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For peer tutor Sophia Leeman, a sophomore, “tutoring online presented a different challenge, but working around the Zoom environment helped [her] realize different ways of teaching that are fun."
Eligible beneficiaries will receive a one-time deposit of the amount that would have been contributed to their retirement funds between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2021 plus their July payment.
Reparations for Black American descendants of persons enslaved in the United States would have decreased COVID-19 transmission for Black Americans and the population as a whole, according to a new study conducted by a team of researchers, including William A. (“Sandy”) Darity Jr., Samuel DuBois Cook professor of public policy.
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The Community Safety Department will “work to enhance public safety through community-centered approaches to prevention and intervention."
The sky is no longer the limit for Duke’s course catalog.
Earlier this year, The Chronicle interviewed students about how they received their COVID-19 vaccines. Now, we are sharing the results of our recent survey about undergraduate students’ vaccination experiences.
After North Carolina expanded its COVID-19 vaccination eligibility to include college students on March 31, Duke Health began administering one-shot doses to Duke students at warp speed.
This year’s Duke Common Experience summer reading pick is Kiley Reid’s debut novel “Such a Fun Age,” which explores everyday racism, implicit biases and privilege.
“I love my city. It’s an amazing city,” Schewel told The Chronicle. “As mayor, I have the opportunity to articulate a common vision that we hold for who we are and who we want to be, and try to encourage people to reach for that vision and make it real.”
In contrast, just 40% of North Carolina’s population and 41.9% of the United States population are fully vaccinated.
Submitted by readers and divided among three categories—icons, leaders and pioneers—our selections are all individuals or groups defining what it means to be a member of the Duke community in 2020 and 2021.
The members of Chron15 are the stuff of Duke legend. But more importantly, they are people who teach our courses, stand behind us in line at the Brodhead Center and greet us on the quad. They are Dukies just like us, a reminder of the power of a passionate group or individual.
Duke’s icons are the people everyone knows—for their kindness, passion, talent or intellect. They’re the people who you’ll see surrounded by a crowd of adoring students on the quad or plastered across the television in your living room.
The leaders featured on this year’s Chron15 list are educators, administrators and coaches who used their power for good as they kept the community together during the pandemic, encouraged others to speak up and worked tirelessly to improve educational policies and outcomes.
Duke’s pioneers are the people and organizations who push the University forward, relentlessly reimagining every aspect of our community with boundless energy and passion. They question the status quo and refuse to accept anything that is unjust or unsatisfactory.
From reading encyclopedias as a kid to playing on her dad’s trivia team throughout college, Grace Jeffrey, Trinity ‘21 is a lifelong trivia lover. She auditioned for Jeopardy! “just for fun” but quickly made her way through the audition process. Her episode will air on Thursday, June 3.
Sad about the Coach K retirement news? Cheer yourself up with some lemurs. After being closed to the public for more than a year, the Duke Lemur Center is finally reopening for tours on Friday.
“It’s pretty wild how much he’s shaped our culture,” junior Daniel Marshall wrote. “Two of the most common words on campus are probably ‘K-ville’ and ‘tenting,’ all thanks to Mike Krzyzewski.”
May brought celebration to Duke’s campus and beyond. Among all these new developments, here are five stories that really stood out to our readers.
President Vincent Price invited members of the Class of 2020 to a graduation celebration on campus the weekend of Sept. 24 to 26.
