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Milla Surjadi is a Trinity sophomore and a university news editor of The Chronicle's 117th volume.
"It has been an absolute honor to serve this great institution and support Duke’s core missions over the past 13 years,” Cavanaugh said in a press release.
With less than a week before spring 2022 classes start, Duke has again changed its plans for the start of spring semester due to the rapid spread of COVID-19. Here’s a summary of all the announcements made over the last few days.
Weiss said that to understand anti-Semitism, one has to see it as a “conspiracy theory in which Jews play the starring role in whatever a given civilization, culture, society or institution defines as its most detestable qualities.”
In early October, the National Labor Relations Board ruled to overturn Duke and DUP leadership’s objections to an election to certify the DUP Workers Union. Now, in what the union is calling a “time-wasting tactic,” DUP leadership is appealing the NLRB’s ruling.
Duke’s annual family weekend is just around the corner. Not sure what events to take your parents to? No worries: traditional events, like “student for a day” lectures, shows and campus tours, are on the calendar.
Many first-years' biggest question is why Duke chose to start QuadEx in the middle of the fall semester instead of before the Class of 2025 arrived on campus.
Most similar to Duke’s QuadEx are residential college systems at Yale University, Rice University and Dartmouth College.
After three students tested positive and three were quarantined in his class of 65 students last week, David Banks decided to move his course online Monday night.
Here are some of the University’s biggest stars to be on the lookout for—on campus, over Zoom, or in your inbox.
As of Aug. 27, there were about 200 students in isolation, according to Michael Schoenfeld, vice president of public affairs and government relations. Just four days earlier, Vice President for Administration Kyle Cavanaugh told The Chronicle that there were 36 students in quarantine.
The DSG Senate heard from Duke’s Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity on Wednesday about the center's support programs for students and how it struggles with a lack of staffing.
Drew Flanagan, chair of the Student Organization Finance Committee, spoke about SOFC's efforts to support student groups at the Feb. 10 meeting of the DSG Senate.
The DSG Senate heard updates on student group funding at its Sept. 30 meeting.
