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The Academic Council and the Executive Committee which it elects are the chief instruments of faculty governance at Duke University with each containing representatives from across the University and the School of Medicine. The Bylaws of the University invite the Faculty in general to organize themselves for discussion of matters of interest and to provide for representation of faculty opinion to the Administration and to the Trustees.

Academic Council Meeting Agenda

The March 21 Academic Council meeting will be held in conjunction with the Annual Faculty Meeting and from 3:30 - 5:00pm in 0012 Westbrook Building (Divinity School).

1. Welcome / Remarks from the Chair

2. Approval of the February 15, 2024 meeting minutes

3. University committee selection process

4. Anonymous question submitted for President Vince Price:

In light of the February 2024 ACIR (Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility) report to the President recommending that DUMAC (Duke University Management Company) not be required to divest from fossil-fuel investments, will Duke at least commit to accounting for the carbon emissions associated with its fossil fuel-related investments in the context of its carbon-neutral-by-2024 pledge?

5. President Vince Price and his annual address to the Faculty

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Professor Trina Jones, Chair of the Academic Council