From Yahoo News: In August, Duke University abruptly shut down its Biosciences Collaborative for Research Engagement (BioCoRE) program. According to The Duke Chronicle, the program, launched in 2013, supported graduate students in the School of Medicine with career development and guidance through their doctoral studies. The University also closed its Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Advancement, and Leadership in the Sciences (IDEALS) office, which funded BioCoRE and similar diversity-focused programs. Per the student-run media organization, both closures came without warning, leaving students, faculty, and even program staff shocked and scrambling for answers. “There was very little consultation with anyone within the program or affiliated with the program,” said former BioCoRE Program Director Jennifer Ocasio, per The Chronicle...
Ocasio learned of the program’s closure in a meeting with her supervisor and Johnna Frierson, former IDEALS director and associate dean for research engagement... In an email to The Chronicle on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, Duke University health officials cited “a significantly reduced financial reality” as the driving force behind the closures and expressed gratitude for the contributions of the BioCoRE and IDEALS teams...
BioCoRE, which has 109 alums, offered a range of support for students, including speaker events, a $1,500 first-year stipend, a $1,500 professional development fund for second years, and a two-week orientation program called Early Start to help new doctoral students adjust to Duke and Durham, NC. While open to all, many perceived the program as advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives...
Full story at https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/duke-university-school-medicine-abruptly-185307568.html.
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