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NEWS  |  LOCAL NATIONAL

Mail-in voting soars in NC as the pandemic reshapes the election

By Kathryn Thomas | Yesterday

More than 248,000 mail-in ballots have already been cast in North Carolina, with Durham County at more than 14,000. 

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NEWS  |  LOCAL NATIONAL

Despite challenges, Durham Public Schools students and teachers work to make the best of a strange semester

By Anna Zolotor and Phoebe Brinker | Yesterday

Even amid the virtual school year’s increase in workload and challenges related to equity, technology and supervision, Durham Public Schools teachers are teaching and students are learning, teachers and administrators say.

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NEWS  |  HEALTH SCIENCE

COVID-19 has upended energy demand, given a boost to renewables, professors say

By Rosa Golchin | Yesterday

A global pandemic has upended many facets of life—including the environment. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Duke reports 6 positive COVID-19 tests for students, 2 for faculty and staff out of 14,141 total.

By Mona Tong | Yesterday

There were eight new positive coronavirus tests reported at Duke between Sept 19. and Sept. 25, out of 14,141 total tests, according to data released Monday on the University’s COVID-19 testing tracker.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Board of Trustees updated on anti-racism plan, COVID-19 response at quarterly meeting

By Matthew Griffin | Yesterday

The Board of Trustees heard the latest on Duke’s anti-racism efforts and COVID-19 response at their quarterly meeting Friday and Saturday.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Endowment dips to $8.5 billion in ‘extraordinarily volatile’ investment year

By Matthew Griffin | Yesterday

Duke’s endowment fell slightly after reaching a record high last year, in a year that saw stock market volatility due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Controversial postmaster general's family foundation has cut large checks to Duke, tax documents show

By Chris Kuo and James Gao | Yesterday

Louis DeJoy's family's foundation is a familiar name on Duke's donor list.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Duke renames Soc-Psych building after one of first Black undergraduates

By Matthew Griffin | 3 days ago

A building at the heart of West Campus is now named for Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke, one of the first five Black undergraduates at Duke and a distinguished academic.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Inequality studies minor potentially in the works as faculty approve proposal to create it

By Chris Kuo | 4 days ago

The Arts and Sciences Council voted Thursday to approve a proposal to create a new minor: inequality studies. 

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NEWS  |  HEALTH SCIENCE

Professors explore Duke Hospital’s history of segregation, 'complicated relationship' with Durham community

By Grace Sorensen | 4 days ago

Segregation in the 20th century contributed to a still-strained relationship between Durham and the Duke Hospital, two Duke professors told a virtual audience at a Tuesday event.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Report gives Duke 'F' for freedom of press on campus, cites requirement that media obtain permission

By Satya Khurana | 4 days ago

In his report “Freedom of the Press on Campus,” John Wilson, a fellow at the University of California National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement, assigned Duke an “F” for the level of freedom given to journalists on campus.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Departments can't directly hire many out-of-state work-study students, must pay 35% fee on wages

By Jerry Lin | 5 days ago

Duke students who don't live in North Carolina aren’t able to be paid for hourly positions directly by the University. Instead, this semester they'll be paid through Aerotek, a Maryland-based staffing and recruiting agency. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Student groups to host virtual presidential debate events in unusual election season

By Parker Harris | 5 days ago

In past election seasons, students have gathered in lecture halls and common rooms on campus to watch debates over shared food and lively discussion, but this year they’ll have to log on to Zoom to watch the debates in the company of classmates. 

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NEWS  |  LOCAL NATIONAL

Protesters gather after Breonna Taylor decision, Durham mayor condemns acts of vandalism

By Chris Kuo | 6 days ago

Cries of “Say her name, Breonna Taylor!” rang outside the Durham police department headquarters, where more than 100 protesters, dressed in black, congregated in front of the building. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Undergraduate enrollment dips 6%, leaves of absence and deferrals spike for fall semester

By Matthew Griffin | 6 days ago

As a unique semester moves forward, fewer students are along for the ride than last year. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Duke to provide spring housing update second week of October, McMahon tells DSG Senate

By Bea De Oliveira | 6 days ago

Duke will provide new information on spring semester housing the second week of October, with information on the format of spring courses likely coming then as well, Mary Pat McMahon, vice provost and vice president of student affairs, told the Duke Student Government Senate at its Wednesday meeting. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Here's where NC General Assembly candidates from college towns stand on the issues

By Sonia Rao and Michael Taffe | 6 days ago

The Chronicle worked with six other student newsrooms across North Carolina to profile every General Assembly candidate in Orange, Mecklenburg, Wake, Guilford, Pitt, Durham and Watauga counties.