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Duke Health officials wrote that the positions would be reduced primarily through “retirements, redeployments and closures of vacant positions.”
As people gear up for a June full of festivities, the Triangle area is celebrating Pride Month with a host of events ranging from comedy shows to food truck rodeos.
According to plans filed in December with the Durham County Planning Department, two buildings just outside the Brightleaf District — 800 and 806 West Main Street — will be removed and replaced by a seven-story retail and restaurant space with an attached parking garage.
When students heard the news of their closures, many took to Twitter to voice their concerns, with one user stating that they were “in shambles.”
The pioneers of this year’s Chron15 list have brought the University newfound athletic success, created new academic and research programs and helped grow Duke's vibrant arts culture.
The leaders featured on this year’s Chron15 list are organizations, student leaders and faculty who used their power for good as they helped make Duke a safer place, lent a listening ear and worked tirelessly to improve the Duke experience.
Chron15 hopes to celebrate the icons, leaders and pioneers that have been so instrumental in making the University a place we’ll be proud of in the future, but also those who have made Duke the place we know and love today.
The icons on this year’s Chron15 list are beloved by the University community. They are people and places that spread joy, knowledge and Blue Devil pride.
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 2022 and 2023.
From tenting in Krzyzewskiville to weekly Pulse Checks on the Bryan Center Plaza, here’s how DSG’s actions over the past year stack up against what Gesinsky and DSG hoped to achieve in the 2022-23 school year.
Hamilton pointed to an array of “niche and specific needs” across campus, which he felt were just as important as those being met for “students that are in the minority.”
“I think that the biggest thing we want to do is recognize that DUU is people,” she said. “It's not someone from the administration team or an adult or a staff member, but it's really the people you go to class with,” Chen said.
Adams’ office states that the $700 million initiative will create more than 2,200 jobs and is set to serve 600 college students, 4,500 K-12 students, 6,000 job trainees and 250 faculty and researchers once fully operational.
The Chronicle asked three members of the Class of 2023 to share what they learned from their Duke experiences. Here’s what they said.
One alumnus said O’Berski made them feel uncomfortable while directing a student production. Another told The Chronicle that she was in a relationship with O’Berski while she was his student, a violation of faculty policy.
The law is set to go into effect July 1. Current North Carolina law prohibits abortions after 20 weeks, with exceptions for medical emergencies.
Jing Niu, Graduate School ‘14, worked as an assistant editor and post-production coordinator for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” which won seven Academy Awards in 2023, including one for Best Picture.
On Tuesday, the North Carolina Senate voted to override the veto 30-20, then sent it to the North Carolina House, which voted 72-48. Both chambers voted on party lines to override the veto with the exact supermajority needed to overturn Cooper’s veto.
Because there were no explicit instructions for RAs to inform their residents about the pod replacement, many residents were left confused as to why the pods were missing or not in use.
The University announced that student speakers would give “brief welcome remarks” instead of full-length speeches in an April email.