Comedian Nikki Glaser to perform stand-up on campus this Friday
By Kirby Wilson | September 4, 2016When comedian Nikki Glaser takes the stage Friday evening in Page auditorium, she’ll probably make some fairly outrageous quips.
When comedian Nikki Glaser takes the stage Friday evening in Page auditorium, she’ll probably make some fairly outrageous quips.
Second-year civil and environmental engineering Ph.D. student Jon Holt released "South," his first solo EP, on Aug.
Duke is nationally famous for many reasons, not the least of which is its uncanny ability to send graduating students to work at top financial institutions and medical schools.
Last year, Duke saw the addition of a new pre-orientation program to its long-standing repertoire of Projects BUILD, WILD, Waves, Change and Search: Project Arts, or pArts.
Every year, hundreds of Duke students participate in DukeEngage Academy, a set of workshops and classes intended to prepare students for their DukeEngage service.
Though the school year is winding down, those staying in Durham have the opportunity to check out Music in the Gardens, an annual program sponsored by Duke Performances.
For students, it’s often easy to take what professors say as absolute truth—but even they can’t know everything, especially when it comes to female philosophy. Project Vox is working to fill a void in philosophy’s canonical narrative by providing learning materials about female figures in philosophy and creating a website where the public can learn about the women and their philosophies.
Spring is here, and while students may be dreaming of summer plans, many seniors are still completing and defending their senior distinction projects.
On Tuesday April 5, 2016 something unprecedented happened on Duke’s campus: Street Medicine, Duke’s premier (and not to mention only) urban dance group hosted its first ever hip hop dance showcase, dubbed UNLEASHED.
This weekend, Sheafer Theater offers students a show with road trips, Girl Scouts and White Castle. The Duke Theater Studies Department brings BOB: A Life in Five Acts to Duke this month.
LDOC Analysis The acts for the 2016 LDOC were announced last week without the pitiful fake-out video and caustic Yik Yak student tirades.
This past week, Duke’s Out of the Blue released their new album, “Youth”. “Youth” is the latest in a rapid stream of albums that OOTB has released in the past few years.
Full of wonders like sea monsters, labyrinths, minotaurs and puppets, The Duke Players’ upcoming Spring show will mirror the real world with fantasy.
From the fire extinguisher in Giles’s oven to the pizza box in Randolph’s dryer, pranks of this year’s freshman class are notorious among underclassmen and upperclassmen alike.
As expected during the calm of Spring Break, campus was eerily empty. Even the ebb and flow of p-frosh, their families and members of the Durham community walking on the grounds in nearly perfect weather made only but a subtle hum.
The Nasher has been an integral part of Duke’s campus for the past ten years. Now, students have even more of an opportunity to interact with the museum through the Nasher’s introduction of the Museum Theory and Practice concentration for the Art History major.
Duke students may remember Emma Watson’s speech to the United Nations announcing the HeForShe movement.
Irony is one of those elements that invigorates the intellectual function of a story if it is well applied. It makes storytelling sharper and clearer. It also creates tension in the story and helps the reader to follow and understand the narrative easily.
There are a considerable number of singing groups on campus; from a cappella to musical theater to the more chorus-like groups, it can get overwhelming.
Barbara Hammond, a playwright in residence at New Dramatists in New York, has been visiting Duke for two weeks to work with students in Jody McAuliffe’s advanced acting class and stage her work in progress, “We Are Pussy Riot.” The play is inspired by the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, who have used performance art to protest and defy the regime of President Vladmir Putin.