This is the latest in a series of diary entries by Stephany Perez-Sanchez, one of eight Duke students who will write about their summer travels for Duke Today. Read more here.It was 8 a.m. and I woke up to the sound of five alarms. I turned to my side and with wide eyes, I realized I wasn’t in my apartment in Bologna. I looked around the hostel I was sharing with the read more about Duke Diary Dispatch: It's the Weekend? Off to Switzerland! »
Brooks Finby arrives in Los Angeles, finds a place to live, and takes the first step towards a career in film read more about Duke Diary Dispatch: Heading West to Learn the Movie Business »
Henry Petroski, a longtime professor at Duke University who seamlessly intertwined loves of engineering, history and writing, died June 14. He was 81.Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Park Slope and Cambria Heights, Queens, Petroski turned his curiosity about the origins of the structures and objects around him into a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Manhattan College in 1963. He then quickly earned master’s and doctoral degrees in theoretical and applied mechanics from read more about Duke Flags Lowered: Henry Petroski, ‘Poet Laureate of Technology’ and Professor of Engineering and History, Dies »
Henry Petroski, a longtime professor at Duke University who seamlessly intertwined loves of engineering, history and writing, died June 14. He was 81.Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Park Slope and Cambria Heights, Queens, Petroski turned his curiosity about the origins of the structures and objects around him into a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Manhattan College in 1963. He then quickly earned master’s and doctoral degrees in theoretical and applied mechanics from read more about Henry Petroski, ‘Poet Laureate of Technology’ and Professor of Engineering and History, Dies »
Alex Pieroni discusses his project that uses technology to communicate with a figure from ancient Greece read more about Duke Diary Dispatch: Using Tech to Talk to Bring Medea to Life »
During the first 2 weeks of our program, in addition to learning Arabic, we have also been taking a course on religion, citizenship and government. Throughout our class discussions, it is become increasingly clear how not only the relationship between these dimensions is different in a Muslim country, but also how each concept is understood and practiced is completely different from how they are both in the US and Western Nations more broadly. To get a better understanding about how some of these read more about Duke Diary Dispatch: Hello From Morocco »
This is the first in a series of diary entries by Nhu Bui, a Duke University undergraduate doing research this summer in Panama. Howdy! My name is Nhu, and I’m a rising senior from Cypress, Texas majoring in Environmental Science and Policy and English. As part of my upcoming senior thesis and with support from the Rachel Carson Scholars program, this summer I’m in Bocas del Toro, Panama with the Silliman Lab to conduct an independent study at the read more about Duke Diary Dispatch: Hello from Panama »
David Toole, associate professor of the practice of theology, ethics and global health, has been appointed Nannerl O. Keohane Director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, Interim Provost Jennifer Francis announced Friday.Toole has served as interim director since September 2021. His appointment to a full five-year term follows an read more about David Toole Named Director of Duke’s Kenan Institute For Ethics »
In his second week at an New York City internship, Khilan Walker gets up close and personal with wildfire smoke read more about Duke Diary Dispatch: In NYC, Smoke Descends and Masks Return »
Farm animals, smoked tofu, and mortality: Domestic life in rural Farendé, Togo read more about Duke Diary Dispatch: In Togo, Connecting With Your Food »
his is the latest in a series of diary entries by Stephany Perez-Sanchez, one of eight Duke students who will write about their summer travels for Duke Today. Read more here.Ciao!I’ve been in Italy for four weeks and since my last diary, I’ve visited three cities! The weekend of May 26th, we headed to Florence where we were greeted by the sight read more about Duke Diary Dispatch: In Florence, a Renaissance immersion »
This is the first diary entry by Brooks Finby, a Duke undergraduate and film enthusiast interning this summer at A24, an independent film company in southern California. Hello! I’m Brooks Finby, a rising senior from Charlotte, North Carolina double majoring in Cinematic Arts and Global Cultural Studies: Film & Media Concentration. I am fascinated by how media shapes how we see the world and, in turn, how we engage with it. My two main passions read more about Duke Diary Dispatch: Hello, Hollywood! »
Nasher Museum of Art director discusses the contemporary art exhibition that examines ecological concerns from a cultural perspective read more about Q&A with Trevor Schoonmaker: The Making of Spirit in the Land »
Pizza, Gelato and Springsteen Converge in Italy read more about Duke Diary Dispatch: A Brush with The Boss in Bologna »
This is the latest in a series of diary entries by Isabella Helton, one of a group of Duke students who will write about their summer travels for Duke Today. Read more of Isabella's entries here.Bonjour from Paris! It’s been just a few days since I arrived and I already feel right at home. It has been a real whirlwind: I stayed in a hotel alone for the first time, I read more about Duke Diary Dispatch: How do you get off the bus in Paris? »
This is the first in a series of diary entries by Stephany Perez-Sanchez, one of eight Duke students who will write about their summer travels for Duke Today. Read more here.Hello! I’m Stephany Perez-Sanchez, and I’m a current sophomore at Duke, originally fromLancaster, SC. I’m majoring in Neuroscience with minors in Chemistry and Visual & MediaStudies on the pre- read more about Duke Diary Dispatch: Headed to Italy »
This is the first in a series of diary entries by Isabella Helton, one of a group of Duke students who will write about their summer travels for Duke Today. Read more of Isabella's entries here.Bonjour! My name is Isa– short for Isabella. I am 19 and spend nearly all of my free time listening to French podcasts or watching French TV series, reading, cooking, and cafe- read more about Duke Diary Dispatch: Bonjour, Paris! »
Staff and faculty receive 20 percent off tickets to performances read more about Get a Discount to the 2023 American Dance Festival »
This is the first in a series of diary entries by Montana Lee, one of eight Duke students who will write about their summer travels for Duke Today.I’m Montana Lee. I’m a born and raised New Yorker (I call the Upper West Side home), I’m 18 years old, I took a gap year after high school, and I just finished up my first year of college. I haven’t chosen a major yet, but I have a few ideas after exploring widely during my first read more about Duke Diary Dispatch: Hello from Togo! »
Students honored for record of creative and original scholarship read more about Three Students Honored as Faculty Scholars »
Two Duke alumni and one graduating senior have been awarded the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship for graduate study at Stanford University. Maya Sheth, class of 2020, Anjali Gupta, class of 2022, and Duke graduating senior Sydney Hunt have each received up to three years of financial support at Stanford.Sheth, Gupta and Hunt are members of the sixth Knight-Hennessy cohort and are among the 10 Duke students who have received the scholarship since the program welcomed its first class in 2018. read more about Two Alumni, One Senior Receive Scholarship for Graduate Study at Stanford »
Translanguaging — the practice of leveraging all of one's linguistic knowledge to create meaning — is a pedagogical practice that meets students where they are in the process of learning a new language by validating individual experiences and allowing for mistakes. “Translanguaging Fridays” is the brainchild of two faculty from the Department of Romance Studies, in which students from Spanish 111 and French 111 come together as one multilingual community. The two courses are accelerated read more about Translanguaging Fridays: Space for Language Learning While Making Mistakes »
