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Zoe Spicer is a Trinity sophomore and a staff reporter of The Chronicle's 118th volume.
As people gear up for a June full of festivities, the Triangle area is celebrating Pride Month with a host of events ranging from comedy shows to food truck rodeos.
Data compiled by the Academic Advising Center reveals sharp declines over the last decade in the number of Duke students majoring in subjects like history, English and political science, following national trends. Meanwhile, that of computer science, Duke’s fastest-growing major, has soared.
Built in 2004, the Duke Greenhouse spans over 15,000 square feet of indoor space, divided into live plant collection and research rooms.
Among the public health challenges posed by climate change, war, COVID-19 and monkeypox, Beyrer believes that Duke and other academic institutions can play a central role in addressing these challenges. In particular, Beyrer hopes that the University can work toward creating sustainable solutions that prioritize the needs of specific populations.
If the Democrats lose three seats in the North Carolina House, the Republicans will have a supermajority, at which point the Republican party can override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes.
The ruling, which was released on July 27, makes over 56,000 people newly eligible to vote, marking the largest expansion in voting rights in the state since the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Open access research is freely available to everyone on the internet, which makes it “extremely powerful for equity,” Haley Walton, librarian for education and open scholarship at Duke, said.
Last fall, Duke Dining facilities experienced staffing shortages caused by the pandemic, following national shortage trends. Since then, the University has seen a post-pandemic return to normal in the classroom and on-campus. But for some service workers, a year hasn't led to much change.
Labor experts and unionized workers at Duke say they aren't surprised by North Carolina’s low ranking.
I wrote this letter to you in the hopes that it would make you feel a little less lonely.