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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.
Foushee, a Democrat, was joined by 10 other Democratic members of Congress in signing the letter, which started by thanking the Biden Administration for working towards a temporary cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
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.
Calling upon Duke administration for its support, the resolution also advocates for a taskforce of Duke community members to lead these efforts.
Laffer is best known for developing the Laffer curve, which illustrates the theoretical relationship between the tax rate and the total tax revenue.
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U.S. District Court Judge James Dever denied a request Monday for the case to proceed with a speedy trial, affording a win to the Republicans who had used their supermajority in the North Carolina General Assembly to draw maps skewed in their favor.
The Chronicle spoke to international students about their impressions of Durham and Duke before they arrived on campus and if their views have changed since.
A little over six miles from the Chapel is the Duke Campus Farm — a haven of fresh produce.
The proposed executive master of public affairs degree program would target mid-career public service professionals with 7 to 10 years of working experience and operate using a hybrid teaching model.
The Global Education Office is running a default lottery application for the three most historically popular programs: IES Madrid, DIS Copenhagen, and NYU in Florence.
Wormuth noted that there has been a decline in military recruitment since the U.S. ended military conscription in 1973, as young people opt to attend college right out of high school instead of considering military service.