“We will not penalize graduate students in any way for engaging in unionizing efforts nor will we endorse any disciplinary measures directed at graduate students who have participated in such efforts or against those who have not,” the statement read.
The University of Chicago became the first of 16 top schools, including Duke, to settle claims that the schools illegally colluded to limit financial aid disbursement. So far, they are the only school to have said that they will settle the claims.
In 2020, Rachel Lance, assistant consulting professor in the department of anesthesiology, was allegedly assigned additional work without an increase in pay by Joseph Mathew, her immediate supervisor and chairman of her department. After initially raising “multiple internal complaints” to several University offices, Lance also began expressing concerns about a potential pay gap between herself and other male colleagues in her department. Lance says that after the complaints were filed, Mathew and other Duke employees created a “hostile work environment” through retaliatory comments and actions, including repeated attempts to pressure Lance into “dropping” her complaints.
North Carolina now joins 22 other states in enacting bans that prevent transgender students from participating in sports consistent with their gender identity.
If approved by the North Carolina Utilities Commission, electricity rates for residents will increase about 10.5% in 2024, 3.8% in 2025 and 3.6% in 2026, amounting to respective monthly increases of $12.54, $3.90 and $3.18 for the typical residential customer.
The section will not be accessible for any motorized vehicles outside arranged hours, and it will be off-limits for personal vehicles, rideshare services and campus visitors at all times.
According to a memo released by the City on Aug. 3, samples from East Durham Park, Walltown Park and an area in East End Park that is not accessible to the public contain lead levels above the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's maximum threshold. These findings confirm a December report by former master's student Enikoe Bihari, Nicholas '22, in a paper supervised by Dan Richter, professor of soils and forest ecology at the Nicholas School of the Environment. However, the City may have known about the results of the internal Duke report months in advance.
Priority repairs to the DukeCard office are expected to be completed next week, according to an email from Frank Tramble, vice president of communications, marketing and public affairs.
Interest will begin accumulating on federal student loans on Sept. 1, while payments are set to restart in October.
Roughly 150 attendees, some adorned with Duke Blue Devil horns, mingled in the garden of Hôtel des Invalides to celebrate the namesake of the Blue Devil mascot — “les Chasseurs Alpins,” or “the Alpine Hunters,” the elite mountain infantry unit of the French army.
The partnership will focus on four critical areas: modernized infrastructure, innovation, transformation and emerging technology. Duke Health plans to utilize Microsoft’s Azure Cloud and Cloud for Healthcare, while also taking advantage of other digital tools and “early access to new technologies” provided by Microsoft.
Using a survey of 60,000 employees, the Forbes America’s Best Employers for Women ranking placed the Duke University Health System 73rd and the University 105th out of 400 listed workplaces.
The award, announced earlier this month, is part of the FDA’s Centers of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation program, which was “established to foster robust and innovative approaches to advance regulatory science.” The new center, the Research Triangle CERSI, will be the newest of five CERSIs across the country.
In a May meeting, the Space Advisory Committee, a group of student representatives dedicated to working with administrators to assess space allocation, recommended a move back to the bottom floor, according to an email to The Chronicle from Student Affairs. However, specifics about the move are still unclear, to the confusion of some affinity group leaders.
Three at-large seats on the Durham City Council are up for election. An October primary election will narrow the field to the top six choices.
On Nov. 7, Durhamites will vote to elect a new mayor to serve for a two-year term. A primary election on Oct. 10 will narrow the field to the top two candidates.
On Monday, the NC State Board of Elections approved 99 student and employee ID cards for use in the 2023 municipal and 2024 primary and general elections, including the Duke Student Voter ID Card.
The Duke Endowment, a private foundation based in Charlotte, awarded a second $10 million grant towards renovating the library, moving the East Campus staple one step closer towards a considerable transformation.
Now covering almost 47 acres, Phase 2 of the DKU campus houses a library, sports complex, research center and nine new student residence halls, providing enough housing for upperclassmen and graduate students.
Called the Master of Engineering in Climate and Sustainability Engineering, the program is one of several post-graduate engineering tracks offered by Duke and is designed to be completed in three semesters. The program is set to formally begin in fall 2024, though classes will be piloted this coming academic year.
