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Junior Dora Pekec took the semester off school to work as a field organizer for Sara Gideon, a Democrat challenging Susan Collins (R-Maine) for her Senate seat.

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Meet the students who swapped the classroom for the campaign trail this fall

By Ann Gehan | September 16, 2020

Some students had long had the fall of 2020 earmarked for a leave of absence from Duke for election-related work. For others, the decision came in response to COVID-19, after a spring and summer filled with Zoom meetings and a lack of clarity from Duke about what the fall semester would look like on campus.

Martha Bárcena Coqui has been Mexican ambassador to the United States since December 2018.

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Mexican ambassador to US discusses immigration, trade in Wednesday event

By Parker Harris | September 10, 2020

Martha Bárcena Coqui, Mexican ambassador to the United States since December 2018 and the first woman to hold the position, spoke to Duke students Wednesday in a virtual event.

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'Durham gets to lead the way': Durham mayor pro tem talks participatory budgeting, criminal justice reform

By Francesca Maglione | September 9, 2020

Budget processes are expanding to include community members, and Durham is leading the way nationally, the city’s mayor pro tempore said at a Tuesday event.

Daily Tar Heel Photo Illustration. A UNC student fills out a mail-in ballot from her home in Chapel Hill. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, voters have questions about fraud and voter turnout associated with mail-in ballots.

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North Carolinians shouldn't vote twice in November, the NC Board of Elections said

By Ella Layn/The Daily Tar Heel | September 8, 2020

Those voting in North Carolina for the November election shouldn't vote twice, according to a Thursday press release from the N.C. Board of Elections.

Cosmic Cantina, a student-favorite restaurant near East Campus, seen here before the pandemic.

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'Start all over': How Elmo's Diner and Cosmic Cantina have adapted to the pandemic

By Shreya Joshi | September 8, 2020

North Carolina is in Phase 2.5 of COVID-19 recovery, which restricts restaurants to opening within capacity limits and not serving alcohol between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Given these limitations, businesses are finding creative ways to keep profit margins up, from scaling up take-out to working with delivery services.

Mac McCorkle was recently named the director of POLIS: Center for Politics, which sponsors Duke Votes.

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Mac McCorkle on gerrymandering, voting by mail and N.C. races to look out for in the 2020 election

By Kathryn Thomas | September 8, 2020

Mac McCorkle was recently named the director of POLIS: Center for Politics, which sponsors Duke Votes. The Chronicle spoke to him about his perspective on the 2020 election in North Carolina.

Harvard University will require all faculty, staff, and researchers to submit proof of vaccination by July 15.

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Housing plans, number of cases: How other colleges and universities are faring in the pandemic

By Rachel Enggasser | September 7, 2020

By May, colleges and universities had developed a spectrum of plans for holding a fall semester amid a pandemic. Now, as other schools in the Triangle move online, Duke is still hosting classes on-campus while other schools across the country try to do the same.

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Congressional candidate Mondaire Jones discusses youth activism, progressive policies at Thursday town hall

By Anisha Reddy | September 4, 2020

Congressional candidate Mondaire Jones spoke on progressive policies, youth activism and more at a Thursday event.

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Duke experts advise Durham Public Schools on fall plans

By Rachel Enggasser | September 2, 2020

On Aug. 17, as Duke students everywhere were just rolling out of bed, Durham public school students were logging in to their first online class of the school year.

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State BOE faces challenges in recruiting poll workers, Duke professor and board chair says

By Francesca Maglione | September 2, 2020

The coronavirus has generated numerous challenges for the upcoming November election, among them the recruitment of poll workers.

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Order in the sport: Duke alum sworn in as Wisconsin Supreme Court justice during ultramarathon

By Miles King | August 31, 2020

As yet another first in a year full of unprecedented events, Jill Karofsky, Trinity ‘88 and newly elected Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, was sworn in in a way that was anything but conventional.

Susan Rice, who served as national security advisor in former U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration, spoke in a Thursday Zoom talk hosted by the American Grand Strategy program.

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Former National Security Advisor Susan Rice criticizes Trump administration's COVID-19 response in Zoom talk

By Mona Tong | August 28, 2020

Rice spoke to a virtual audience about the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing movements for racial justice.

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NC State to move to online-only undergraduate classes starting Aug. 24

By Mona Tong | August 20, 2020

North Carolina State University announced Thursday—ten days after their semester began—that undergraduate classes will move online starting Monday, Aug. 24.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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UNC to move undergraduate classes online starting Wednesday

By Carter Forinash | August 17, 2020

One week after starting in-person classes, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced classes will move online.

Students stayed in Perkins into the early hours of the morning, tediously preparing for the week's exams.

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As Duke becomes test-optional for 2020-21, experts see problems with college admissions tests

By Leah Boyd | August 14, 2020

Could the SAT become a thing of the past?

Duke students went to Washington, D.C., in November 2019 to join a rally in support of DACA.

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Still chasing the dream: DACA recipients react to recent developments

By Leah Boyd | August 12, 2020

Amid new policies, actions and court decisions, life has been uncertain for many undocumented students for the past few years.

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ICE bars newly enrolled international students who take all online classes from entering US

By Hannah Miao | July 28, 2020

New U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement guidance bars newly enrolled international students from entering the United States for the Fall semester if they take only online classes.

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DHS and ICE rescind new visa rules for international students taking online classes

By Maria Morrison | July 14, 2020

Federal judge Allison D. Burroughs announced that they would rescind the policy in a Tuesday hearing regarding a lawsuit brought by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology against the ruling, The Harvard Crimson reported.

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Take The Chronicle's 2020 election survey

By Chris Kuo and Anna Zolotor | July 9, 2020

From the things you want to know about voting to the questions you have for candidates, we want to know how we can bring you the news you want to read about this year's elections. If you are a member of the Duke community, please take a few minutes to answer these questions to help us tailor our election coverage to your wants and needs.

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NC COVID-19 cases continue to rise as Duke prepares for students' return

By Anna Zolotor | July 2, 2020

As Duke moves forward with preparations for students’ return to campus, the rate of new COVID-19 cases in North Carolina is rising.