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Louis DeJoy's family’s foundation is a familiar name on Duke’s donor list.
The Arts and Sciences Council voted Thursday to approve a proposal to create a new minor: inequality studies.
Cries of “Say her name, Breonna Taylor!” rang outside the Durham police department headquarters, where more than 100 protesters, dressed in black, congregated in front of the building.
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.
Worry and hope at the beginning of a semester like no other.
A panel of Duke leaders discussed COVID-19 and campus life Friday morning in one of the first live discussions regarding the pandemic since the University shifted online in March. The panel discussion, which was livestreamed on YouTube, included President Vincent Price, Provost Sally Kornbluth and Executive Vice President Tallman Trask and was hosted by Valerie Ashby, dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences.
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Protests against racism and police brutality flooded the country after the May 25 killing of George Floyd, and Duke students joined in. They made signs, led chants, crafted speeches and ran from tear gas.
At a Monday event, members of the group Duke Workers United announced three-pronged demands for Duke’s administration: better pay, safety protections and more representation in the decision-making process.
A Tuesday panel explored the various facets of what it means to be Black in America, from damaging health disparities to racial discrimination that permeates universities like Duke. The panelists included a range of student voices and distinguished professors.
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