Nadia Bey

Duke, UNC study finds little evidence virus cases at NC universities spread beyond schools

Colleges’ decisions to reopen this fall have raised concerns that outbreaks on campus could lead to COVID-19 spreading in college towns. However, a recent geospatial analysis by researchers at Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found little evidence that student cases of COVID-19 at a sample of North Carolina universities had spilled over into the wider community. 

Students follow results as nail-biter presidential race drags on

With the presidential election balanced on a knife edge as ballots are counted in key states, Duke students from around the world are following developments in the race.

North Carolina shatters 2016 absentee voting numbers, Durham County in top 5 counties

More than 4.5 million absentee ballots have been cast in North Carolina in advance of Election Day.

Duke reaches settlement with Medical Center professor in discrimination lawsuit

Manal Abdelmalek, a tenured professor of medicine and Duke Medical Center physician, filed suit in July 2019 after allegedly being “subjected to discrimination on the basis of her gender and race/national origin,” according to the complaint. The case was settled by Aug. 13, 2020, after a mediated settlement conference in early August, according to case documents. 

Duke names new engineering building, set to open in January, after long-time donors

Duke has named its newest engineering building after a family of donors to the school.

A survey on sex: Bass Connections team to look at how COVID-19 has changed college sexual behavior

A Bass Connections team is researching how the pandemic might impact sexual behavior and sexual health among college students in the Triangle.

Unlike students and some faculty and staff, Duke’s contract workers not yet included in surveillance testing

Duke’s surveillance testing program has not yet expanded to include contract workers, which one food service worker said shows a lack of care for those workers on the part of the University. According to Vice President for Administration Kyle Cavanaugh, surveillance testing will expand to include contract workers “as soon as the logistics can be worked out, which should be very soon."

Black students matriculate to Duke at lower rate than white students. Why?

At Duke's Living While Black symposium in June, Provost Sally Kornbluth said that 39% of Black students admitted to the Class of 2024 matriculated to the University, compared to 68% of white students admitted. This statistic points to a need to create a more welcoming environment for Black students, she said.

Jill Biden meets North Carolina working parents in virtual roundtable

Jill Biden swung by a swing state in a Thursday virtual roundtable event for North Carolina working parents.

Title IX changes at Duke raise questions about transparency

Some students criticized the University for what they saw as a lack of transparency in communicating its implementation of Title IX changes to the public, including offering only two days for public comment after the new rules were widely announced.

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