Carter Zenke ’20 was initially drawn to Duke because of its interdisciplinary strengths. He began his academic journey in Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering, focusing on electrical and computer engineering. But he quickly realized his interests were much broader. Zenke moved to Trinity and created his own interdisciplinary major through Program II, an individualized degree program for students whose interests cross departmental boundaries. read more about Carter Zenke Shares His Journey Through Interdisciplinary Education at Duke »
When he arrived at Duke four years ago as a first-year student in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Elaijah Lapay said he had no idea of what would happen next, but he knew he needed to do something of value. As he now prepares to graduate, Lapay leaves with a record of service that has helped address local issues of food insecurity and access to health care for migrant workers. For his leadership and selfless services to others, Lapay recently joined two others at Duke in receiving the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award… read more about The Sullivan Award: Honoring Three Who Aid Others at Duke and in the Community »
Six members of the Class of 2025 have been named to the fourth class of Nakayama Scholars. The Nakayama Public Service Scholarship bolsters the university’s efforts to encourage students to use their Duke experience to engage with significant challenges facing communities around the world. The students represent multiple disciplines across Duke’s academic departments as well as a variety of future career pursuits. Juniors Vineet Chovatia, Amy Fulton, Sarah Konrad, Will Lieber, Thomas Newberry, and Elliot… read more about Duke Names Fourth Class of Nakayama Scholars »
Two Duke alumni and one graduating senior have been awarded the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship for graduate study at Stanford University. Maya Sheth, class of 2020, Anjali Gupta, class of 2022, and Duke graduating senior Sydney Hunt have each received up to three years of financial support at Stanford. Sheth, Gupta and Hunt are members of the sixth Knight-Hennessy cohort and are among the 10 Duke students who have received the scholarship since the program welcomed its first class in 2018. Maya Sheth, from Cincinnati… read more about Two Alumni, One Senior Receive Scholarship for Graduate Study at Stanford »
Fifty years separate the days when Claudius “C.B.” Claiborne and Michelle Staggers completed their undergraduate degrees at Duke. But a conversation held February 28 made clear that the former student-athletes had plenty of shared experiences, along with a few key differences. Now a professor of business and marketing in the Jesse H. Jones School of Business at Texas Southern University, Claiborne was the first African American basketball player at Duke and earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Staggers was a member of… read more about Two Former Student-Athletes Discuss Duke History and Hope for the Future »
This year's graduates include an amazing, diverse group of students who have created an amazing, diverse group of individualized projects. We are incredibly proud and delighted to profile them and their achievements below. Nick Berray Trenton Bricken Manish Kumar Dezmanique Martin Sarah Mumbert Liv Neely Rebecca Ross Sahil Sandhu Kristine Stanners Emma Stein Jared Wong Michelle Wong Carter Zenke Nick Berray 2020 Expressing the Creative Self: Foundations and… read more about Celebrating the Class of 2020 »
Four undergraduates continue to pursue collaborative research project two years after an inspiring course Some of the faculty, students and partners in EHD 290, Spring 2018, at a presentation and discussion with ePRO implementation partners: Jessica Sperling, Kayla Carlisle, Jeremy Yi, Helen Yu, Zoe King, Sahil Sandhu, Megan Gray, Tom LeBlanc, Kris Herring (Photo: Duke Service-Learning) A few days after learning that Duke students would not be returning to campus after spring… read more about Duke University Program II »
A Duke University senior was among the 32 recipients selected this weekend for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarships. Gabriella "Elle" Deich from Savannah, Georgia, was chosen from among 963 applicants at 298 colleges and universities throughout the country, and is the 50th student in Duke’s history to receive a Rhodes Scholarship. The scholarships provide all expenses for two or three years of study at the University of Oxford in England. “We are so very proud that Elle has… read more about Duke Senior Gabriella Deich Named Rhodes Scholar »
“Few resources are dedicated to understanding refugee experiences upon successfully seeking asylum,” says Duke senior Anuhita Basavaraju. “Cognitive sciences have revealed that there is a neuropsychological basis for out-group vs. in-group bias, but little has been done to understand how such mechanisms can be altered.” After participating in the Bass Connections project Art, Vision and the Brain, she received a Follow-on Student Research Award to … read more about A Student’s Research Takes Her to Denmark to Explore Cognitive Approaches to Social Problems »
Duke senior Kelsey Graywill knew she wanted to take a nontraditional approach to her education. “When I was applying for colleges, I specifically looked at schools that I saw had established resources for doing interdisciplinary majors or programs,” she told interviewer Brian Southwell on the Measure of Everyday Life radio show. “I had this fantasy, where maybe one day instead of students picking a major, students will pick a question; then you design your whole program around answering that intellectual question and… read more about Creating Meaning: Undergraduate Pursues an Intellectual Question across Boundaries »