Academic Council Meeting
September 17, 2026
3:00 – 3:30pm: ORIENTATION SESSION FOR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS
3:30 - 5:15PM
0016 Westbrook Building (Divinity School)
- Welcome / Remarks from the Chair
- [CONSENT ITEM]: Approval of the new members for AY 2026-27 to the Academic Council's Faculty Hearing Committee (FHC membership)
- John Dailey, Associate Vice President for Public Safety and Chief of Duke University Police, to address the Academic Council on campus safety enhancements that have been implemented for the Fall semester
- Jenny Lodge, Vice President for Research & Innovation and Leigh Goller, Chief Audit, Risk and Compliance Officer, to discuss the Policy on Outside Activities and Conflict of Commitment in Research
- [Executive Session] The following questions were submitted anonymously for the Administration to address:
Could the administration provide Academic Council with an update on the current staffing, funding, and institutional infrastructure supporting Duke’s Inclusive Excellence and campus-culture work? In particular, what resources are allocated to the Campus Experience and Culture Advisory Council (CECAC) and its subcommittees, the Office for Institutional Equity, and implementation of their recommendations across campus? Could you please identify how funding, resources, and institutional/organizational structures have changed from prior years?
How will Duke ensure that its current staffing, funding, programs, organizations, and institutional infrastructure effectively identify and reduce barriers to full participation, opportunity, retention, and advancement experienced by students, staff, and faculty from communities that have been historically excluded, underrepresented, and/or underserved?
- [Executive Session] Brief overview of changes to health benefits: Antwan Lofton, Vice President for Human Resources