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This season, 51 tenters received a total of $6,700 in supplies, according to Bobby Kunstman, assistant vice president for campus life. Aid was only distributed to Black and Blue tents.
The initiative, which will be completed at the elementary level in the 2024-25 school year, will also send thousands of K-3 students to different schools — a point dozens of parents spoke out against.
The campaign period will stretch from Feb. 16 to March 2, with voting taking place from 12:00 p.m. on March 1 to 12:00 p.m. on March 2.
DUU is the largest programming and media body at Duke, made up of 17 committees, such as the Last Day of Classes Committee and Campus Concerts. WXDU, Small Town Records and the Coffeehouse are also included among DUU’s committees.
The minor is the first of its kind in the South.
The newest library exhibit in the entrance to Perkins Library takes viewers behind the scenes.
Several other top schools have withdrawn from the U.S. News’ rankings within the last weeks. Harvard was the first to announce its decision to withdraw on Jan. 17, followed by the medical schools at Stanford and Columbia.
This year's numbers are significantly higher than the 2021-22 academic year as more study away programming opened up after pandemic restrictions.
The Durham Expunction and Restoration program provides free legal services for record expungement and driver's license restoration.
The 50th anniversary celebration is under the theme “we were there, and now we’re here,” a phrase CMA Director Linda Capers often said to refer to the CMA's move from the Bryan Center’s bottom floor to the top level.
President and founder Sejal Mayer-Patel, a junior, created AMP@D to address a lack of community space for multiracial, multicultural or multiethnic students on campus.
The 14-member committee is responsible for monitoring the scope of science misinformation and brainstorming ethical intervention methods to limit its spread. At the end of an 18-month term, the committee will release a final report detailing the impact of science misinformation and laying a framework for future directions.
Duke Business Society changed its name to Alpha Kappa Psi. The change will allow DBS to become a chapter of the national business fraternity AKPsi, giving members access to “alumni across the nation from a variety of schools” and educational resources.
Funding for the program is led by a $500,000 grant from Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, while StepUp and the City of Durham worked with private donors to secure over $200,000 in additional capital.
Last September, Duke formally announced its Climate Commitment with the backing of $36 million in initial gifts. Tuesday’s email helped clarify parts of the original announcement by providing more specific details and goals for the “coming months and years.”
Until last week, many West Campus RAs were under the impression that they would be relieved of their responsibilities on May 11, citing emails from HRL, as well as emails and meetings with resident coordinators, who act as RAs’ direct supervisors. HRL, however, says that the date was changed to May 18 in summer 2022.
Goldstein said that when someone's sense of smell is damaged, people realize how important smell is to their daily lives. “We're constantly getting information through our olfactory system about the world around us,” he said.
The flooding occurred on Dec. 26, when “severe cold weather” froze and ruptured a pipe near the basement window.
As the most senior political appointee in the White House, Zients will play an important role in how Biden manages a new Republican majority in the House, an anticipated re-election campaign and a new special counsel investigation into Biden’s mishandling of classified documents.
Dhingra is the Nannerl Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor at Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the 2022-2023 academic year. In this role, he explores the Asian American experience and delivers a lecture series to both institutions.