With key swing states, including North Carolina, still very competitive, three Duke faculty members and a student discuss the drivers of voter turnout—and how turnout might be affected by the pandemic and voter suppression efforts. read more about Pandemic, Voter Suppression, Record Early Voting - Experts Discuss 2020 Election »
The spring and summer were full of predictions, many of which didn’t come to pass. read more about What Higher Ed Has Learned From Covid-19 So Far »
Why near-universal remote work is translating into an unsustainable proliferation of virtual meetings. read more about The Metastasizing Zoom Meeting »
It's affecting them unequally, and here's what colleges can do, write Parissa J. Ballard, Mariah Kornbluh, Alison K. Cohen, Lindsay Till Hoyt, Melissa J. Hagan and Amanda L. Davis. read more about Helping Students Cope With Sociopolitical Stress »
Your students are Zoomed out. Here’s a way to help them connect to you and to one another. read more about How to Build Community in a Zoom Class With Personal Essays »
This winter, Duke students will have a two-month break between semesters. To stay engaged, students can take part in a two-week program—no cost, no grades, no pre-requisites—to delve into artificial intelligence, the future of higher education and other key questions. read more about Winter Breakaway: Students Design Their Future »
This lecture will consider a striking parallel in the genesis of early modernism. Between 1902 and 1907, Husserl moves beyond his early, robust critique of “psychologism” in Logische Untersuchungen to outline his project of a transcendental phenomenology (in Die Idee der Phänomenologie and Ding und Raum). Pre-registration is required. Register here. read more about Professor Thomas Pfau Will Be the Guest Lecture Thursday for German Studies Seminar at Harvard University »
Theater Studies' Neal Bell examines the quality writing that goes into the films that scare us read more about Here, There Be Monsters »
On Oct. 12, first-year Sam Carpenter had just left his international relations class in the Bryan Center when a drawing of a red keytar drew him to a Chronicle newsstand. Paper in hand, he watched Duke librarian Jamie Keesecker’s “Library Takeout” video, featured in a story on the front page, and posted it to Reddit. read more about 'Unfiltered Goodness': 'Library Takeout' Explodes In Popularity After Chronicle Story, Reddit Post »
Voter intimidation can come in different forms, but there are laws and people to protect you. Duke historian Gunther Peck offers advice on how to respond if your right to vote is challenged. read more about Voter Intimidation Is Real. Here's What You Can Do About It »
Don't sit on the bench this November! Duke Men's Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski encourages everyone to vote in the 2020 election. For more information about voting in the 2020 election, visit https://vote.duke.edu/ read more about Coach K | Get in the Game and Vote »
Armed with a can-do spirit, faculty members leaped into hybrid teaching this fall. The results have been decidedly mixed. read more about Our HyFlex Experiment: What's Worked and What Hasn't »
With some colleges and universities planning to continue online learning into the spring, students are now looking at over a year of learning from home. How will their well-being and academics be affected? read more about Moving Into the Long Term »
DUKE STUDENTS Gain professional museum experience and earn course credit by interning at the Nasher—highlighted in The New York Times as “raising the cultural bar” for Blue Devils at Duke! Submit applications as soon as possible during bookbagging/ registration. Decisions for Spring 2021 will be made by mid-November. Learn more & apply → read more about Intern for Credit at the Nasher Museum »
For those pining for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grading, keep your fingers crossed: It may be easier to get one of those stress-relieving S’s in the spring in the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, with details depending on the department. The Arts and Sciences Council, Trinity's faculty governance body, reviewed on Thursday a proposal to expand voluntary S/U grading for the spring 2021 semester. If approved, the proposal would allow students to request multiple courses to be S/U without having them count toward the… read more about Faculty Consider Proposal to Expand S/U Grading in Trinity College for Spring Semester »
