As two AMES majors, we have noticed time and time again how the major’s overarching framework sidelines the Middle East and North Africa’s (MENA) cross-section of language, history, and culture.
In choosing to not call the adhan, is the Duke Chapel excluding the Muslim community?
Without the Herbarium, and support for future faculty in biodiversity research, Duke’s reputation in this area will wither on the vine.
The Duke Herbarium is such an asset, and its loss would be to the detriment of Duke’s reputation as a leading scientific research university.
I can't imagine how difficult it must be for those of you who are facing the prospect of a third coaching staff in your time at Duke and are being asked to trust another group of coaches.
We join human rights and civil society organizations across the globe in calling for the immediate, safe and sufficient provision of humanitarian aid to Gaza and the release of all hostages.
We also want to let our own learning communities — which include Muslims, Christians and Jews; Israelis and Palestinians; and families desperate to protect loved ones — know that we are raising our voices in defense of all civilians.
Things feel a bit of a blur now, but Angela was a good friend — someone who I just really, really liked and loved to be around. I thought we were going to be friends for a long time.
Angela will be missed forever, and I will never stop loving her.
Angela’s passing is overwhelmingly painful. No one will be able to fill space in the particular and beautiful way that she did.
The Duke Jewish community stands united in mourning the loss of our brothers and sisters who were brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists this weekend in Israel.
I was humbled by her beautiful decision to pursue dance in spite of the anxiety she felt over career security. Having seen her dance, I knew that if anyone had a shot in the dance world, she did — she was born for it.
A community builder, Angela encouraged everyone to move, dance and interact, and she did this in a dear and compassionate manner.
Angela spent a lot of time at our home, and in some ways, she was like a second daughter.
Duke Football, remember this: You suck, and we love and appreciate you for it.
I am stunned and appalled by “men’s rights” activist Mark Perry’s federal complaint against Duke University’s Alice M. Baldwin Scholars program.
To come to Duke as a first-generation student is to come to a foreign country not knowing the language or customs and to struggle daily to understand.
DACA gives recipients the opportunity to pursue a better life, allowing them to prosper and thrive in the country they call home. Dreamers deserve to be protected.
Duke could voluntarily recognize our union, or follow word with substantive action by dropping the NLRB challenge and committing the basic resources needed to hold elections now.
We are asking President Price, Interim Provost Francis and others to comprehensively review what has occurred at CDS over the past 18 months — including the staff that have resigned and been laid off.
