phone: 919-684-4304 | email: housing@duke.edu | studentaffairs.duke.edu/hdrl
IN THE RESIDENCE HALLS
IN YOUR ROOM
WHAT TO CONSIDER BRINGING
ITEMS THAT YOU SHOULD LEAVE HOME
- Large furniture (e.g., sofas/futons, lounge chairs, bookshelves, beds/mattresses, etc.)
- Bed risers are permitted. However, we do not allow bed lofts, nor will we loft your bed for you.
- Your pet(s), unless it’s an Emotional Support or Service animal approved through SDAO
- Fish in aquariums less than 25 gallons are permitted.
- Personal items of high monetary or sentimental value (e.g., jewelry, irreplaceable family heirlooms or photos, etc.)
- Personal printers (each community has a networked printer for student use)
- Students are encouraged to rent a micro-fridge from Blue Devil Deliveries. Orders are open for the 2023-24 school year via our partner, Collegiate Concepts, Inc. All orders placed by 8/1 are guaranteed delivery to your room before main move-in date. All units are brand new–never used before. More information can be found on the HRL website.
- Appliances with an open heating coil or unit (e.g., hot plates, toasters, toaster items, portable grills, air fryers)
- Candles, halogen lamps, lava lamps, “spider lamps”, hoverboards
- Alcohol, cannabis or illegal drugs (and any related paraphernalia)
- Students are allowed to have cigarettes and tobacco-vapes; however, Duke University is a smoke-free campus. Students are not permitted to use these products inside the residence halls or on campus.
- Nails, thumbtacks, hammers, and abrasive tape (e.g., duct tape, two side tape) and other items that could damage walls
- Personal AC units or space heaters (each room has central air or a window AC unit)
- Water-based furniture (e.g., water beds)
- Weapons (e.g., firearms (including BB, pellet guns, airsoft guns, etc.), explosives, large knives and swords, bow and arrows, etc.) These are prohibited for actual use or for decoration on Duke’s campus
- Flammable items (e.g., lighter fluid, charcoal, propane tanks, paint, other items and fluids that can easily catch on fire).
- For damage and safety reasons the following items are specifically prohibited in student rooms, suites, and apartments: halogen lamps, all types of strip lights with adhesive backing, and all types of string lights.
CAMPUS MAIL SERVICES
phone: 919-382-4500 | email: dukepostoffice@duke.edu | postoffice.duke.edu/