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Henschel leads an editing workshop. (John West/Trinity Communications) Lauren Henschel is flipping the script on traditional evaluation methods. As co-leader of an interdisciplinary Trinity initiative that gives students in certain courses the option to create a video project for their final as opposed to a written paper, she’s introducing students to new skills as directors, interviewers and producers. An Associate in Research in the Gender Sexuality and Feminist Studies… read more » about A Movie Script Ending: Bringing Film Into the Classroom
Erdağ Göknar is well-versed when it comes to Turkish novelist and academic Orhan Pamuk. He’s worked with him for decades, written a book that serves as the first critical study of his novels and translated the Nobel laureate’s work. “As a Fulbright fellow in the mid 1990s, I first heard Orhan Pamuk give a talk on Turkish modernism at a bookstore in Istanbul,” Göknar recalls. “I was studying literature but hadn’t fully realized the ways in which it intersects with and informs Turkish identity-formation, history… read more » about Conversations with a Nobel Laureate
Rejection letters will never provide happiness, but sometimes, if written with kindness, they can be helpful. At least one applicant to Duke’s graduate program in cognitive neuroscience felt that way after receiving a rejection letter written by GR Samanez-Larkin, director of graduate studies for the program. The student posted the letter on Reddit, saying it was “a great rejection email.” “Please know that this decision is not diagnostic,” Samanez-Larkin wrote, in a letter approved by the Graduate School that was… read more » about A Kind Rejection Letter Gets High Grades
A new bilingual history exhibit documenting Latinx student life at Duke opens this week as part of the Duke Centennial celebrations. Curated by students in Cecilia Márquez’s Latinx Social Movements class, "Our History, Our Voice: Latiné at Duke" is a collaboration of current and former cohorts of Márquez’s students from the past four years, each class building on the work of their predecessors’ research and insights. “I think the intergenerational aspect of this exhibit makes the project interesting — it’s creating Latino… read more » about A New History Exhibit Documents Latinx Student Life at Duke
Michael Therien, William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, has been recognized with the 2024 Inter-American Photochemical Society Award in Photochemistry for his outstanding contributions to the field. The Inter-American Photochemical Society (I-APS) Award in Photochemistry was established in 1988 to recognize outstanding contributions by members of the Society to the advancement of the photochemical and photophysical sciences, recognizing achievements made during the past ten… read more » about Michael Therien Recognized by Inter-American Photochemical Society Award
