The start of the fall 2025 semester took place on a warm August day and was full of friend reunions, smiles and the beginnings of studying. A big sign with affirmation messages served to get students off to a good start. Here’s a sampling from around campus yesterday, the first day of classes.
Students write affirmation messages in Bryan Center Plaza during the first day of classes for the fall semester.
From left, sophomores Gabriel Markwei, Bahar Djour, Gabriel Guthua and Mark Konu
Sophomore Mandy Fuller greets senior Abby Zaroff in the Brodhead Center.A cyclist passes a busy scene of the Duke University Jazz Program playing for students as they arrive on the bus.
Students pour out of the Social Sciences building.
A walk along West Campus.
Getting back in the swing of school.
A social break.
Daniel Sorin, professor of electrical and computer engineering, teaches Computer Architecture on first day of classes. Lecturing fellow Nina Wheeler teaches Jazz Dance II in Rubenstein Arts Center.Posing at the Duke sign on the first day of classes is all in a day’s work.
