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This schedule was compiled based off of the events listed on the Commencement Weekend's official schedule.
After several recent public miscues, Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, is slated to retire at the end of June. Mary Pat McMahon, the incoming vice provost/vice president for campus life, will succeed Moneta in the role.
Hanging on the wall of her bedroom back home is a poem that senior Leah Rosen wrote in fourth grade.
Borders will join senior Leah Rosen, the student speaker, onstage to bid goodbye to more than 6,100 graduates.
When Evan Charney’s contract came up for renewal last spring, he did not expect that it would be shot down.
The Chronicle sat down with the new DSG president to talk about the year ahead and the road that led up to it.
A new undergraduate education initiative will seek to achieve “consistent excellence” across the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences.
Onyekwere (Onye) E. Akwari, the first African American faculty member in the Duke department of surgery, died April 14 at the age of 76.
Joe Gonzalez, assistant vice president of student affairs and dean for residential life, said in August 2018 that a safety review of the apartment complex's balconies was to be "finished shortly."
Ever find yourself mindlessly scrolling through social media, seeing all your friends but still feeling lonely? Duke researchers are working to combat digital loneliness—with another social media app.
Azim Dharani, Jill Jones, Kunal Shroff and Caroline Wang were among the 496 students chosen from a pool of over 1,200 nominees.
Wednesday's Last Day of Class activities saw a decline in the number of students attending on-campus programming, LDOC Committee Chair Serena Rivera-Korver wrote in an email to The Chronicle.
Much to the confusion of the history department, who requested it be named after Raymond Gavins, the Classroom Building is set to keep its new name until another formal request is made.
Senior Leah Rosen was selected as this year's student commencement speaker.
Current and former students of the Master of Biostatistics program condemned discrimination against Chinese speakers, but expressed mixed feelings towards the Megan Neely email incident that unfolded in January.
Lillian Pierce first recognized the beauty of mathematics in college, when professors led her into the world of abstract math.
At Tuesday's DSG Senate meeting, which ran for more than three hours despite an agenda light on legislation, the Senate confirmed 39 members to various DSG positions for the 2019-20 academic year.
Founded by a convicted drug dealer and attempted assassin, the Duke Lemur Center has transformed into the largest collection of lemurs outside of Madagascar.
"There are strains and stress in university resources that are affecting the mission of the university," Haynie said.
The Chronicle's Charles York and Henry Haggart took a trip to Triangle Web Printing in Durham, where The Chronicle is made, to capture the process of print.
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