Silver learned the news during a call with Price in the fall of last year. When Price said the purpose of the call was to gauge his interest in being the commencement speaker, Silver took “all of three seconds” to say yes.
Staying on campus this summer? Here are some changes to Duke’s campus resources that you need to know.
Following its discussion from its April meeting, the Council voted unanimously to approve the new journalism and media minor through the Dewitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy, a branch of the Sanford School of Public Policy.
The Loop will cease on-campus operations on May 5 after its contract with Duke for its Bryan Center location expires at the end of the school year, per a release from Duke Dining. Thrive Kitchen and Catering will open a new dining venue in its place next fall.
A Duke staple for 15 years, Panda Express will close its doors after the contract with Duke for its Bryan Center location expires at the end of the school year. In its place will be a new dining venue called It’s Thyme, specializing in allergen-free options.
The 2023 cohort saw recipients across 48 scholarly disciplines and artistic fields and 72 different academic institutions. With four faculty recipients, Duke tied for second with the University of Pennsylvania for the most awardees per university.
The history department is the first department at Duke to issue public support for the union.
Goel believes that one-on-one tutoring for all students is not scalable, considering the limited resources available in the education system. However, he hopes artificial intelligence can analyze and respond to individual students to replicate tutoring.
Each year, we highlight graduation photos in celebration of commencement. Submit them by email to audrey.s.wang@duke.edu by Sunday, May 7 at 5 p.m. You can do this by uploading the photos to Google Drive or Duke Box and pasting the link in an email.
The Chronicle has compiled a list of resources and events available to students through reading period and finals week before final exams officially start Monday.
The Chronicle’s Volume 116 made a commitment to promote racial justice within both the Duke community and our internal organization. This volume, 118, has sought to continue and build upon these efforts.
Readers can find this continually updated webpage under the "Demands Tracker" tab on the home page.
Duke Student Government senators swore in new DSG members and recognized senators and members of the University community for their contributions this year at their last Wednesday meeting of the 2023-24 academic year.
One student said that the success of the Quad Arches in building quad identities “depends on how excited students get about QuadEx.”
The Duke Campus Center Pharmacy offers Narcan for all Duke students with no prescription required.
On Thursday evening, nearly 150 students gathered at the West Campus bus stop as the afternoon light gave way to dusk. Buses passed by, but no one got on. Here, they stood ready to walk for the next hour in the humid air.
The office received 676 reports with an average of 56 reports per month, including a peak of 82 reports received in February 2022.
This change is effective May 11, when the federal Public Health Emergency ends, and is consistent with Duke’s peer universities, according to the email. Duke will continue to offer the primary and booster vaccinations free of charge to all students, faculty and staff.
All residence halls and apartments will close on May 8 at 12 p.m.
Three bills filed in the North Carolina General Assembly last week would bar transgender athletes from playing on girls' high school and middle school sports teams.
