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Class of 2025 survey: All our coverage

By Staff Reports | 5 days ago

See all of our currently published articles about the Class of 2025.

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Academic Council hears updates on University’s spring semester operations, faculty express concerns

By Adway S. Wadekar | 2 days ago

While administrators are optimistic about keeping operations normal under the current conditions, faculty were less optimistic, raising their concerns during the meeting.

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‘I've never studied this hard for a final before’: Record 174 tents gather in Cameron to take tenting trivia test

By Jerry Lin | 2 days ago

Some test-takers thought the move to Blue tenting would mean the trivia test would be more competitive than usual and spent their winter break studying game stats, creating Quizlets and scouring players' social media accounts for potential trivia answers. 

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Some professors requiring KN95 face masks for in-person classes, students concerned about access

By Madeleine Berger | 2 days ago

As COVID-19 cases on campus rise, some Duke professors are requiring students to wear N95 or KN95 face masks—as opposed to cloth or disposable surgical ones—in order to attend in-person classes. 

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More first-years find community than last year, generally favor Duke’s COVID-19 policies amid pandemic

By Mona Tong | 3 days ago

The Chronicle asked first-years about their ability to find community on campus, how much the pandemic has affected their ability to find community, their experiences with COVID-19 on campus and their opinions on Duke’s COVID-19 policies and their impacts. 

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The Class of 2025’s plans at Duke: From rush to LLCs to tenting

By Mona Tong | 3 days ago

The Chronicle surveyed first-years about their interest in Greek life, non-Greek selective living groups and Living Learning Communities; their opinions on QuadEx and interest in tenting. 

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DSG holds roundtable on future of selective living groups, funds new Durham Outing project

By Audrey Wang | 3 days ago

The goal of the conversation was to define how DSG would define and treat selective living groups after they no longer have residential spaces. 

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Duke distributes KN95 masks to on-site students, faculty and staff following new masking recommendations

By Nadia Bey | 3 days ago

Duke is distributing KN95 masks through schools and departments to on-site faculty, staff and students this week.

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How do the religious beliefs, political leanings of the Class of 2025 compare to their other survey answers?

By Milla Surjadi | 4 days ago

We asked respondents in the Class of 2025 about their religious beliefs and political leanings. Then, we compared these aspects against their answers to other survey questions, from their interest in Greek life to views on Duke’s COVID-19 policies.

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The Class of 2025’s paths to Duke based on family background, type of high school, among other factors

By Alison Korn | 4 days ago

The Chronicle’s first-year survey asked the Class of 2025 to describe their paths to Duke, including legacy or first-generation status, type of high school attended, median household income and whether or not students receive financial aid.

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COVID-positive students denied access to designated campus isolation spaces due to winter weather

By Nadia Bey | 4 days ago

Sunday’s winter weather led to delays in transporting students to COVID-19 isolation, with some students not knowing how to avoid exposing their roommates while waiting to be picked up.

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Meet Duke's Class of 2025: The Chronicle's first-year survey results

By Preetha Ramachandran | 5 days ago

For the fifth year in a row, The Chronicle surveyed members of Duke's first-year class. Read an overview of the class, including demographic data; paths to Duke and plans upon arriving; and the use of campus resources and amenities.

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How well are Duke’s campus resources and amenities known and used by the Class of 2025?

By Preetha Ramachandran | 5 days ago

The Chronicle asked first-years about their knowledge and usage of Duke’s amenities and academic, health and wellness, mental health and identity and cultural groups/spaces. 

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Chronicle to release survey data on Class of 2025: Inside the methodology and limitations

By Nadia Bey and Ishani Raha | 5 days ago

This week, The Chronicle will release survey data about the Class of 2025.

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Students brave the elements to enjoy snowmen, shopping cart sledding

By Adway S. Wadekar | 6 days ago

Duke got its first snowfall of the spring semester Sunday and despite the slick conditions, students made the most of the day. 

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Duke’s on-campus gyms return to regular hours of operation as in-person classes begin

By Madeleine Berger | 6 days ago

Starting Tuesday, the hours will return to those listed in the Dec. 1 email for at least a week, according to the now-updated Facility Hours page. Additionally, group fitness classes will begin for the first time this semester. 

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Duke to activate severe weather and emergency conditions policy Sunday due to forecast of snow, ice accumulation

By Leah Boyd | January 15, 2022

Durham will go under a winter storm warning at midnight Sunday, which will last the entire day. A warning means that there is heavy mixed precipitation expected, including up to two inches of snow and 0.25 inches of ice.

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Duke police officer fatally shoots man at Duke University Hospital

By Nadia Bey | January 15, 2022

A Duke University police officer reportedly shot and killed someone in police custody at Duke University Hospital overnight.

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Duke first-year writes op-ed about corporate influence on Myanmar human rights abuses

By Cody Schmidt | January 14, 2022

Disappointed and saddened by the lack of news coverage, he wrote an article in Newsweek about how foreign countries can help the people of Myanmar. 

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Here's why Duke's libraries are closing early and on weekends

By Kathryn Thomas | January 12, 2022

Repeated student non-compliance with COVID-19 rules, the rise in COVID-19 cases nationally and on campus, labor shortages and limited use of the libraries during the beginning of the semester were all factors that led to the closures.