The Tuesday conversation, which touched on many of Beinart’s personal experiences, was moderated by Professor of Cultural Anthropology Rebecca Stein and was packed with Durham and Duke community members.
Ten years ago, the Bass Connections program started sponsoring independent student efforts to learn about United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and developed an official course to support their interests.
Grant Hill, former men’s basketball star and Trinity ‘94, gave the keynote address at Sunday’s service of commemoration for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Arts & Sciences Council got its first look at a draft proposal for the new Trinity College curriculum and heard a proposal for the Thompson Writing Program’s new minor in writing and rhetoric during a Thursday meeting.
Duke’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship website pitches the program as an opportunity for students to form connections with companies across Silicon Valley. While the program’s location attracts aspiring entrepreneurs, what do students do once they get in?
The event was hosted by actor and comedian Ken Jeong, Trinity ‘90, Lisa Borders, former president of the Women’s National Basketball Association and Trinity ‘79, and former men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski.
As Duke closes out a monumental year, The Chronicle looks back at the biggest stories of 2023 — a year marked by the beginning of a new Carolinas financial aid program, continued demands by campus activists and the end of the University’s COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
If you’re staying on-campus over winter break, here’s a look at some fun ways to spend your holidays and how certain Duke facilities will operate over the coming weeks.
According to Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag, part of the increase in the number of applications is due to the University’s new financial aid program for students from the Carolinas.
Patrick Rowland was charged for using a cell phone to distribute cocaine and marijuana from September 2022 to March 2023, after both he and UNC first-year Elizabeth Grace Burton overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl in a Kilgo common room on March 9.
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Speakers at the event lit the first candles of a menorah in honor of the estimated 140 hostages who are still held in Gaza.
The potential changes included creating a three-week winter term and dividing some courses in half to allow students to take more courses each semester.
The study, which found that sensitive personal information of U.S. military personnel and veterans can be sold for as little as 12 cents per record, addresses major shortcomings in privacy protection and their implications for national security.
New Interin Dean of Students Debbie Heida discussed pressing issues for her new role, including increasing student awareness about the Academic Resource Center, improving resources for incoming international students and making student health more easily accessible on East Campus.
Student-run climate-action organizations at peer institutions, including Harvard College, George Washington University and Brown University, have published reports with Fossil Free Research on the ties with and funding from fossil fuel companies for their respective universities.
Here are some ways you can take care of yourself and make your way through these last few weeks of exams and essays.
Duke saw increased incidents of on-campus burglary, fondling and domestic violence and decreased instances of on-campus liquor law violations from 2020 to 2022. Additionally, Duke’s average crime rates within those categories were generally higher than those of peer universities.
Over 50 students gathered on the Bryan Center Plaza Friday afternoon for a Fossil Free Research Day of Action, coinciding with the release of a report by the Duke Climate Coalition alleging that the University received over $24 million in research funding from the fossil fuel industry between 2010 and 2021.
Council members also heard remarks from President Vincent Price about The Duke Endowment’s recent $100 million award to the University, discussed administrative hurdles to research and listened to changes to the external review process for departments and programs.
Funds will be used to broaden access to the Duke education for students from the Carolinas and from underrepresented backgrounds, increase student support, grow the University’s community engagement and experiential learning initiatives and remodel the Reuben-Cooke building.
