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Between March and May, at least four COVID-19-related complaints were filed with OSHA against DUHS facilities, all of which were closed without additional inspections.
Two variants of the coronavirus have made their way to Duke, the University announced Thursday.
Despite limited staffing, Duke’s administration and student groups are still working together to oppose oppression due to gender and sexual identity, Nicholas Antonicci, the director of the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, told Duke Student Government senators at their Wednesday meeting.
“No one showed up to my zoom meeting last week,” said Sue Wasiolek, the faculty-in-residence in Gilbert-Addoms Residence Hall.
While the pandemic has emotionally affected many in the Duke community, it has taken a particularly grave toll on those who are struggling with eating disorders.
Duke’s COVID-19 positive test results have remained consistent for nearly the past month, with between 20 and 26 positives each week.
From physical activity to time with family, students and faculty have found new ways to relieve the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mounting stress and increasingly low motivation have affected Duke community members’ mental health this past year. However, some faculty members and undergraduates said these conditions have slightly improved in the spring.
Wilson has been extremely popular among students: It’s the only indoor gym open on campus this semester, and spots are in high demand. Due to limited capacity to allow social distancing, students must reserve a one-hour slot, registration for which opens two days in advance and is open until 30 minutes after the start time.
Duke is currently hoping to host an in-person commencement ceremony, according to a Tuesday announcement from President Vincent Price, but families will have to watch remotely as of now.
While teachers last spring scrambled to move their classes onto virtual platforms, student-teachers will now have to face a transition back to in-person teaching without ever having taught in a classroom.
An announcement from Duke Student Government, shared by Duke Student Affairs, walked back earlier information from Housing and Residence Life that juniors would have priority over seniors.
Duke's Black history is visible in buildings and their design around campus, from the center for Black culture to the main West Campus quad.
At their quarterly meeting, the Board of Trustees reappointed President Vincent Price to a second five-year term. Price took office in 2017 and is now in his fourth academic year as Duke’s president. His second term will begin July 1, 2022.
A year ago, nobody in the Class of 2021 expected that their final semester at Duke would involve Zoom lectures and social distancing.
Winters, Alexander F. Hehmeyer associate professor of religious studies and African and African American studies, is the author of “Hope Draped in Black: Race, Melancholy, and the Agony of Progress."
The Board of Trustees approved a 3.5% increase to Duke's undergraduate cost of attendance in its quarterly meeting, which concluded Saturday.
Paul Newby, Trinity ’77, defeated former Chief Justice Cheri Beasley in last year’s election for chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court by a mere 401 votes out of 5.4 million total votes cast. The Chronicle spoke to Newby about his transition to chief justice and time as a Duke student.
Duke students are, in many ways, more than just students. Some are musicians, some are athletes, some are writers—and some are entrepreneurs. The Chronicle interviewed four undergraduates who are making their startup visions come to life alongside their lives as students.
Tim Profeta is the director of Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and a co-chair of the Climate 21 project.
Blocking of up to six people will be allowed and first-years will live on East Campus in the 2021-2022 academic year, according to an update from Housing and Residence Life and Duke Student Government.
