Posts from DukeEngage Independent Project from 2019

by  Yuexuan Chen   I’m spending the next two months in Durban, South Africa interning for a small investigative environmental …

It has been exactly two weeks since the end of my independent project. Those two weeks have given me a …

Doug begins to cross the street and he freezes. I try singing, I try playing his favorite songs, and I …

From my solitary perch atop the parking garage, I stared out across the treetops at the distant Charlotte skyline. The …

I have to admit, I didn’t really believe in the strength of compassion fatigue- until I experienced it for myself. …

I’m currently three weeks into my time in Cameroon, and yet it somehow feels like a lifetime. There is so …

“Rape is not about sex. Rape is about power.” I quickly tapped this quote from an office coworker into a …

As I am writing this, I am at around week 4 or 5 of my summer project. I came in …

It really is the little things.   I’ve said those words before. I’ve joked with them, been sarcastic with them, …