaster transformed legal aid for people with HIV

By Niharika Vattikonda | August 14, 2019

Duke Law’s Carolyn McAllaster has had a profound influence on Duke’s legal clinics and law students as an advocate for health justice.

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NEWS  |  LOCAL NATIONAL

Duke alumni weekend recap: Sue Gordon to resign, Andrew McCabe sues Trump administration

By Stefanie Pousoulides | August 13, 2019

Two Duke alumni were once top officials in the U.S. intelligence community. Now, one will resign on Aug. 15, and the other is suing the Department of Justice and FBI after his firing.

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NEWS  |  LOCAL NATIONAL

New report finds April 10 explosion in Durham an accident

By Jake Satisky | August 9, 2019

After 3 months of investigating, the City of Durham Fire Department has ruled the April 10 explosion in downtown Durham an accident in its Origin and Cause Investigation Report.

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NEWS  |  HEALTH SCIENCE

Duke professor to direct National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

By Michael Lee | August 9, 2019

Hearing impairment affects approximately 37.5 million Americans. The economic and healthcare costs of hearing loss amounts to billions of dollars annually. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Sally Nuamah on how punishment against black girls impacts our democracy

By Stefanie Pousoulides | August 8, 2019

During her one year as an assistant professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Nuamah was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 in education, a Chron15 pioneer and a 2019 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. Now, she’ll be pursuing her studies as an assistant professor at the Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

After $112.5 million settlement, Duke forms new Office of Research

By Bre Bradham | August 7, 2019

Duke has launched a new university-wide Office of Research, and Lawrence Carin, James L. Meriam professor of electrical and computer engineering, will take the helm as the new vice president of research.

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NEWS  |  LOCAL NATIONAL

The light rail’s dead—will a hyperloop come instead?

By Bre Bradham | August 7, 2019

After the Triangle’s decades-long courtship with the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit project came to a crashing halt earlier this year, the region appears to be looking for a mass transit rebound. 

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NEWS  |  HEALTH SCIENCE

Madagascar 3: Lemur triplets born at Duke Lemur Center

By Stefanie Pousoulides | August 5, 2019

Three new members of one of the world’s only hibernating primate species—fat-tailed dwarf lemurs—were born June 25 at the Duke Lemur Center. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Victor Strandberg on 50+ years of teaching literature at Duke

By Matthew Griffin | August 2, 2019

Victor Strandberg is a professor of English who has taught at Duke for more than 50 years—since 1966, to be exact. The Chronicle sat down with him to discuss how Duke has changed, how Strandberg got his start as a professor and the famous students he's taught.

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NEWS  |  HEALTH SCIENCE

Duke University Hospital falls out of nation's top 20 hospitals

By Stefanie Pousoulides | August 1, 2019

Duke University Hospital did not make the cut for the U.S. News & World Report’s 2019-2020 Honor Roll.