Preetha Ramachandran

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Class of 2025: Take The Chronicle's first-year survey

By Preetha Ramachandran | 6 days ago

From hometowns to opinions on QuadEx, The Chronicle wants to get to know the Class of 2025.

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Rain, raving fans and Redbirds: A summer night at a Durham Bulls game

By Preetha Ramachandran | October 6, 2021

Though I understand little of the scoring and game play, I blend into the crowd, booing when the Redbirds (infrequently) score and cheering madly when Dalton Kelly and Josh Lowe hit home runs back to back. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

We're Still Here: MAST holds teach-in to advocate for Ethnic Studies department, cultural centers

By Preetha Ramachandran | September 26, 2021

“Duke fails time and time again to ensure its students of color and minority students are institutionally included in all academic and social settings,” said junior Miriam Shams-Rainey, who emceed the event.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

‘We have no excuse but to be great’: Black Convocation recognizes, celebrates Black community at Duke

By Preetha Ramachandran | September 2, 2021

Quinton Smith, associate director of the Mary Lou, reenacted a long-standing tradition at the Center, where students touch the statue of a Sankofa bird first as a new student, then in their senior year during final honors. 

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Students concerned with delays in official communication after testing positive for COVID-19

By Preetha Ramachandran and Chris Kuo | August 31, 2021

Some who tested positive were told they had to stay in their dorm rooms for the night because Student Health was too busy.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Wilson, Card Gym basketball courts to close indefinitely due to COVID-19 concerns

By Preetha Ramachandran | August 26, 2021

The basketball courts in the Wilson Recreation Center and Card Gym will close indefinitely starting Aug. 28.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Duke to require masks at large outdoor events, masks "strongly recommended" outdoors

By Preetha Ramachandran and Nadia Bey | August 26, 2021

The email noted that there has been a surge of COVID-19 cases at Duke, locally and nationally.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

Duke Law team, local groups successfully advocate for insurance coverage of gender-affirming surgeries

By Preetha Ramachandran | August 25, 2021

"We all need to come together as a community, especially the LGBT+ community, and fight not just for our rights of our cis members, but also our trans members, our queer members, non-binary members."

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

From basketball to Apple to law school: Meet the seven new members of the Board of Trustees

By Preetha Ramachandran | July 7, 2021

Varied in experience, age and University ties, seven new members have been named to Duke’s Board of Trustees.

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NEWS  |  UNIVERSITY

How Duke's vaccination plans for faculty and staff compare to those of peer institutions

By Preetha Ramachandran | June 30, 2021

Duke announced earlier this week that all faculty and staff are expected to present proof of vaccination by Sept. 1 unless they receive a medical or religious exemption. This mandate is unique across universities in North Carolina but similar to those at other peer institutions, including Ivy Leagues, Johns Hopkins and Notre Dame.

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By Preetha Ramachandran | November 5, 2020

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).

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By Preetha Ramachandran | October 9, 2020

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.

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By Preetha Ramachandran | September 16, 2020

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.

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NEWS

By Preetha Ramachandran | October 31, 2019

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