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Students expressed frustration after a Friday email from the dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy failed to properly name the victims of a shooting in Atlanta that killed eight people, six of whom were women of Asian descent.
A racist printout was hung beside a photo of George Floyd's face on a Black History Month-themed bulletin board on the third floor of Brown dorm on Saturday.
Duke is lifting most aspects of its campus stay-in-place order tomorrow, but on-campus students will still be confined to campus in most circumstances until March 28. Off-campus students can only come to campus for essential purposes.
Over 100 medical students, residents and attending physicians have come together to put on a virtual show to support a Durham community organization.
Duke’s summer and fall plans include expanded on-campus living and the possibility of international travel for students, said Executive Vice President Jennifer Francis; Gary Bennett, vice provost for undergraduate education; and Mary Pat McMahon, vice provost and vice president for student affairs, at Thursday’s Academic Council meeting.
Testing conducted in the first three days of the stay-in-place showed 54 positive cases, down from 107 cases in the same period last week.
“A tornado has been sighted or radar indicates a thunderstorm circulation that can spawn a tornado in the area near Duke’s main campus in Durham,” a DukeAlert issued at around 6:40 p.m. Thursday states.
Shruti Desai, Duke’s new associate vice president of student affairs for campus life, spoke to Duke Student Government senators on Wednesday about her background and goals.
Duke is examining daily COVID-19 test results to decide whether to lift the stay-in-place order for undergraduates on Sunday, with enough space in on-campus quarantine and isolation housing to weather the current surge in cases.
Since its last conduct update Feb. 4, Duke has issued 111 additional sanctions on students that could be included on their disciplinary record, and this semester, there have been nine student hearings for alleged flagrant violations of COVID policies.
For Duke Health, the pandemic’s impacts have gone beyond the treatment of one disease.
With demand set to soar, Duke Health needs volunteers at its vaccine distribution locations now more than ever.
With most on-campus students weeks away from being eligible for vaccines, Duke shattered COVID-19 case records last week.
In early February, two fully electric buses began traveling the C1 route between East and West campuses.
Imani began by delving into what ego and intersectionality meant to her as a Muslim.
The organization said in a statement that it “is disappointed that some individuals within fraternities violated the expectations we established for virtual recruitment."
Students playing spikeball, eating crepes on picnic blankets and watching the sunset—the air at Duke just felt different during the recent days off class.
The remainder of Duke’s faculty and staff in Group 3 can register for the COVID-19 vaccine, and college students in congregate housing are projected to be eligible beginning April 7—though the exact date remains unclear and depends on the state government.
Duke’s week under lockdown has begun.
As leaked news spread across campus Saturday evening of plans for new temporary restrictions on campus life, students rushed to purchase food and shared what could be their final meals together for some time.
