Jothi Gupta is a Trinity sophomore and a university news editor of The Chronicle's 119th volume.
Duke recently ended the Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship Program for “top applicants of African descent,” in response to “changes to the legal landscape related to race-based considerations in higher education.”
Announced in a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Zitser and Charles Becker, research professor of economics, along with 225 other American citizens, were banned from traveling to Russia and would be sanctioned if they ever tried to enter the country.
The Mary Lou William’s Center for Black Culture has also published a full list of events for Black History Month.
Grant Hill, former men’s basketball star and Trinity ‘94, gave the keynote address at Sunday’s service of commemoration for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Laffer is best known for developing the Laffer curve, which illustrates the theoretical relationship between the tax rate and the total tax revenue.
The group, founded in August 2021 by Duke graduate student, Israel Golden, began amid slow post-pandemic openings to help reconnect members of the Duke community.
With two candidates in the running for mayor and five City Council hopefuls, The Chronicle profiled each of the candidates, outlining their experience and priorities.
Peter Kahn, Trinity ‘76, introduced the panel and mentioned that Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag was invited to the talk but declined, “noting that it is premature for him to talk about these issues in a public setting.”
With the main stage at the West Campus bus stop circle and Abele Quad covered with Geico, DoorDash and Dunkin’ sponsor tents, the Centennial construction that interrupted students’ first month back on campus was nowhere to be seen.
The first DukeAlert was released over three hours after the initial Alert Carolina announcement. Meanwhile, Duke students planned to make the trip to Chapel Hill in the time it took for the DukeAlert to be sent out.
