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The leaders featured on this year’s Chron15 list are educators, administrators and coaches who used their power for good as they kept the community together during the pandemic, encouraged others to speak up and worked tirelessly to improve educational policies and outcomes.
Duke’s pioneers are the people and organizations who push the University forward, relentlessly reimagining every aspect of our community with boundless energy and passion. They question the status quo and refuse to accept anything that is unjust or unsatisfactory.
From reading encyclopedias as a kid to playing on her dad’s trivia team throughout college, Grace Jeffrey, Trinity ‘21 is a lifelong trivia lover. She auditioned for Jeopardy! “just for fun” but quickly made her way through the audition process. Her episode will air on Thursday, June 3.
Sad about the Coach K retirement news? Cheer yourself up with some lemurs. After being closed to the public for more than a year, the Duke Lemur Center is finally reopening for tours on Friday.
“It’s pretty wild how much he’s shaped our culture,” junior Daniel Marshall wrote. “Two of the most common words on campus are probably ‘K-ville’ and ‘tenting,’ all thanks to Mike Krzyzewski.”
President Vincent Price invited members of the Class of 2020 to a graduation celebration on campus the weekend of Sept. 24 to 26.
Confusion and frustration filled the minds of hungry students this past academic year as they waited long hours for their GoBringIt food orders.
Duke will continue to suspend Duke-supported international travel unless considered “essential” and consider requests for domestic travel that is “necessary and reasonable."
Members and allies of the Duke University Press Workers Union came together to express support for the union at a Community Solidarity Speak-Out on Monday, just over a week before union certification will be decided in a formal vote.
“If we survive three months, if all the people in my family are just fine—that’ll be more than what I can be grateful for right now," said sophomore Shourya Agarwal. She and other Duke students in India described the fear they feel in their hometowns with a surge in cases, lockdowns and difficulties getting vaccinated.
Vincent Price took office at Duke in 2017 as the University’s 10th president. He has guided Duke through a difficult year during the coronavirus pandemic. Now, as the University prepares for some semblance of normality, many are wondering: where do we go from here?
Since the April conduct update, Duke imposed 94 additional sanctions related to infractions of the Duke Compact.
Duke faculty are calling the University to step up after Nikole Hannah-Jones was not approved for tenure at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media.
A new Starbucks will soon open on Ninth Street. While some are worried about the future of smaller coffee shops in the area, others feel confident that the authenticity of the local establishments will prevail.
Duke Workers United, which first shared its demands last summer, hosted an April 23 event where employees shared their experiences working during the pandemic and called for change.
From solving global vaccine inequities to investigating why people may not socially distance, some seniors managed to connect their thesis papers to the COVID-19 pandemic and delved into what can be learned from the past year.
Here's how students, faculty and staff can submit proof of their COVID-19 vaccines.
The Chronicle wants to learn more about where undergraduate students receive their COVID-19 vaccines and how they feel about their experiences.
“In some ways, it’s the industry’s fault, and in some ways, it’s academia’s fault because we are training the people that are going into the industry,” said Kristin Stephens-Martinez, assistant professor of the practice of computer science.
The Duke University Press Workers Union went public in March, with members citing issues with DUP management, inadequate pay and insufficient professional growth opportunities as motivators for unionizing.
