Snapshots from DukeEngage Paraguay PublishedOctober 11, 2022 by Tommy Klug This summer, eight DukeEngage students spent two months in Asunción, Paraguay working on sustainable development issues. The project involved students … Read more
DukeEngage Paraguay: A Short Experience, Enduring Habits PublishedJuly 22, 2020 by Austin Connors Our team agrees in that we would like to engage in the type of analysis we have done this summer … Read more
Challenges of El Caballero Sencillo PublishedJuly 09, 2020 by Ryan Goodman “Hola, Soy Ryan” mucha algarabía get notes from colleague My biggest challenge in DukeEngage has been that my Spanish … Read more
The Danger of a Title PublishedJuly 08, 2020 by Emma Dries This week, I saw an article titled, “Uruguay and Paraguay buck Latin America coronavirus trend.” This article immediately caught my … Read more
Challenges of a Remote Experience PublishedJuly 08, 2020 by Cecilia de la Guardia The most difficult part of this DukeEngage experience is, by far, the remote aspect of it. I’m lucky to have … Read more
Paraguay’s Initial COVID-19 Response: Relatively Successful? Yes. Flawless? No. PublishedJuly 04, 2020 by Austin Connors For this week’s DukeEngage reflection, we were asked to discuss an article that questions a common narrative related to our … Read more
Week 3 Reflection PublishedJune 15, 2020 by Alexander Hoffman I found Ariely’s TED Talk to be charming and affirming, but altogether rather unsurprising. The pursuit of passion and the … Read more
Week 1 Reflection PublishedJune 15, 2020 by Alexander Hoffman My ENGAGE program is different than most in the sense that my team will not be working with any particular constituency or … Read more
First Week PublishedJune 05, 2020 by Emma Dries This week, I began working with the Paraguay Duke Engage team. Our project has been tweaked, focusing on the research … Read more
First Week – DukeEngage Paraguay PublishedJune 05, 2020 by Cecilia de la Guardia A Background: Paraguay means many different things to me. It means energetic meriendas overflowing with medialunas, alfajores, and jokes spilling … Read more