A look into Duke students’ voting plans for the upcoming election
By Mia Taubenblat | 2 days agoAs Nov. 5 draws closer, The Chronicle spoke with Duke students to learn more about their voting plans and how informed they feel going to the polls.
As Nov. 5 draws closer, The Chronicle spoke with Duke students to learn more about their voting plans and how informed they feel going to the polls.
Updates to Duke's human resources manual to improve protections for minors who participate in University-held programs or activities went into effect on Sept. 25.
Duke Student Government senators heard a DSG 101 presentation on how to be effective leaders in their positions, presented committee updates and allocated Student Organization Funding Committee funding in their Wednesday meeting.
The trend of low attendance is not entirely new: The Career Center has faced ongoing challenges in engaging sophomores. Of the over 1,200 members of the Class of 2027, only about 255 registered for the event.
President Vincent Price presented the medals to Robert Califf, Trinity '73, School of Medicine '78 and House Staff '83, Fred Stanback, Trinity '50, and William Turner Jr., Pratt '70, Divinity School '74 and Graduate School '84, at the award ceremony over the Centennial Founders’ Day Weekend.
Fleishman was the founding director of the Sanford School, appointed by President Terry Sanford to lead the initiative then known as the Institute for Policy Sciences and Public Affairs, and is remembered for his contributions to the Jewish community at Duke.
Whether it was braving the rain during the concert, rushing the field after Duke’s historic comeback or attending the Chapel service, the Duke community rejoiced in a celebration of the University.
Members of the Wall family, officials from the City of Durham and Duke students and staff gathered to witness the recognition of the two former University employees.
The Chronicle spoke with professors from Sanford School of Policy and the political science department to learn more about the implications of foreign interference in U.S. elections.
Hood emphasized that regardless of one’s political allegiances, conservatism is useful to understand because “it’s not going anywhere.”
Keohane served as Duke’s first female president from 1993 to 2004 and was succeeded by Brodhead, who served from 2004 to 2017. Price took up the helm in 2017, serving the University in its Centennial year.
The new initiative, introduced in a Thursday afternoon email to the University community, will represent a “campus-wide effort to support open deliberation in the classroom and across our campus.”
Duke Student Government hosted Chris Simmons, vice president for government relations, as a guest speaker for the first time in roughly two decades, introduced its organizational leadership team and confirmed first-year senator nominees during its Wednesday meeting.
Rain is expected to clear by Friday afternoon in time for Duke’s concert featuring Ed Sheeran at 7:30 p.m. in Wallace Wade Stadium. The University said the event would go on “rain or shine” in a Tuesday morning email to ticket holders.
Duke Votes representatives are tabling on campus in the weeks leading up to the 2024 general election to provide eligible students with physical DukeCards that meet the N.C. State Board of Elections’ photo ID requirement.
Founded in April 2023 by a coalition of 16 American colleges, STARS works to support the 9.7 million high school students from rural America in enrolling in and graduating from college.
The event, hosted by Duke Democrats, was part of Clayton's “30 campuses in 30 days” tour.
Duke shares its No. 6 ranking with the California Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins University and Northwestern University.
Duke increased the number of employees obligated to respond to reports of Title IX policy violations and adjusted aspects of the hearing process in response to updated federal regulations that took effect Aug. 1.
Duke previously operated under a residential advising system but moved away from the model with the adoption of QuadEx in fall 2022.