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The Baldwin Scholars had the opportunity to hear from all four incredibly qualified Young Trustee candidates this past Sunday.
We are pleased to announce that Mi Gente, Duke’s Latinx student organization, has decided to endorse Steven Soto for Young Trustee!
I would only ask that you weigh this uncertainty against the broader significance of this decision for those within and outside the Duke community, in addition to the specifics of how it may impact you or your department.
Since 1972, the Duke University Board of Trustees has benefited from having recent or current students serve as Young Trustees.
If you returned to Duke in the new year hoping that the new year means a finally-finished Duke, you have cause for both rejoicing and dismay.
This spring, Trinity College’s Arts and Sciences Council will vote on proposed curriculum changes.
In my opinion, the pain of one’s own is manageable, but watching your loved ones in pain as a result of your actions is absolutely unbearable.
I was a poor college upperclassman at Duke but with one big secret: I was undocumented.
[Myron] Ebell’s and [Scott] Pruitt’s current positions could have the same backfiring effect on climate deniers.
SEIU’s failure to condemn such acts of aggression and rush to push a vote before all members of the bargaining party are informed suggests that it does not share the ideals students hold dearest, and consequently, is unfit to represent our interests.
When we make our cities and communities inclusive and happy, we get a double dividend. They’re more sustainable, too.
Even a casual observer of history will know that geopolitical competition drives technological innovation.
Corporations are not the heroes that will make our problems disappear, so we need to start looking to ourselves for solutions.
To move quickly past the absurd presumption that one can even come close to “learning Spain” without learning Spanish, the primary and national language of that country, I’ll focus on the main points that this editorial makes.
Since Duke University’s proposed natural gas combined heat and power (CHP) plant was announced this May, the Duke administration has responded to concerns about the plant by repeating claims that the plant would improve campus reliability and could be transitioned to biogas in the future.
According to the United Nations, 783 million and 2.5 billion people lack access to reliable drinking water and sanitation facilities, respectfully.
In the United States today, approval of the Electoral College is only slightly higher than support for Donald Trump among college students.
How many of us actually stop to question if a certain item was made with respect to the environment, to the workers that made it, and with the consumer's well being in mind?
Hospitalization lacks elements of caring, something especially valuable for people in painful physical condition and vulnerable mental state.
As Duke faculty members, one of the most important skills we teach is how to think critically, how to make good decisions, how to avoid cognitive biases and faulty logic.
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