Duke students launch Dime Marketplace to showcase young entrepreneurs

Senior Abby Huang decided during her senior year of high school that she wanted to found a virtual marketplace start-up. Many iterations of her vision later, Huang and her team of Duke undergraduate and graduate students have launched Dime Marketplace, a platform designed for young creators to sell their products.

Duke students kick off Tongue and Sole Lab

Hoof ’n’ Horn beckons us to follow them 'Into the Woods'

The lights dim, the sounds of a serene forest spring subside while the audience in Shaffer Lab Theater falls to an anticipating quiet. Everyone is here to see Hoof’n’Horn’s Spring production of "Into the Woods." 

Q&A: MFA student Shirin Maleki talks thesis project '30/900'

 In her thesis project, Maleki explores the realities of immigration through liminal spaces drawn from livestream footage and spoken word.

Emily MacDiarmid's 'Approved for Release' sheds light on government-sponsored astral projection experiment

As much as MacDiarmid's short film explores the unusual, often unheard of experiment, it also speaks to the current environmental destruction we are experiencing on our own planet. 

Six ALP courses to round out your fall schedule

Still trying to knock out your T-Reqs? Look no further. 

Runway of Dreams presents its second annual adaptive fashion show

The annual adaptive fashion show, brought by Runway of Dreams, brought some bright colors to the gloomy spring weather on campus last week.

Q&A: Petrichor Jewelry founder Esther Hong on being impulsively artistic and the freedom of making one-of-a-kind art

Hong's one-of-a-kind, upcycled necklaces have become coveted statement pieces for varying punk-inspired and vintage jewelry collections across campus and beyond.

'Reliquary of Complicated Truths' exhibition at Duke Chapel delves into loneliness and hope

The works in “Reliquary of Complicated Truth” are tangible metaphors, telling the viewers that discarded, seemingly useless material can be pieced together and transformed into art, just as mundanity and brokenness can be reconfigured into something beautiful.

In upcoming production of 'The Amish Project,' senior Tenley Seidel explores the healing power of forgiveness

Finishing out a theater studies degree, for many Duke undergraduates, involves a senior distinction project: over the course of a year, students produce either independent research or a performance piece in an art medium of their choice. Seidel decided on the latter.

Duke Independent Film Festival presents 'A Night of Silent Film'

For a few brief moments last Saturday night in the Ruby, I was teleported to the 1920s, delighting in the flashing motion pictures.

Q&A: Concrete Hills founder Drew Frank on young entrepreneurship and collaborating with Lil Yachty

Taking the fashion industry by storm, Drew Frank is a first-year who started clothing brand Concrete Hills during his sophomore year of high school with his younger brother, Jamie. 

More than one narrative: Duke Libraries' 'Land of Lapis lazuli and Gold' exhibit works to expand awareness of Afghan culture

While there must be a recognition of the sadness and trauma experienced in the Afghan nation, images such as the ones in this exhibit illustrate the rich, complex cultures and experiences present there. 

‘Boundless’: On race, masculinity and capitalism with artist Stephen L. Hayes and historian William Sturkey

Over 120 years ago, a group of white supremacists performed a coup targeting the biracial government of Wilmington, N.C., destroying Black property and taking an indeterminate number of lives. Today, Stephen L. Hayes’s statue depicting soldiers from the United States Colored Troops (USCT) stands proudly in the same city.

On the record: Catching up with Small Town Records' newest artists

Since its founding, Duke’s student-run record label  has given student-artists an opportunity to explore and develop their musical passions while balancing their academics. 

Chris Pattishall's 'Zodiac' is a starry tribute to Mary Lou Williams’ 'Zodiac Suite'

“Mary Lou Williams’ music has changed my life," Pattishall said. 

Duke students' nonprofit Operation Climate tackles science misinformation through storytelling

With their newest podcast episode, “Combating Climate Misinformation: Say It With Science”, the Duke students at the helm of nonprofit Operation Climate have teamed up with the United Nations to tackle the abundance of misinformation surrounding climate change.

Duke Performances’ Building Bridges welcomes Dua Saleh as latest artist in residence

Last month, Duke Performances’ Building Bridges: Muslims in America initiative hosted its first artist since March 2021 and its first in-person artist since February 2020.

In a lecture at the Nasher, photographer Renee Cox reflects on her trailblazing career

“Why are you waiting for the world to validate you?”

The magic of live theatre returns with Hoof 'n' Horn's "Rocky Horror"

After nearly two years since the last in-person mainstage production, Hoof ‘n’ Horn returned to performing in front of a live-audience with one of the most beloved cult classics for this time of year: The Rocky Horror Show.