An ally's guide to Black History Month
By Sonia Green | February 9, 2023Before you ask the Black community your burning questions, there are so many resources here at Duke that exist to shine a light on African American history and culture.
Before you ask the Black community your burning questions, there are so many resources here at Duke that exist to shine a light on African American history and culture.
We are the future of the American workforce. We will be the ones writing the rules. Maybe we can write them in a way where fulfillment and financial stability are compatible.
Two small words from an unlikely person in an unlikely place—a sacred surprise.
it all coalesces into an unerring message: as you are, you are not enough.
I must have a place where I can ground the love that only I can guarantee to myself.
We have sunken into a mindset where youth is our prime, and if we don’t achieve success during our prime, then we have missed our one critical chance to “peak” in life.
If we view ChatGPT as a tool, rather than a threat, maybe (just maybe) a future world with ChatGPT will be a world with more “good” writers.
I remain conflicted because, of course, I want to personally sound as smart as possible…but, in modifying the way I talk to fit the norm, I’m further reinforcing the dichotomy between the way the “educated” and “noneducated” speak.
Our nation is, yet again, crying out for justice, equality, reform, and answers – answers to the same question – asking why this happened again.
The distorted societal, economic, and political perceptions are artificial but pervasive in nature, creating barriers to the liberal arts. Reevaluation of the social classes' role in forming and sustaining their perceptions is crucial when we advocate for liberal arts educational accessibility.
If neuroscience can’t prevent a downward spiral, can it at least remind me to bring a parachute? Or an antidepressant?
When we try to slip back into these previous patterns of existence, we jut out like misfitting puzzle pieces. Our lives are split into two halves, and somewhere along the way, there emerges two of us.
Some things are truly just out of our hands and fighting to end a policy that strives to even the playing field is not the way to regain control.
There’s something special about seeing places that are usually hustling and bustling completely devoid of energy, the helter-skelter nature of a teeming thoroughfare transformed into silence and quiet.
They were exceptional ambassadors of Duke University who showed "outstanding character", exactly the kind of student James B. Duke wanted at the school.
The challenge we have as Dukies—or really as human beings—is how to belong but not divide.
Duke has long branded itself “the university in the forest.” But new developments proposed in the Duke 2024 Master Plan shatter this illusion.
Duke prides itself on its commitment to “interdisciplinarity,” but often its approach to doing so can be narrow-minded, and still operates on the mindset of using art to “humanize” or “popularize” STEM endeavors.
Arriving at Duke University in 1955, Coach was a beloved friend and mentor to thousands of Blue Devils who adored their enthusiastic professor and fondly remember his aphorisms.
As a former editor of the paper, a professional journalist, and a member of the Duke and Durham communities, I deeply mourn his death on Dec. 19.