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Rising sophomores and the incoming class of first-years will instead be provided with in-person academic opportunities via customized DKU Global Sites for fall 2022.
Duman, a global health and biology major, plans to pursue graduate study in medical anthropology.
The starkly different outcomes for DKU’s international students have been exacerbated by border closures, visa logistics and the challenge of paying for college amidst the pandemic.
Citing a recent rise in COVID-19 cases across China, Duke Kunshan University has asked domestic students not currently on campus to “postpone their arrival for two to four weeks."
“I didn’t really have another option,” first-year Liam Powell wrote.
Two Duke Kunshan University and two Duke students formed one of two winning teams in this year’s U.S.-China Student Challenge, a policy competition sponsored by the Georgetown University Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues.
Against the odds of the COVID-19 pandemic, labor shortages and extreme weather, the 22 buildings of the second phase of Duke Kunshan’s campus have steadily risen out of an empty field.
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.
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.
“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.”
