Tribute to Angela Risi: 'She was an intensely beautiful and generous artist'
By Leo Ryan | October 12, 2023Angela’s passing is overwhelmingly painful. No one will be able to fill space in the particular and beautiful way that she did.
Angela’s passing is overwhelmingly painful. No one will be able to fill space in the particular and beautiful way that she did.
Exams are stressful. My suggestion? Deal with it — an examination-free world might be worse than you think.
The Duke Jewish community stands united in mourning the loss of our brothers and sisters who were brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists this weekend in Israel.
I was humbled by her beautiful decision to pursue dance in spite of the anxiety she felt over career security. Having seen her dance, I knew that if anyone had a shot in the dance world, she did — she was born for it.
In preparation for the Centennial, we have converted West Campus into an immersive construction experience.
Mind the margins in books, buildings, sports, subways and our wider society. It’s the margins, the borders, that tell us what kind of society we really live in.
A community builder, Angela encouraged everyone to move, dance and interact, and she did this in a dear and compassionate manner.
Angela spent a lot of time at our home, and in some ways, she was like a second daughter.
The responsibility to do better not only falls on Apple’s shoulders but ours as well.
Yes, our food is good. But is it worth $13 a meal?
Duke football may never surpass basketball in popularity, but we can become a school that supports our football team better.
Duke Football, remember this: You suck, and we love and appreciate you for it.
Even Duke launched a Center for Integrated Psychedelic Science in 2022 to explore the therapeutic effects of hallucinogens, ketamine, and MDMA.
Never have I seen Abele Quad in such a state — goalposts in the grass abutting the Social Sciences Building, jury-rigged wires and camera equipment on buildings, a big old TV set in the middle of the West Campus bus stop.
The Duke Latinx community cannot be buried. Our living histories ensure our presence as fundamental and certain on Duke’s campus.
It’s true that you can change yourself to some extent. But there’s no reason for anyone, including you, to treat you only as what you can’t control.
It is contradictory and discriminatory in itself to prioritize one group over another.
We see careers as linear — where each job must lead perfectly to the next. So, understandably, we think what we pick for our first role in the professional world is crucial, forever closing and opening doors.
You cannot choose to live as colorblind in a world that clearly isn’t.
My measure of self-worth was always my talent; at that moment, I felt like summer had ripped it away from me.