How can we use the arts to bridge racial divisions and engage with pressing issues of race and racism? In a Friday event, Caroline Randall Williams and Cathy Park Hong, both authors and poets, discussed the role of the engaged artist in building Black and Asian alliances and communities in a pandemic that has led to polarization. The virtual event was moderated by Professor of Theater Studies Esther Kim Lee and Patrice Douglass, assistant professor of gender, sexuality and feminist studies. read more about 'Overturn the Oligarchy:' Poets Discuss Building Bridges Between Black and Asian Communities" »
What happens if there's no official concession call? How do state election disputes get resolved? Can the election really be thrown to Congress? Duke Votes has resources to answer questions related to what might be a most unusual Election Day. read more about If Election Day Gets Strange, Here's How to Understand Why »
By most accounts this semester has been a success. But pandemic conditions have taken a toll. University administrators and faculty are touching base with students, encouraging them to take care of themselves and look out for others as Duke nears the semester's end. read more about As A Hard Semester Moves Toward a Close, A Call To Check in on Students' Wellness »
Duke administered 15,378 tests to students and faculty/staff during the week. Seventeen students and four faculty/staff tested positive, for a positivity rate of 0.14 percent. read more about Twenty-One Test Positive for COVID-19, Oct. 17-23 »
Programming has many components but most importantly, you need to be able to devise an algorithm. Pratt School of Engineering Professors Genevieve Lipp and Drew Hilton break down the process, using legos as a tool to explain. read more about Devising an Algorithm with Legos! | Fundamental Concepts with Genevieve Lipp and Drew Hilton »
How a virtual search process can lead to better, more equitable hiring. read more about The Job Season Without In-Person Interviews »
Some University of Wisconsin system campuses are expanding their coronavirus surveillance-testing programs to include students living off campus. The goal is to identify and stop the spread of Covid-19 between campuses and surrounding communities. read more about Why More Colleges Are Testing Off-Campus Students for COVID-19 »
Four-year colleges increased prices at the lowest rate in three decades, on average. But the COVID-19 pandemic's greatest effects on pricing, funding and student aid might still be to come. read more about Tuition Rises at Historically Low Rate Amid Pandemic »
In this Policy 360 podcast, Sanford Dean Judith Kelley interviews Damon Circosta, chair of the North Carolina State Board of Elections. They discuss mail-in ballots, polling technology and security and how the state board puts aside partisan differences to run the election. read more about Everything You Need to Know About Voting in North Carolina »
As part of its event series tgiFHI, the Franklin Humanities Institute is conducting interviews with its faculty speakers in order to familiarize broader audiences with the diversity of research approaches in the humanities, arts, and interpretive social sciences at Duke University. Dr. Darren Gobert is the William and Sue Gross Professor of Theater Studies and Professor of English. In this edited and condensed interview, he describes the process of reconstructing and imagining the unknowable in performance studies… read more about Meet Your Humanities Faculty: Darren Gobert »
Overview. The Franklin Humanities Institute’s Faculty Book Manuscript Workshop Program provides support for the development and completion of scholarly monographs. It provides a structure for generating constructive, informed criticism on near-final book manuscripts, at a moment in the writing process when authors can most effectively utilize feedback. The aim of the program is to transform already excellent scholarly projects into superior published works. read more about CFP: Faculty Book Manuscript Workshops (Spring 2021) »
What can you do to promote academic integrity in your virtual classroom without joining the ‘arms race’ in cheating-prevention tools? read more about 7 Ways to Assess Students Online and Minimize Cheating »
As if online classes weren’t strange enough, many Duke students are studying in different time zones this semester. Some remote students said that although professors have been generous and accommodating, Zoom interactions with classmates have been disappointing. read more about Students in Different Time Zones Face Challenges, Express Gratitude for Professors »
The Office of University Scholars and Fellows has released a new strategic plan for excellence, diversity, inclusion and equity. read more about OUSF Releases New Plan for Excellence, Diversity, Inclusion and Equity »
Live “Retirement Plan Overview Seminars” are hosted by Duke Human Resources through December. read more about Get Help Enrolling in Duke's Retirement Plans »