USP Seminar 11/5/13 – Undergrad Enrichment Seminar During this seminar Arun Karottu (Trinity ’15), Yavuz Açikalin (Trinity ’14), and Linda Cao (Trinity ’14) reported on how they used their Uni undergrad enrichment funding this...
Three undergrad Unis recently presented on their cool summer enrichment experiences: Bora Kang, Chisom Amalunweze, and Paul Wright. I’ll summarize some of the high points of their summers. Bora Kang spent the summer in Adelaide,...
Hi All, It’s time to start thinking about the spring symposium! Every year we have a keynote speaker who can discuss something that’s related to our theme. They don’t have to be able to...
At the Retreat, the Unis were divided into seven smaller groups to discuss the theme of the Symposium, namely Reason (s). Some of these very fruitful discussions are summarized by the discussion leaders below. James’ Table...
This year’s symposium theme grew out of conversations around a number of other potential topics, all of which seemed to intersect in the concept of Reason (as in the human faculty to reason) and...
Ezgi Ustundag, Class of 2016 My summer with DukeEngage Durham: The Sister Cities Program feels less like selfless service and more like an opportunity for personal growth. Let me explain, I promise it’s not...
Game of Life For the USP’s 2013 symposium Ben Schwab (Trinity ’15) built an interactive demo of Conway’s Game of Life on his personal website, benjaminschwab.info. Working through the website will teach you about...
“Africa, Journalism & Academia” with Professor Stephen Smith (spastic note-taking by Dhrusti) Tori goes over Prof. Smith’s credentials—awesommee For the U.S, “Africa is a niche” but it’s one that’s expanding and that’s great Storytime!!...
Hi all! I’m posting the schedule for the University Scholars Program (USP) “Futures” Symposium for all the world to see. The event will take place on Saturday, March 2nd, from 10:00am to 3:30pm. 9:30-10:00:...
Thanks to Meg Shea for this recap! Summary of USP Seminar on Symposium Planning 1/10/13: A group of Unis got together on 1/10/13 to discuss the symposium. We started off breaking into smaller groups...
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