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No responsible students have been found so far in an investigation into a racist printout hung last month in Brown dorm, wrote Dean of Students John Blackshear and Jeanna McCullers, director of the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards, in a Thursday email to undergraduates.
Throughout the spring semester, Duke has issued 187 COVID related sanctions to students that could be included on their disciplinary record and 11 student hearings for alleged flagrant violations of the Duke Compact, administrators wrote in a Thursday email to undergraduates.
Stephen Buckley, Trinity ‘89 and lead story editor for the Global Press Journal, is set to join the faculty of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy.
The Duke Initiative for Urban Studies is interested in increasing appreciation for urban studies on Duke’s campus, and its members are advocating for a formalized program in the area.
The decision was made based on the “the uncertainty of testing availability in 2021 and the continued disruptions related to COVID-19,” the announcement states.
Each of the finalists spoke about their Duke journeys and added context to their applications.
Though students do not elect the undergraduate young trustee anymore, they will have a chance to participate in the selection process after a virtual meeting Thursday evening.
Two variants of the coronavirus have made their way to Duke, the University announced Thursday.
Blocking of up to six people will be allowed and first-years will live on East Campus in the 2021-2022 academic year, according to an update from Housing and Residence Life and Duke Student Government.
Thursday morning’s in-person classes are off with an unusual “ice day” expected in Durham, and professors are urged to hold those classes online if possible.
Professors John Aldrich (top left), Judith Kelley (top center), Bill Adair (bottom center) and Guy-Uriel Charles (bottom right) discussed the ongoing presidential election at an event moderated by Mac McCorkle (top right) and Deondra Rose (bottom left).
Valerie Ashby, dean of the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, updated faculty on the Trinity Committee on Anti-Racism during her fall update to the Arts and Sciences Council.
Nancy-Ann DeParle, deputy chief of staff for policy in the Obama administration and architect of the Affordable Care Act, spoke to students Sept. 16.
