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At least 50 unmasked students were present at a Friday night gathering that violated Duke’s COVID-19 rules, as well as local and state coronavirus policies, Durham police have told the University.
Alpha Delta Phi, Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Tau Delta, Kappa Alpha Order, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Chi and Sigma Nu have also disaffiliated.
The Duke Gardens are mostly closed, but students can still go in for guided study breaks.
The Trinity College of Arts and Sciences made changes to its spring 2021 grading policies, but despite student advocacy, these changes don’t extend to the Pratt School of Engineering.
Duke's financial situation isn’t as bad as some feared it would be due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the University is still looking to buy time before loosening spending.
Duke Student Government caucuses are changing course after realizing that other student groups are doing much of the work they had originally planned to carry out, DSG senators said at their Wednesday meeting.
A recent policy change in North Carolina vaccine distribution has shifted college and university students to the back of the line, making the timeline for student vaccination unclear.
During a largely virtual school year, Duke has moved towards normalizing inclusive language and pronouns for transgender and gender non-conforming members of the Duke community. One recent change allows students to choose their own pronouns in the new version of DukeHub. Additionally, customizable Zoom titles and email signatures have made it easier to learn someone’s pronouns.
Thursday morning’s in-person classes are off with an unusual “ice day” expected in Durham, and professors are urged to hold those classes online if possible.
In a Wednesday email to all undergraduate students, Deb Lo Biondo, interim dean of Housing and Residence Life, and Christopher Rossi, assistant vice president of student affairs, wrote that the University plans to resume some pre-pandemic housing policies in the fall 2021 semester.
The University announced Tuesday that 20 people tested positive for COVID-19 out of 22,738 tests conducted on 11,971 students, faculty and staff from Feb. 8 to Feb. 14.
As of right now, events can involve a maximum of 10 people, must follow state and local COVID-19 guidelines and must be approved 14 days beforehand by University Center Activities and Events staff.
The unmarked construction on East Campus, which has led to speculation and annoyance from residents of nearby Trinity dorm, is turning the quad by Trinity into a new public gathering space.
Ravi Bellamkonda, Vinik dean of the Pratt School of Engineering, is leaving Duke in June to become Provost and executive vice president at Emory University, Duke announced Tuesday.
The fraternities’ decisions to sever official links to the University come after administrators ended the recruitment of first years by Greek and non-Greek selective living groups. The mass exodus marks a permanent and dramatic change to Duke’s on-campus culture.
In-person classes are popular among students but many Duke professors have mixed feelings about teaching face-to-face during a pandemic.
Tired of scrambling to find a Zoom link for your fourth class of the day? Many professors are, too. Professors have experienced the highs and lows of Zoom but many share one thing in common: they miss in-person teaching.
Even lemurs haven’t escaped the changes brought by a global pandemic.
Members of the Duke Disability Alliance began developing plans for the Center in 2017.
Kenna Tasissa, who died unexpectedly Jan. 21, was a sociology major in the Class of 2021 from Cary, North Carolina. She was enrolled in the Secondary Teacher Preparation Program in the Program in Education at Duke and hoped to become a high school social studies teacher after graduation. Tasissa was also working to earn a certificate in markets and management.
