On the twelfth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, University Scholars gathered in Page Auditorium on Duke’s West Campus with over 1000 other audience members to listen to General David Petraeus’s conversation with Professor...
General Retreat Summary (special thanks to Meg Shea for the summary!): The USP kicked off it’s year with an excellent retreat at Camp Chestnut Ridge in Efland, NC. After a slightly long bus ride...
Although I am a student in Cathy Davidson’s graduate class 21st Century Literacies (http://sites.duke.edu/english890s_01_s2013/), the first time I heard Dr. Davidson’s speak formally was at the USP Seminar this past Wednesday. I like to...
“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!!...
7:27 – Tori introduces professor David Paletz Tori reads out various comments from Unis and recent media. For instance, Irene had something to say about Gene Weingarden talking about media bias toward conflict. Paletz...
Is the climate changing? Are humans partially responsible? Should we expect more serious climate related impacts in the years to come? Can anything be done? The answer to each of these questions is yes,...
On the wonderful Tuesday evening of October 9th, the Unis present were treated to two lectures by two of our own graduate student Unis: James Johndrow, graduate student in Statistics and Allen Riddell, graduate...
Every summer, USP upperclasspeople have the opportunity to apply for funding to go do Interesting Things. When they get back, they present their experiences to the rest of the program. These are the summer...
(This year, we're doing brief blogpost recaps of our seminars. If you'd like to write one for an upcoming seminar, let us know!) Tori started the seminar by asking the room, on a scale...
At the health seminar, I suggested one possible non-partisan option that could instantly improve the health and lower the cost of healthcare of this country. My suggestion was a guaranteed free visit to a...
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