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“The blues” can be many things: a musical genre, a kind of dance or the foundation of modern rock music. It can also be a pathway to conversation and healing, according to social justice scholar Monique Morris.
When starting his career, Daniel Scolnic shot for the moon. Now he has the accolades to verify that he reached the stars.
Students aren’t the only ones who have an axe to grind with parking—staff and faculty members from across Duke have expressed frustration with Parking and Transportation Services. The director of Duke’s Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory and several workers in the Duke University Health System voiced issues with parking, ranging from steep prices, availability on campus and potential safety concerns.
As a participant in the bSchool (Book School) program of the Creator Institute, Michael Tan wrote and will publish a novel, The Death of Uncertainty.
The results of this survey will be released throughout the coming week and will give a deeper look at Duke’s newest undergrads.
Despite animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ranking Duke among the worst schools in the country for animal testing, Duke professors and students argue that the University meets ethical standards for research.
A new introductory course on Duke may soon become part of the first-year curriculum.
Stephen Miller, White House senior advisor and Trinity ‘07, drew a firestorm of media attention this week after hundreds of his emails with a former Breitbart editor were reported by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Westboro Baptist Church, dubbed “arguably the most obnoxious and rabid hate group in America” by the Southern Poverty Law Center, will demonstrate at noon on Monday on the corner of Erwin and Towerview roads, according to Steve Drain, spokesperson for the church.
At Wednesday’s Duke Student Government Senate meeting, student justices gave senators an overview of the role of the DSG Judiciary.
The meeting was cut short after Zweli’s, a local Zimbabwean establishment, could not show up due to an unspecified emergency.
As controversy surrounds the United Methodist Church’s stance on LGBTQ+ rights, some students argue that Duke Divinity School has struggled to support its own LGBTQ+ students.
Duke will receive a $261 million distribution from the LORD Corporation, the University announced Wednesday morning.
The Duke University Police Department made two arrests last week for on-campus crimes.
The Chronicle sat down with New York Times reporter Jason DeParle, Trinity ‘82, before he delivered the 2019 Crown Lecture in Ethics Monday.
Duke students braved the cold and rain Tuesday to join a rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
At lunchtime last Friday, the Bryan Center was filled not only with Duke students munching on McDonalds and cramming for midterms, but also with the garlicky smell of Papa John’s pizza and the excited chatter of hundreds of eighth graders who were about to eat it.
A capella shows, basketball, Lemur Center tours and morning yoga on the lawn—take your pick.
A new report faulted GoTriangle for “kicking the can down the road."
Members of the Durham community recently came together to celebrate the city’s 150th anniversary, honoring its past and future through narration, live performance and music.
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