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Staying at Duke through winter break? Here’s what’s open and closed on campus, as well as some festive holiday events in the Triangle.
Duke admitted 800 students to the Class of 2027 through its Early Decision application cycle.
Mother-daughter duo Gail Christopher, executive director of the National Collaborative for Health Equity, and Heather McGhee, New York Times best selling author of “The Sum of Us" spoke to community members last week.
He was preparing for East Campus Council’s monthly “Pizza & Chat” event, where first-years can voice their suggestions for East Campus and have casual conversations with each other.
Duke and Duke Kunshan University will transition from Sakai, the current learning management system, to Canvas during the 2023-2024 academic year.
The proposal on the table allows students with “compounding difficulties” that prevent them from learning a foreign language to take three classes taught in English that explore “a new culture and language area.”
McMahon said that “94% members of the Class of 2026” who participated in a survey conducted by Student Affairs during the first week of class said that they “felt like they belonged” under the new QuadEx residential system.
Housing and Residence Life is still “experiencing higher than normal demand for on campus housing” and cannot guarantee all roommate requests will be met.
Duke will end asymptomatic surveillance testing on campus on March 10.
Pearson, as part of the school's Senior Leadership Group, will work to ensure Sanford “embraces all its members and educates leaders prepared to engage policy problems with a keen understanding of systemic racism and other manifestations of structural inequality,” per the release.
The SHAPE and SAPT training will cover safe rush events, party protocols, consent, bystander intervention, power dynamics in Greek life, Duke’s culture of sexual assault/harassment and resources for survivors.
“We're still a very fossil fuel dependent institution. And so divestment would be symbolic,” said Gina-Gail Fletcher, chair of the ACIR. “It wouldn't have the type of wide scale impact that I believe that we all hope it would.”
This year’s Durham School Days program on Nov. 18 was back in-person for the first time since the pandemic. The annual program aims to encourage middle school students to pursue a college education, especially those who would become first-generation college students.
Since QuadEx's announcement last fall, Duke has expressed a goal of making sure each quad “will develop its own identity, traditions and social events.” Creators, most of whom are students, hope to use the Arches to develop community pride.
If you’re in need of a quick study break, here are some ideas to practice self-care and stay afloat during these last weeks on campus.
Community members gathered for a vigil Thursday night at the Goodson Chapel to honor the four students at the University of Idaho and three at the University of Virginia who died in separate tragedies on Nov. 13.
The Duke Global Health Institute’s hybrid course teaches students both at Duke and in Rwanda about how health systems can address the lack of access to surgery in low and middle-income countries.
Kornbluth will begin her new role as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Jan. 1.
The Duke Hunting and Conservation Club, a new student organization that received DSG approval this spring, seeks to “create a space for undergraduate students who are passionate about hunting and its role in environmental conservation.”
The vigil will take place at Goodson Chapel from 7-8 p.m. Thursday.