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Here are the key takeaways from McMahon and Bennett's email.
After the University announced yesterday that classes will move online, spring break will be extended by a week and students should not return to campus due to the coronavirus spread, the Duke community had many questions. Editor-in-chief Jake Satisky spoke to Duke's spokesperson Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs government relations, to try to get some of those questions answered.
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On-campus classes will be suspended until further notice and spring break will be extended for a week, according to an email sent to the Duke community Tuesday evening.
Gov. Roy Cooper declared North Carolina in a state of emergency Tuesday in response to the coronavirus spreading further into the state.
In three weeks, an entire campus moved its classes online. “There were a lot of people up at all hours,” said a DKU administrator.
An earlier version of this article incorrectly announced junior Valeria Silombria as the winner of the Duke Student Government presidential election.
Qiryaqoz won with 54.2% of votes, besting junior Kait Boncaro, who secured 45.8%.
A man in Chatham County, which borders Durham to the south, has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus upon returning home from Italy.
Students at Duke Kunshan University, now a fully operational online institution, long for the vibrant social interaction of campus that can’t translate to a virtual classroom.
Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell, and David M. Malone, retiring professor of the practice of the program in education, thinks students are the mitochondria of the university.
Although there have yet to be any reported cases of the coronavirus at Duke, the University is readying for possible student self-isolation in light of student travel to areas at high risk of exposure to the coronavirus.
The contested section was intended to make judiciary hearing procedures publicly available, but Chief Justice Georgia Lala, a senior, said that the proposed change was unconstitutional.
On a hardwood floor in his native Jersey City, N.J., Antonio Sellers found out that he's going to be setting foot on another basketball court this week.
Ida Stephens Owens, the first black woman to earn her doctorate at Duke, died Feb. 24 at the age of 80.
At last, McDougald Terrace residents might be going home soon.
As part of Saturday’s Duke China-U.S. Summit, three educators came together to discuss education and academia in the U.S. and China.
Recap the Super Tuesday primary election from North Carolina and around the country.
Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday afternoon that the person is “doing well” and “in isolation at home,” according to a news release.
“Teeth are not luxury bones!”
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