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“The Plea Tracker Project, for us, is an opportunity to look into our work and see if we are actually living up to what we’re saying we’re doing."
The basketball courts in the Wilson Recreation Center and Card Gym will close indefinitely starting Aug. 28.
The email noted that there has been a surge of COVID-19 cases at Duke, locally and nationally.
"We all need to come together as a community, especially the LGBT+ community, and fight not just for our rights of our cis members, but also our trans members, our queer members, non-binary members."
It’s been four years since Duke announced it would raise its minimum wage for eligible employees and full contract workers to $15 per hour, but change has been slow to arrive for student jobs.
South Pavilion features 92 private rooms with separate sitting and waiting areas for families on inpatient units that overlook Wake Forest Road.
The update explains that like all health records, vaccination status is confidential and cannot be shared with anyone, including faculty members.
Duke announced changes to Trinity College of Arts and Sciences’s grading policy for the fall 2021 semester.
Duke’s quarantine and isolation protocols have shifted with updated guidance, but less information is publicly available about the number of people in quarantine each week.
Duke University Police Department officers rarely used force in recent years, according to the University police chief—although few documents about DUPD use of force are available due to state law that restricts what police departments can release.
Dan Ariely, James B. Duke professor of psychology and behavioral economics, has had at least two of his works come under scrutiny in recent weeks due to ambiguous or potentially fraudulent data.
Many Chronicle stories highlight resources for students on campus, feature the work of groups that provide those resources or introduce readers to people to know here at Duke.
As the fall semester quickly approaches and COVID-19 restrictions continuously change, Duke has many mental health and wellness resources to help students navigate any challenge the new school year may bring.
The clusters were related to gatherings that occurred over the last week.
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences initiated a nationally-advertised search this spring for a cluster hire in Native American and Indigenous Studies. But despite areas of success, some feel there was also a "real missed opportunity" in the search regarding a candidate who was not hired despite recommendations from the committee.
Duke gave the green light on Thursday to study away programs in several countries the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has assigned a “very high risk” due to COVID-19.
One day after Durham County reinstated its indoor mask mandate, Duke released updated guidance on communal eating.
After more than a year without their cuddles, the puppies are finally coming back to campus. Duke Canine Cognition Center’s puppy kindergarten will welcome five new puppies this fall, their first group open to visitors since the pandemic.
“One of the beauties of Mike’s life and one of the real gifts of his life is that he’s never going to be remembered for just one thing,” said a former student of Ward. “He’s always going to be remembered for a multitude of things: for complexity, for generosity, for his wit, for his sharp mind, for pushing the field forward, for not accepting the status quo anywhere. And I think that’s something to really aspire to.”
Citing a recent rise in COVID-19 cases across China, Duke Kunshan University has asked domestic students not currently on campus to “postpone their arrival for two to four weeks."
