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Students Move Back to Duke University With Major COVID-19 Changes

DURHAM, N.C. — On Friday, students can start moving back to Duke University -- but the experience looks very different. The usually happy occasion won’t be marked by groups of friends reuniting or entire families unpacking together. Instead, students will arrive during a certain time slot, and only a limited number of family members are able to help unpack. read more »

Students must be tested at Penn Pavilion, pictured here before the pandemic, to have their DukeCards activated. Photo by Chronicle File Photo | The Chronicle
From Timing to Testing, Here's How Move-in Will Work Amid a Pandemic

Move-in this fall will not be marked by friend groups reuniting in crowded hallways or whole families unpacking together.  Due to social distancing guidelines, students will be scheduled to move in on particular days and are not guaranteed a particular move-in day or time. Students cannot be accompanied by more than two individuals when moving in, according to an FAQ about move-in on Duke’s Keep Learning website. read more »

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Smith Named Dean of Academic Affairs for Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

A faculty member in the Program in Education has been named the new Dean of Academic Affairs for Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. Martin Smith will join Dean Valerie Ashby’s leadership team and fill the vacancy created by John Blackshear, who is leaving Trinity on Aug. 1 for his new role as Dean of Students for Duke. read more »

View of southeastern North Carolina days after the impact of Hurricane Florence in September 2018 (Photo: NASA/USGS)
Understanding Land Cover and Storm Impacts in the Coastal Southeast

Two years ago, Hurricane Florence produced record-breaking floods in North Carolina. There were 42 fatalities, and 140,000 people registered for disaster assistance according to the National Weather Service. In response, Bass Connections launched its first “pop-up theme” for research on hurricane recovery and resilience. read more »

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Safeguarding Employee Health While Returning to Work

Employees planning a return to their workplaces face a series of obstacles thanks in part to failures by the federal government, three experts said recently during a panel discussion at Duke. The July 9 panel was part of the Duke University Initiative for Science and Society'songoing “Coronavirus Conversations” series.  read more »

Guidance Regarding Public Events for Fall 2020

TO:         Deans and Senior Leadership FROM:  Kyle Cavanaugh, Vice President for Administration and Jennifer Francis, Executive Vice Provost RE:          Public Events for Fall 2020 After careful consideration of local and national conditions, the university has made some difficult decisions regarding events and activities for the fall 2020 semester: No in-person public events will be permitted on the Duke campus until… read more »

Photo of Sonia Sanchez courtesy of Poets.org and Photo Credit Marion Ettlinger
Poems of the Day "This Is Not a Small Voice"

This is not a small voice you hear               this is a large voice coming out of these cities. This is the voice of LaTanya. Kadesha. Shaniqua. This is the voice of Antoine. Darryl. Shaquille. Running over waters navigating the hallways of our schools spilling out on the corners of our cities and no epitaphs spill out of their river mouths. This is not a small love you hear            … read more »

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Poems of the Day "The Thing Is"

to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and everything you’ve held dear crumbles like burnt paper in your hands, your throat filled with the silt of it. When grief sits with you, its tropical heat thickening the air, heavy as water more fit for gills than lungs; when grief weights you down like your own flesh only more of it, an obesity of grief, you think, How can a body withstand this? Then you hold life like a face between your palms, a plain face, no charming smile, no violet eyes,… read more »

Portrait of LeRoi Jones (Photo by Bettmann / Contributor. Courtesy of Getty Images.)
An Introduction to the Black Arts Movement

The Black Arts Movement began—symbolically, at least—the day after Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965. The poet LeRoi Jones (soon to rename himself Amiri Baraka) announced he would leave his integrated life on New York City’s Lower East Side for Harlem. There he founded the Black Arts Repertory Theatre, home to workshops in poetry, playwriting, music, and painting. read more »

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Poems of the Day "Family Reunion & Fyah Fyah"

Family Reunion By Maxine Kumin The week in August you come home,  adult, professional, aloof,  we roast and carve the fatted calf  —in our case home-grown pig, the chine  garlicked and crisped, the applesauce  hand-pressed. Hand-pressed the greengage wine.  Nothing is cost-effective here.  The peas, the beets, the lettuces  hand sown, are raised to stand apart.  The electric fence ticks like the slow heart  of something we fed and bedded for a year,  then killed… read more »

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Purpose from Disruption: What Cancelled Summer Plans- And New Ones-Say About the Duke Student Body.

One was supposed to be saying goodbye to her childhood home on the other side of the Atlantic. Another was meant to be working with refugees in Ireland. Two more had plans for research projects in Africa. None of it happened. read more »

Durham Ranks As 4th Most Educated City In America, New Study Says

DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — The Bull City has something else to be proud of! According to a new WalletHub report on “2020’s Most & Least Educated Cities in America“, Durham ranks as the fourth most educated city in America.  Only bested by Ann Arbor, MI (No. 1), San Jose, CA (No. 2), and Washington D.C. (No. 3), Durham received a total score of 79.72 out of 100 for their spot inside in the top 5 across America. By comparison, Ann Arbor received a score of 94.23. WalletHub found that city’s metro area has the highest… read more »