The decision will restore student visa registrations maintained in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System.
From flower crowns and Chapel climbs to a cappella and dance performances on Bryan Center Plaza, here are some of the scenes across campus from LDOC.
In Duke Student Government’s final meeting of the year, DSG President Heather Raslan praised senators for “one of the most productive years” in DSG’s recent history. The Chronicle looked back on DSG’s 31st session to see whether — and how — it impacted the student experience.
The joint statement released Tuesday by the American Association of Colleges and Universities called for “constructive engagement” with the Trump administration and denounced “the coercive use of public research funding,” citing “undue government intrusion” as a threat to the mission of higher education.
As the 2024-25 academic year winds down, The Chronicle has compiled the key dates, details and resources that students should know as they prepare for move-out.
University administrators advised international community members to avoid non-essential international travel “until further notice” due to “increased risks involved in reentering into the United States” as the reason for the guidance.
The nominations will be brought to the Board of Trustees for election May 10, and the two Young Trustees will start their terms July 1 once confirmed.
The demonstration was part of a larger network of events organized for the American Association of University Professors’ national Day of Action for Higher Ed.
The Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility, Free Expression and Engagement recommended that Duke not update its policy on academic freedom during Academic Council’s Thursday meeting.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced April 9 that the office would “begin considering aliens’ antisemitic activity on social media and the physical harassment of Jewish individuals as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests.”
Michael Relf, Mary T. Champagne distinguished professor of nursing and research professor in the Duke Global Health Institute, was appointed dean of Duke’s School of Nursing and will begin his term May 1.
Duke administrators pointed to potential “employment action,” delaying typical operating budget and capital budget reviews and the use of artificial intelligence as strategies Duke plans to implement in the coming months.
The surge in pollen this spring, felt by many community members with seasonal allergies, was no illusion. Pollen levels in North Carolina reached record levels last month, which experts attributed to forces driven by a changing climate.
Duke’s Alpha Theta chapter of Sigma Delta Pi — the national collegiate Hispanic honor society — hosted an initiation of new members Thursday for the first time since 1977.
Junior Deven Gupta and sophomore Paul Rosu were selected as Goldwater Scholars out of a pool of over 1350 applicants. They are joined by 439 other recipients from colleges and universities across the United States.
Duke admitted a record-low 4.8% of applicants to the Class of 2029. To put the University’s selectivity into context, The Chronicle compared Duke’s acceptance statistics with the 14 peer institutions in the Ivy+ grouping.
The FOCUS program has been a staple of Trinity’s first-year curriculum for over three decades, while Constellations is a recent edition, launching this fall as part of a revamping of the Trinity curriculum.
While upperclassmen described the experience as “super simple” and “straightforward,” some rising sophomores in Living Learning Communities expressed concerns over the logistics of the roommate assignment system.
The Chronicle is seeking individuals at Duke who are making a difference, creating change, inspiring others, discovering something ground-breaking or simply leading their lives with service and integrity.
Around a dozen members of Duke Climate Coalition staged a protest on Abele Quad Thursday, urging the University to increase transparency around its endowment funds and reduce its reliance on fossil fuel investments.
