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As Duke prepares for a year unlike any before, undergraduates still have to register for Fall classes before the semester starts Aug. 17.
Duke is limiting on-campus Fall housing to first-years, sophomores and students with special circumstances in a step back from its original reopening plan.
Duke has purchased the Cambria Hotel Durham, a recently renovated 148-room, two-building hotel surrounded by the Duke University Medical Center, according to the Triangle Business Journal. Duke renamed the hotel to The Lodge at Duke Medical Center, and it joins the JB Duke Hotel and the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club as Duke-owned lodging.
The Duke Black Coalition Against Policing's demands propose a three-part approach for Duke to sever “its ties to all systems predicated on policing and imprisonment,” including greater transparency, divestment from any ties to the “military and prison-industrial complex” and a plan to abolish the Duke University Police Department.
The brief, filed Sunday, also features signatures from universities such as Stanford, Vanderbilt and the seven Ivy Leagues other than Harvard. It notes that these institutions’ international students “have helped make American higher education the envy of the world.”
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on and stay-at-home orders continue, some students have found creative ways to make use of their time at home, from recording a podcast to reaching internet fame.
International students, already dealing with travel restrictions and an unusual upcoming semester amid a pandemic, now face the prospect of losing their visa status and ability to stay in the country if they don’t take in-person classes.
Students can prepare for a socially distant move-in and lots of single rooms for the Fall semester.
After granting students unable to return home housing for the summer, Housing and Residence Life unexpectedly changed some students’ required move-out dates due to Fall semester planning.
Duke plans to take legal action in support of a lawsuit challenging new restrictions on educational visas, Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, told The Chronicle Wednesday.
“This is a misguided effort that will only harm talented young people and the colleges and universities that are vital to our society,” President Vincent Price wrote in a statement.
As classes—and the coronavirus—continue into the summer, Duke’s default satisfactory/unsatisfactory grading system from the Spring semester in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and distance learning is no longer applicable.
As summer wears on and Duke moves forward with plans for students to return to campus, we're sure you have lots of questions about what the next academic year will look like. From move-in and housing to extracurriculars, academics, athletics and more, we want to know what you need to know.
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Duke still plans to begin the Fall semester with students on campus, according to a Tuesday message from President Vincent Price.
Hadeel Abdelhy, Trinity ‘20, was contacted three times by the Office of Student Conduct over the 2019-20 academic year for reports made about Facebook and Twitter posts regarding her political and personal beliefs.
The beginning of incoming students' first year at Duke will be unusual—even leaving aside the normal challenges that come with adjusting to college.
Despite the coronavirus pandemic canceling in-person philanthropy events for Duke’s Greek organizations, their members still found creative ways to raise money for local and national causes.
The 2021 Student Advisory Board was introduced to undergraduates in a Tuesday evening email from Gary Bennett, vice provost for undergraduate education, and Mary Pat McMahon, vice provost and vice president for student affairs. The board had their first meeting June 15 and will continue to meet through early August, according to the email.
At a Monday event, members of the group Duke Workers United announced three-pronged demands for Duke’s administration: better pay, safety protections and more representation in the decision-making process.
