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Duke will send additional information about other concerns—such as students who have longer travel journeys back to Duke, recently had COVID-19 or are having trouble scheduling tests—before this weekend.
Faculty and staff must receive and show documentation of their completed vaccination by 10 a.m. on Feb. 1, 2022, or within 28 days of their eligibility under Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state guidelines.
Housing & Residence Life released more information about the spring 2022 move-in process and entry testing instructions in a Thursday morning email to students.
All undergraduate and graduate professional classes from Jan. 5-8 will be remote, according to a Wednesday afternoon email from Duke administrators.
Members of the community must provide proof of vaccination “in January or as soon as they are eligible under [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] and state guidelines,” the email reads.
“The entirety of my Chinese class had to get there some other way,” one student recalled. “I think pretty much anyone who had a final Saturday at 9 a.m. had had to find some other way to get to West Campus.”
With 4,015 Early Decision applications, the new students represent a 21% acceptance rate.
Students, faculty and members of supporting organizations gathered at the front of the Duke University Chapel to protest recent changes to the Thompson Writing Program Sunday.
Weiss said that to understand anti-Semitism, one has to see it as a “conspiracy theory in which Jews play the starring role in whatever a given civilization, culture, society or institution defines as its most detestable qualities.”
Have you completed your course evaluations yet? You may have noticed some changes.
Students gathered outside the Devil’s Krafthouse at the Brodhead Center to celebrate the fourth night of Hanukkah.
Head Line Monitors Caroline Bower and Cameron Jarnot presented updates on tenting policies at Wednesday night's Duke Student Government meeting.
The Duke University Chess Club brought home $1,450 in total earnings from the Collegiate Chess League’s fall season.
We know. We understand. Finals are right around the corner, and times are stressful. To ease some of the tension, The Chronicle has put together a list of ways to decompress around campus before it’s time to lock in once again.
NPC’s 26 organizations “believe fiercely in defending the rights of students, just like all other citizens, to associate when and with whom they choose," the statement reads.
All of Duke’s eight Panhellenic Council organizations will start a new Durham Panhellenic Council effective Wednesday, Dec. 1.
“As Native people, we all have creation stories that explain our emergence into this place from a sacred place from the land, water or sky. And though our stories vary from tribe to tribe, we are all people of this place,” Billy said. “And that is tremendously important to everything I’m going to say today and everything that I do.”
The email pointed to the University’s decision to no longer allow first-years to rush selective groups and the suspension of selective housing after the 2022-2023 academic year as reasons for disaffiliation.
Eventually, VTRI's findings will be tested in real-world settings to develop strategies that limit bias in hiring veterans after deployment.
President Vincent Price and Provost Sally Kornbluth wrote that DSG’s actions are “independent of, and not determined by or sanctioned by, the University.”