Those darn Pamirs! College is known as a time to do crazy things, and as I prepare for my graduation this May, I reflect on the many crazy experiences that I’ll one day tell my cats and grandcats. But amidst all the craziness, the craziest story of all has got
I am constantly amazed at Chinese railway infrastructure. Not just the metro that I wish was closer to DKU, but the gaotie that acts like veins linking together the whole of China. The gaotie is so ubiquitous in my mind that when I think of travelling to another part of China, I don’t look
Photos by Ann Tong DKU held its fourth annual Academic Awards ceremony on Friday, April 27. The opening remarks from Dean of Undergraduate Studies Marcia France described the ceremony as an opportunity to acknowledge DKU’s top academic performers from this year. France, who will be leaving her position as Dean
Photos by Yifei Li DKU held its second annual Athletic Awards ceremony on Thursday, April 25 to acknowledge the athletic highlights of the past academic year. In an opening address, Dean Van velzer said the athletics community has a “supersized role, critical in the life of a university”. He highlighted
by Jas Santos and Mary Mulualem Photo by Jas Santos The pressures of attending a college hundreds or thousands of kilometers away from home are a point of connection between many students at Duke Kunshan University (DKU). Even more difficult: the academic pressure faced by students entering into such fast-paced
Student governance is not a foreign topic to university students. The constant wish for smoother communication between administration and students is an omnipresent feeling no matter which university you attend. The case for a DKU student government In a relatively new and small community like DKU, many students feel a
Kunshan, China — 172 people participated in the DKU running club’s fourth Park Run of 2024 at Dayu Bay (大渔湾), with most participants finishing the 5 kilometer run within 90 minutes. The morning of April 6 began cloudy and rainy, but as running club members began setting up for the
Many different ideas bonded together in DKU’s latest effort to share unique international perspectives: DKU’s first TEDx conference. After over a year of non-stop work, nine DKU students revitalized pre-pandemic efforts, contacting the TED organization and running through a multitude of logistical steps to establish DKU as a permanent home
DKU hosted US Ambassador Burns on March 30, representing the highest profile event at the university since the opening of the Phase 2 campus last summer.
A DKU delegation of around 30 American students travelled to Shanghai to participate in a Sino-US educational exchange program at the end of last January.
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