When you walk into a room or any kind of space and immediately see others who look like you, a sense of comfort washes over you. For many of Duke’s Black student-athletes this is not the experience they have within their own athletics teams.
That’s where Duke’s United Black Athletes comes in. It may have taken 53 years from the time the first Black athlete stepped on campus for an organization of its kind to come about, but in a short six years, the group is thriving.
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The Trinity Curriculum Development Committee is committed to reviewing the structure and content of the curriculum that governs much of undergraduate education at Duke and proposing changes that speak to the interests and needs of our students in the coming decades.
When Duke senior Joseph (Joey) Scarpa plays the Aeolian organ in Duke Chapel, he says it’s a visceral experience. “Even in this space with these massive stone walls, you still feel the building shake a little bit,” he says. “There’s nothing quite like that.” A music and computer science double major, Scarpa is a Chapel Scholar and also a member of the Duke Chapel Choir, the Chapel's Evensong Singers and the Duke Catholic Center. Watch this video to see how music, computer science and his Catholic faith have shaped his Duke experience.