The independent news organization of Duke University
However, limits at non-HBCU UNC system schools remain unaffected. At universities including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, out-of-state enrollment is limited to 18% to prioritize educating in-state students.
On Tuesday, MGM Chief Administrative Officer Kris Matthews informed all MGM department members that OIE and MGM were designing a training module aimed at “helping members of our department be fair and welcoming of individuals who differ in their background,” according to the email.
“To be clear, this document was never used as a lesson plan in a Duke class or by a Duke faculty member, nor was it promoted by Duke as a teaching tool,” Duke spokesperson Michael Schoenfeld wrote in an email to The Chronicle.
The National Weather Service has enacted Tornado Warning for Durham County until Monday, May 23 at 4:45 p.m. A Severe Thunderstorm warning is in effect until 5:00 p.m.
Now retired, Brodhead will address DKU’s Class of 2022 Commencement on May 20, in a hybrid ceremony held at Duke and DKU.
Without federal protection of abortion rights, state legislatures would have the discretion to decide on abortion legality. In the Republican-held North Carolina General Assembly, legislation to implement a post-viability abortion ban may be on the table.
As expected, Beasley clinched the Democratic primary win. Her major opposition from within the party, former state senator Jeff Jackson, dropped out of the race and endorsed her candidacy in December. Beasley won 81.09% of the vote 98% of precincts reporting at 11 p.m. The Associated Press called the race at 7:47 p.m.
Staying on campus this summer? Here are some changes to Duke’s campus resources you need to know.
With restricted vehicle access, routes that stop at Abele Quad will use a temporary bus stop on Flowers Drive, between the Allen Lot and Sarah P. Duke Gardens. Affected routes include the C1 East-West and the C-Swift Shuttle lines.
The candidates—Curtis Hrischuk, Christopher Burns, Gayathri Rajaraman, Valarie Jarvis and Joetta MacMiller—are joined under the Better Board, Better Schools, Better Futures (BBBS) slate.
Law enforcement told Jones to put the gun down, but Jones “ignored their orders and was subsequently shot several times in the back,” according to the investigation report. Jones’ autopsy reveals that he was shot three times, resulting in damage to his heart and other internal organs.
Workers started considering unionization when Starbucks began cutting store hours after the holiday season.
The North Carolina primary is Tuesday, May 17 and early voting continues through 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 14. Voters can use the North Carolina Voter Lookup to verify their voter registration status and find their Election Day polling place and sample ballots.
After an increase in COVID-19 cases, Duke is still requiring masks for in-person classes, on Duke buses and vans and in all clinical settings for the Summer Session.
The GroupMe message, sent May 2 to multiple group chats, read, “Need help crossing the border? Lucky for you ADPhi has a few too many Latinos who are extremely skilled at evading law enforcement."
Initially, around 56 graduates applied to be the Class of 2022 student speaker, according to an email obtained by The Chronicle sent from Joanne Dellaero, special assistant to the secretary to the Board of Trustees and chief of staff at Duke University, to committee members in March.
Nugget was diagnosed with lymphoma in March, but had “not been feeling well in recent days,” Upchurch wrote in an email to The Chronicle.
The 2022 student Commencement speaker said she was “mortified and embarrassed to find out” after giving her speech that parts were “directly taken from” a past Harvard address, according to the Wall Street Journal.
"Duke expects all students to abide by their commitment to the Duke Community Standard in everything they do as students," Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, wrote in a message to The Chronicle Tuesday morning.
When student speaker Priya Parkash took the stage in Wallace Wade Stadium at Sunday’s Class of 2022 Commencement ceremony, she dubbed the University as its own “Duke nation.” That metaphor, as well as other elements of the language and structure of Parkash’s speech, bears striking similarities to that of a 2014 Harvard University Commencement speech by Sarah Abushaar.