• Audit Claims Duke Job Cuts Were Premature
  • Key Affordable Housing Project in Raleigh Falls Through
  • NC Bands Lead Exit from Talent Agency Linked to Epstein
  • Meet the Candidates for Orange County School Board
  • Music Videos Filmed in Durham
Credit: Photo by Matt Hartman

Good morning, readers.

Students, faculty, and community groups are renewing their calls for Duke University to invest in employees rather than cut costs. 

Matt Hartman reports for the INDY that this latest push is bolstered by an audit released by Duke’s American Association of University Professors, which concluded that Duke is in good financial shape and didn’t need to cut 600-plus jobs last summer in response to federal funding woes.

A Duke spokesperson said the university could not comment on the audit because it was not involved in preparing it.

“We regularly share information about the university’s finances and outlook with faculty through the university’s shared governance process,” a spokesperson told Matt. Duke also declined to respond to criticisms that the cuts were unnecessary.

Read more below about the audit, Duke’s response, and activists’ calls for a more progressive vision of higher education.

—Sarah W.

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No Deal

Raleigh’s highly anticipated Moore Square affordable housing development has been quietly scrapped, INDY’s Chloe Courtney Bohl reports.

Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, the electronic pop duo in Sylvan Esso, pose for a portrait on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Photo by Angelica Edwards.

Exit Sign

NC bands Sylvan Esso and Wednesday are leaving the Wasserman talent agency over its founder’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, INDY’s Sarah Edwards reports.

Credit: Illustration by Nicole Pajor Moore

Meet the Candidates

Six people are seeking seats on the Orange County school board as it grapples with budget, staffing, and enrollment challenges, Kennedy Thomason writes for the INDY.

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LOCAL: A judge has dismissed the town of Carrboro’s lawsuit against Duke Energy, which had accused the utility of downplaying the impacts of fossil fuels, WUNC reports.

LOCAL: Some Pittsboro residents are organizing against the town’s use of Flock license plate cameras, WCHL reports.

EDUCATION: UNC spent $188 million on athletics last academic year, WRAL reports.

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