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FEATURE  |  THE KUNSHAN REPORT

The view from China: DKU reacts to the 2020 election

By Charlie Colasurdo and Jerry Zheng | November 11, 2020

On the morning of Nov. 4 in China, laptop screens on the Duke Kunshan campus glowed with the red-and-blue Electoral College map for the U.S. election. WeChat Moments—China’s equivalent of a Facebook feed—showed screenshots, words of encouragement and amateur commentary on the state of the race. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Students follow results as nail-biter presidential race drags on

By Matthew Griffin , Nadia Bey , Anna Zolotor and Charlie Colasurdo | November 5, 2020

With the presidential election balanced on a knife edge as ballots are counted in key states, Duke students from around the world are following developments in the race.

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FEATURE  |  THE KUNSHAN REPORT

We're not in Kunshan anymore

By Charlie Colasurdo | September 18, 2020

“We are pleased to announce that Duke leadership has determined that they are able to welcome to the Duke campus for the fall 2020 semester those DKU students in the classes of 2022, 2023, and 2024.”

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FEATURE  |  THE KUNSHAN REPORT

Q&A: Meet new DKU Executive Vice Chancellor Al Bloom

By Charlie Colasurdo | July 24, 2020

On July 1, Al Bloom took office as executive vice chancellor of Duke Kunshan University. The Chronicle reached out to the DKU community to gather questions for the university’s newly inaugurated administrator and caught up virtually with Bloom to talk about his new position.

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FEATURE  |  THE KUNSHAN REPORT

Q&A: Denis Simon reflects on five years at DKU, looks to future at Duke

By Charlie Colasurdo | July 17, 2020

Denis Simon, Duke Kunshan University's former executive vice chancellor, came to DKU in August 2015 and has been intimately involved in all aspects of the venture.

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FEATURE  |  THE KUNSHAN REPORT

DKU prepares to hold in-person classes for Fall semester amid restrictions, uncertainty

By Charlie Colasurdo | June 16, 2020

Administrators from Duke Kunshan University are preparing to resume in-person instruction at the Kunshan campus this fall, according to a Monday email to students from DKU leadership.

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FEATURE  |  THE KUNSHAN REPORT

Why I give DKU’s COVID-19 grading policy an 'Unsatisfactory' grade

By Charlie Colasurdo | April 14, 2020

Does expecting a pass/fail option make me lazy? Does it mean that I’ve stopped trying in or attending classes? Absolutely not.

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FEATURE  |  THE KUNSHAN REPORT

Start-Up University: Going beyond a 'Duke education in China'

By Charlie Colasurdo | November 15, 2019

There is an ambitious agenda for crafting a campus culture that strikes to blend Duke’s traditions into the local context of China, establish new traditions, and to create a unique university identity.

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