Skip to main content
A train moving too fast is an apt description of our current notions of progress.

The Problem of the Runaway Train

Published by Michael Cao
The first class I attended at Duke was a seminar called “Globalization and Corporate Citizenship” led by Dirk Philipsen, a …
Read more

A COVID-19 poem

Published by Victoria McReynolds
staring through a computer screen eyes straining videos buffering pets barking and meowing   pressing the mute button then clicking …
Read more

A Degree of Precision

Published by Alison Hurst
As a “Law and Order: SVU” devotee and a fan of true crime media generally, I long idolized the quick-witted …
Read more

All or Nothing

Published by Alison Hurst
As I prepare for my interviews with project managers, mental health liaisons, and case managers of North Carolina’s Local Reentry …
Read more

From Anxiety to Admiration

Published by Alison Hurst
Much of my work for the Criminal Justice Resource Center thus far is solitary, as I sit at my kitchen …
Read more
Sisyphus' was a mythological figure who had to roll a boulder up a hill, only for the boulder to roll back down again.

Learning to Start Somewhere

Published by Michael Cao
I first learned about the tale of Sisyphus reading a book on Greek mythology. Sisyphus was the king of Corinth, …
Read more

Responding to Challenges and Change

Published by Darby Heflin
Throughout my DukeEngage experience I have definitely encountered a few unexpected twists.  For example, although I am working with DukeEngage …
Read more