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On Aug. 17, as Duke students everywhere were just rolling out of bed, Durham public school students were logging in to their first online class of the school year.
The coronavirus has generated numerous challenges for the upcoming November election, among them the recruitment of poll workers.
Even a global pandemic won’t stop Duke from adding to its growing list of academic programs.
One entry test wasn't enough for Duke's reopening plan.
July 30 was National Intern Day, a holiday many interns experienced not in a New York City skyscraper or Washington think tank, but over Zoom, Slack, Microsoft Teams or any other technology their workplaces used to connect employees across states and time zones.
You may be able to start going to the gym again soon.
There were nine new positive coronavirus tests at Duke between Aug. 22 and Aug. 28, out of 5,642 total tests, according to data released Monday on the University’s COVID-19 testing tracker.
During a typical semester, the winding paths of the Sarah P. Duke Gardens are dotted with groups of students. This year, the only way to experience the Duke Gardens is by peeking around the signs that stand at every entrance—signs that read “CLOSED.”
As yet another first in a year full of unprecedented events, Jill Karofsky, Trinity ‘88 and newly elected Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, was sworn in in a way that was anything but conventional.
Three times a week, 80 students, sporting face masks and keeping dutiful six-foot distances from their peers, file into the Bryan Center’s Griffith Film Theater for an Economics 101 lecture.
For his first full year on the job, President Vincent Price made nearly $1.4 million.
A team of Duke researchers received $7.6 million in federal funds to develop an RNA-based antibody treatment for the prevention of COVID-19. Manufacturing will begin later this year and a Phase 1 clinical trial is on track to begin in early 2021.
Rice spoke to a virtual audience about the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing movements for racial justice.
COVID-19 has highlighted systemic issues, experts agreed at a Thursday discussion—ones that can’t be resolved with a vaccine.
A Black Lives Matter protest took place at Krzyzewskiville on a sweltering afternoon Thursday, days after the Sunday shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. reopened the wounds of police violence and racial justice in America.
Following the creation of Duke Student Government caucuses during the 2018-19 academic year, the caucuses have expanded to better represent the Duke student body.
In an era of constant change, why should Duke administration be any different?
Two weeks after the Duke Compact was released, about 75% of Duke community members had signed the agreement, according to an Aug. 21 news release.
Out of 5,028 COVID-19 tests administered last week among faculty, staff and students, 22 people at Duke tested positive.
Masks are the center of new debate following an article by Duke researchers that many took as a warning to not wear neck gaiters.
