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The Sanford School of Public Policy announced Wednesday that Sullivan’s appointment will begin on January 1, 2023. Sullivan will contribute to several public seminars and events throughout the year. She will also teach a course in the fall 2023 semester. Previously, Sullivan served as an adjunct instructor in the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy.
“It's going to be my last year, I just want a comfy room on campus, have my little space and be able to live with my friends,” Jen Wang, a rising senior, said. “And really make up for that COVID year that I missed. This whole [housing assignment] process is very, very disappointing.”
For Duke’s Indigenous students, the naming raises the opportunity for the University to reckon with its past by supporting its current students.
As administrators rush to find enough on-campus housing for the fall, seniors on West Campus, excluding Hollows, can enter into a reassignment lottery for Lancaster.
Writing a thesis is no easy task, but Duke’s seniors are always up for the challenge.
Undergraduates were offered the opportunity to be released from their on-campus housing commitment for the upcoming year in a Thursday email from Dean for Residence Life Deb LoBiondo to students. 150 beds have been added across campus, but it is possible that demand will exceed available capacity.
These programs—which typically involve taking a combination of undergraduate and graduate programs during undergraduate senior year and switching to full-time graduate studies for the fifth year—range from engineering to global health.
The one-credit course aims to promote interdisciplinary discourse by bringing in several scholars to teach students about climate change from a variety of perspectives.
The program was recently renamed the Richard A. Horvitz Program in Constitutional and Public Law, after the family that has spearheaded the program’s activities since 1998.
The DOJ’s statement, which claims that the universities’ arguments contain legal errors, comes amid a pending motion from the schools to dismiss the case.
A $1 million gift from Duke alumni Jennifer McCracken New and husband Jason New in June will cover admission fees for the public.
Surveillance testing will be optional for all students, faculty and staff, regardless of vaccination status.
The trustees include Karen M. King, managing director of Silver Lake, a technology private equity firm; James Zelter, co-president of Apollo, an asset management firm; Kacia Anderson, Trinity ‘22; and Edgar Virgüez, Graduate School ‘22.
Nearly all students previously authorized to return to China have received formal approval by the Suzhou Entry and Exit Bureau, according to a Tuesday email obtained by The Chronicle sent from Marcia France, associate vice chancellor for undergraduate studies at DKU, to authorized students.
Administrators initially said in October that the Career Center would move into the first floor of the Bryan Center. Identity group leaders responded that students were not sufficiently consulted, and plans were put on hold. Since then, student leaders have called for greater collaboration and input.
If the universities had not colluded on a financial aid formula called the “Consensus Methodology,” they could have awarded more scholarship aid, reducing the net price of attendance for all financial aid students, former students allege in a June 10 memorandum.
Duke Health expects and is preparing to serve an increased number of out-of-state patients. As of now, North Carolina is one of the few states in the South where abortions are protected.
Nicholas, Trinity ‘64, died on May 14 at age 80 at his home in Boca Grande, Fla. He is remembered for his entrepreneurial prowess, his service to Duke’s advisory boards and his family’s major philanthropic gifts to the University, including the naming gift for the Nicholas School of the Environment.
Duke added Juneteenth as a designated holiday in October. Paid holidays are for staff scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week, and include both designated and discretionary holidays.
He will join the global strategic advisory firm Brunswick Group as a partner in Washington, D.C. in August.