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Students said that a common frustration was the little student input Duke considered when developing goals for the Climate Commitment.
RSV typically spreads through the respiratory droplets of an infected person. Cases peaked earlier than normal due to the “immunity gap” from the pandemic, as many return to their everyday lives without masking or social distancing.
The Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture announced Stacia Solomon as its interim director.
A tornado warning issued for Duke’s campus ended at 10:15 a.m..
“The initial goal was to bring these amazing faculty voices to alumni during the pandemic,” Chambers said. “The pandemic sort of provided this opportunity for us to rethink the way we did our programming and start something fresh and new because we had to. What we had done before wasn't going to work.”
The faculty Bliwise profiled reflected on the challenges and opportunities of teaching during the pandemic and the continued impact that the lockdown had on students.
Duke is rolling out new guidelines for on-campus social events involving alcohol, a part of QuadEx’s new initiative called Fun @ Duke. Here’s how the University’s new rules stack up against those of peer institutions.
Several Duke alumni and former professors and employees were on the ballot this midterm election. They’ve seen a mixed bag of results as elections come to a close across the nation.
Despite the lack of a dual-chamber Republican supermajority, one professor said that abortion rights in North Carolina are still up in the air. Every single Democratic congressperson would have to back Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto and they would find no sympathy in a newly Republican-controlled judiciary, he said.
Duke is rolling out new policies aimed at increasing on-campus social gatherings, including funding alcohol for student group events. Students can also reserve campus and residential spaces for social events, including those with alcohol.
DSG President Lana Gesinsky said that the policy isn’t meant to promote that social events require alcohol. Rather, the legislation seeks to solve an equity issue.
The victory for the Republican party gives the GOP a majority for several years as the next two seats up for re-election are also held by Democrats.
Republicans needed a net gain of three seats in the House and two seats in the Senate to reach a three-fifths majority in each and gain a supermajority in the General Assembly. They reached those two Senate seats but only saw a net gain of two seats in the House.
Budd currently leads Beasley 50.7% to 47.1% as of Wednesday morning and by over 130,000 votes.
Democrat Valerie Foushee wins 4th Congressional District, NC to send 7 Democrats, 7 Republicans to U.S. House.
Durham Drives, a grassroots non-profit founded by senior Hannah McKnight in 2020, is an organization that provides “free, safe, and well-organized personal transportation to and from voting locations throughout Early Voting and Election Day.”
As election news pours in, stay tuned to The Chronicle's live blog for up-to-date news on the key local, N.C. and national races.
Bennett, who is also a professor of psychology & neuroscience, global health, and medicine, will begin his term on Feb. 1, 2023.
It's Election Day. Polls opened at 6:30 a.m. but there's still hours to go until the votes are counted and results are called. Make sure to follow along as The Chronicle's reporters speak with voters at precincts in Durham, students on campus and more.
The event was hosted by the Duke Native American/Indigenous Student Alliance and the Nu chapter of the Alpha Pi Omega sorority, the only Indigenous Greek organization on Duke’s campus.
