Chris Kuo

'Feels like it happened yesterday': Revisiting Aaron Lorenzo Dorsey’s death at the hands of a DUPD officer, 11 years later

On March 13, 2010, Duke University Police Department officer Jeffrey Liberto shot and killed 25-year-old Aaron Lorenzo Dorsey of Durham. The Chronicle’s coverage of the story at the time did not extend beyond interviews with and statements from representatives of Duke and DUPD, and The Chronicle neither covered the legal proceedings nor gave Dorsey’s loved ones a chance to tell their stories.

Duke hires two new faculty in Asian American and Diaspora studies program

Anna Storti will be an assistant professor in gender, sexuality and feminist studies, and Calvin Cheung-Miaw will be an assistant professor in the history department. 

East Campus Union to remain closed until April 12

In the meantime, students will have various other dining options.

East Campus Union closed due to COVID-19 outbreak among staff

East Campus Union, which includes Marketplace and Trinity Cafe, will be closed until further notice after several Marketplace dining staff tested positive for COVID-19, according to a Monday email from Student Affairs.

Dorm room dispatches

Students reflect on a week of on-campus isolation.

Durham IFC supports stay-in-place rules, promises accountability after virus surge admin attributes to frats

The organization said in a statement that it “is disappointed that some individuals within fraternities violated the expectations we established for virtual recruitment."

One year later: Looking back on a year changed by the pandemic

As we near the one-year anniversary of Duke’s March 10, 2020, announcement that classes would move online, we’re stepping back and considering how much our campus and community have changed. 

In their own words: Students reflect on an extraordinary year

The COVID-19 pandemic upended Duke students' college experience. As part of our one-year retrospective, we spoke to students about how the last year has affected them.

Christina Wang commits to equity, access, student-centered resources in DSG presidential campaign

Duke Student Government presidential candidate Christina Wang wants to work with administrators and student groups to make Duke more equitable, accessible and student-centered.

Passing through a tunnel

I walk on, my eyes and fingers tracing the walls, which feel warm compared to the frozen sky, my mind wandering and wondering what I will see next, but certainly not anticipating this image that reminds me of mangled flesh—a jagged, convulsing mural of New York Times pages. 

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The free expression tunnel at the entrance to East Campus features a tattered collage of New York Times front pages from May, when the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic was close to 100,000.

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The Arts and Sciences Council discussed a proposal to expand S/U grading in the spring semester at their Oct. 22 meeting. 

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