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DukeReads: Sue Wasiolek on 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
In the final DukeReads program for 2010 - 2011, Sue Wasiolek, assistant vice president for Student Affairs & dean of students, discusses Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" with NPR's Frank Stasio.Published 2 years ago
The Duke Idea: Addressing Global Health Challenges
March 22, 2011 - A "Duke Idea" conversation in Boston, Massachusetts between President Richard H. Brodhead and Dr. Victor Dzau, chancellor for health affairs at Duke University and president and CEO of Duke University Health SystemPublished 2 years ago
Duke Annual Fund - The Big Event
The Duke Annual Fund hosted an event to help educate students about what the Annual Fund is and does, and to show them how the support of Annual Fund donors makes a difference in their Duke experience. We thought you'd enjoy seeing this short video that was shot during the event.For more information: http://giving.duke.edu/annualfund .
Published 2 years ago
Relay For Life: Duke University 2011
The Durham Alumni Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma, along with the undergrad chapter from Duke University, participated in the 2011 Relay For Life. President of the Durham Alumni Chapter Courtney Faultleroy shares his own experience dealing with his father's battle with cancer.Published 2 years ago
Duke In Depth: A World Together
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers share their stories as part of the 2011 conference on global development hosted by the Duke Alumni Association. Learn more at http://www.dukeindepth.com.Published 2 years ago
Duke in Depth
Thank you to the more than 200 alumni, students, faculty, and friends who attended this phenomenal conference, Feb. 25-26, which ranged from in-depth panel discussions to live interviews with Duke alumni around the world to a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps.Duke in Depth: A World Together provided a great opportunity to explore global challenges -- including world-changing trends in health, technology, religion, and the environment -- and to consider the future of collaboration with developing countries.
Published 2 years ago
Reynolds Price
In 2008, Wil Weldon '96, former assistant to Reynolds Price, began making a film on Price as part of the Jubilee celebration held at Duke. The final result is a forty-nine minute film that includes contemporary and archival materials not previously seen. This excerpt is from Weldon's final interview with Price.Published 2 years ago
DukeReads: Oscar Hijuelos on Richard Holmes' 'The Age of Wonder'
Online chat with Oscar Hijuelos, Professor of the Practice, English, and Frank Stasio, Host of the "State of Things". Filmed 3/8/2011Published 2 years ago
Duke's Global Future
A message to Duke University alumni from President Richard H. Brodhead.Published 2 years ago
Duke TIP: Shivani - Ethnobiology and Tropical Medicine
The Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving academically gifted and talented youth. As a world leader in gifted and talented education, Duke TIP works with students, their families, and educators to identify, recognize, challenge, engage, and help students reach their highest potential. http://www.tip.duke.edu/Published 2 years ago
Duke TIP: Robbie - Astronomy, Physics, Astrobiology
The Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving academically gifted and talented youth. As a world leader in gifted and talented education, Duke TIP works with students, their families, and educators to identify, recognize, challenge, engage, and help students reach their highest potential. http://www.tip.duke.edu/Published 2 years ago
Duke TIP: Melanie - Ethnobiology and Tropical Medicine
The Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving academically gifted and talented youth. As a world leader in gifted and talented education, Duke TIP works with students, their families, and educators to identify, recognize, challenge, engage, and help students reach their highest potential. http://www.tip.duke.edu/Published 2 years ago
Duke TIP: Jennifer - Astronomy, Physics, Astrobiology
The Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving academically gifted and talented youth. As a world leader in gifted and talented education, Duke TIP works with students, their families, and educators to identify, recognize, challenge, engage, and help students reach their highest potential. http://www.tip.duke.edu/
Published 2 years ago
The Ethics of Global Development
A conversation with Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead, Bill Drayton, founder and CEO of Ashoka, and Blair Sheppard, dean of Duke's Fuqua School of Business, on questions of global development: its conflicts, motivations, and effectiveness. Presented as part of the 2011 Duke in Depth: A World Together conference and the ASHOKA Exchange U, Feb. 26, 2011.
Published 2 years ago
Alumnus Josep Oriol Business Lessons From the Kenyan Countryside (Capture Your Flag)
Josep Oriol is a Fuqua School alumnus. From Capture Your Flag: East African venture capitalist and conservation investor Josep Oriol elaborates on his decision to raise a family in Kenya's bush Safari countryside. Oriol contrasts this experience with a traditional Western mindset, noting how lessons of risk and responsibility, learning about nature and wildlife firsthand and engaging a resource challenged rural population give the kids an understanding of privilege and sense of purpose.
Posted 2 years ago
