Does sustainability require sacrifice? This is the central question of my showering conundrum. I came to the realization that while sustainability may entail the responsible stewardship of resources, it cannot result in a lower quality of life.
Research is often represented as a financial loss for the university. However, research indirectly contributes to financial sustainability by enhancing healthcare institutions’ reputation, which influences patient choices and drives healthcare revenue. Perhaps, we need a more nuanced perspective on its value.
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Last week, I spent a brief time on spring break with a small group of Duke students, Duke religious leaders and community members, who were helping with ongoing recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina.
Although a noticeable culture-shift has occurred in recent years, women’s basketball still faces its challenges. Can changing the male-dominated pickup culture in Wilson elevate women’s hoops on campus?
Eliminating Duke’s reliance on natural gas can both save money and the environment. Though the West Campus Steam Plant is out of sight for most students, it should not be out of mind.
The biggest favor you can do for your future self is to stop thinking of them as a different person. They’re you, just a little older. They’ll have the same pressures and desires as you do right now, and it won’t get any easier.
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The freedom to protest is a key condition for democracy. Protest is inherently disruptive.
Paul Farmer’s legacy in global health was defined by his deep engagement with the communities he served, particularly in Haiti, where he emphasized dignity, human rights and sustainable healthcare. As global health funding faces critical setbacks, his work reminds us that addressing disparities requires not only medical intervention but also a commitment to language, history and the lived experiences of those most affected.
I was a second-year medical university student when the 2021 military coup happened in Burma. After four years away from an academic setting, I finally decided to start college again.
Our language subtly perpetuates gender inequality by labeling women in ways that tie their identities to men, especially within honorifics like Mrs., Ms., and Miss. Recognizing these linguistic frameworks and their role in perpetuating patriarchy allows us to become more aware of, and challenge, gender discrimination.
The app provides an inaccurate picture of Duke culture — a breeding ground for Greek life and economics major-centered content on a platform that loves public shaming and celebrates people for demonstrated apathy.
What we are now witnessing is a fundamental realignment in American foreign policy for the worse. For the United States to suddenly sympathize with Vladimir Putin and authoritarianism against reliable European allies and democratically-elected governments is a sad moment for our country which everyone, regardless of political ideology, ought to recognize.
An important day in the life of the Christian liturgical calendar is Ash Wednesday, which is this Wednesday, March 5. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, which is the forty-day journey “in the wilderness” leading up to Easter.
The constraints of the commute force us to reconsider the view that we must always be actively doing something and allow us to get down to the thing itself: the intellectual strain and exhilaration of holding an idea in one’s head for sustained probing.
On four out of five graphics, there was an ominous platitude written: “Duke research saves lives. Now we need to save research.” Okay — except, who exactly is Duke referring to when it talks about “us” and “we”? And who are we saving research from, and why?
If Duke had not begun renovating Lilly Library, it could’ve directed those funds to fully fund the tuition of 128 students for all four years
Namely, without the time to adapt to this new landscape of research, departments will be unable to carefully curate a plan for a new way forward and will be left with no other choice but to make extremely difficult cuts.
Despite bold caps syllabus prohibitions and lecture hall warnings in my best scary voice, the number of AI-generated assignments is rising.
