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Milla Surjadi is a Trinity sophomore and a university news editor of The Chronicle's 117th volume.
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.
Professors do not need to prepare online teaching for students who miss class due to a COVID-19 diagnosis.
Duke Student Government Senate kicked off their first meeting of the semester with a fire alarm, financial updates and confirmations of committee nominees.
Abele Quad was empty on Monday morning, but within the dorms, thousands of students were waking up and preparing for their first day of class, ready to breathe life into a campus that had been under strict pandemic restrictions for almost two years.
The main reason for the new measure is the recent spike in COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to officials.
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.
