News and College Life

Reaction to team scoring a point during the Big Pink Volleyball fundraiser on campus.

Duke Defining Movement (DefMo), Duke's premiere multicultural dance group, and Durham eight graders perform during Duke-Durham School Days. During School Days, about 300 middle school students from Durham Public Schools tour campus with Duke student and staff guides, who show them the sights and share their own perspectives on how and why to aim for college. Participants get a chance to meet with professors and learn about their research, intubate a human patient simulator, visit libraries and dorms, eat in the dining hall, and hear from Duke student-athletes.
 

Jack Madden, a food science graduate student, is developing a process for transforming carrot pomace into a puffed snack.

A student performs a classical Indian dance during CultureFest, an annual celebration of diversity through culture, food, and community. 

Students performers put a modern spin on traditional Chinese dance during CultureFest, an annual celebration of diversity through culture, food, and community. 

A student performer balances an iced coffee on her forehead during CultureFest, an annual celebration of diversity through culture, food, and community. 

A student studies amongst the Yarnscapes: Mulyana’s Environmental Tapestries exhibit in the Wang Center.

A student was captured doing "States Up" at the largest homecoming bonfire. 

Two students take advantage of the warm weather and slip away into the colorful trees.

In between classes, students take advantage of the warm weather by setting up slacklines on Sanford Mall.