
Event Highlights


To help new students make the transition to graduate student life at Duke, The Graduate School hosts an orientation week each August to provide a series of activities designed to introduce students to The Graduate School, Duke University, and each other. The fall 2022 Graduate School orientation will be Tuesday, August 23, 10:00 a.m.–noon via Zoom.

The Graduate School organizes a week of activities each spring to give graduate students opportunities to socialize, unwind, network, and work on professional and personal development. The next Appreciation Week will be in spring 2023.

The Graduate School held two hooding ceremonies at Duke Chapel on Saturday, May 7, to celebrate 2021-2022 Ph.D. graduates. The next hooding ceremony will be in May 2023.

Check out upcoming events in The Graduate School's series of conversations exploring the many facets of systemic racism and bias, and watch recordings of past discussions.

In this series of faculty- and student-facilitated conversations, Duke alumni who are in executive-level positions discuss how their education at Duke prepared them for their careers and influences their work.