Preetha Ramachandran

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NEWS  |  LOCAL NATIONAL

Q&A: James Coleman on the issues with and potential future of the criminal justice system.

By Preetha Ramachandran | June 23, 2020

James Coleman is the John S. Bradway professor of the practice of law,  co-director of the Wrongful Convictions Clinic at Duke Law School and director of the Duke Center for Criminal Justice and Professional Responsibility. The Chronicle spoke to him about his perspective on the current state of the criminal justice system. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Black faculty, staff discuss history and experiences, Price speaks to promoting racial equity in virtual event

By Preetha Ramachandran | June 17, 2020

Black faculty and staff came together Tuesday to discuss Duke’s history with the Black community and share personal stories of living while Black, while President Vincent Price spoke about improving Duke’s work of promoting racial equity and justice. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Faculty with young children sometimes ‘couldn’t get anything done’ while working from home

By Preetha Ramachandran | June 5, 2020

Meet with students and console crying babies. Lecture and put a movie on for the kids. Research and homeschool. For Duke faculty with young children, this is the daily reality.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

Netflix's 'Never Have I Ever' tackles the first-gen experience

By Preetha Ramachandran | June 4, 2020

I’m a first-generation kid, too. I’ve had to grapple with my two identities as an Indian and an American in plenty of ways. “Never Have I Ever” presents that in a powerfully relatable yet comical way.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

In-person pre-orientation programs canceled for August

By Preetha Ramachandran | May 18, 2020

In-person pre-orientation programs have been canceled for August, though they could happen later in the year.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Faculty-in-residence connect with residents virtually, but it isn’t the same

By Preetha Ramachandran | May 6, 2020

FIR and their families live in first-year residence halls to encourage interaction between students and faculty outside the classroom. They host events to bring residents together, something increasingly difficult to achieve in the wake of Duke’s coronavirus response as all students have moved out of East Campus residence halls.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

‘We’re all in the same boat’: Dan Ariely studies behavior during the pandemic

By Preetha Ramachandran | April 27, 2020

Dan Ariely, renowned for his work in behavioral economics, has turned his attention to the coronavirus.

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NEWS  |  HEALTH SCIENCE

By writing and trying new things, Duke research labs adapt to restrictions

By Preetha Ramachandran | April 14, 2020

With on-campus activities driven to a halt, many researchers in Duke’s scientific labs are trying to adapt to not having access to their labs.

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NEWS  |  HEALTH SCIENCE

How to stay safe and support others during the COVID-19 pandemic

By Preetha Ramachandran | April 3, 2020

The Chronicle spoke to the co-director of Duke’s Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health about how students should stay healthy, keep others safe and support each other during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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FEATURE

Meet the students who call home nightly, but not their own homes

By Preetha Ramachandran | March 31, 2020

For seven hours every week, these students cold-call alumni, asking for money. 

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By Preetha Ramachandran | October 31, 2019

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