Posts from Washington, D.C. in Science Policy

“I belong to a new underclass, no longer determined by social status or the color of your skin. We now …

As the summer goes on, time seems to be moving faster and faster. By this point in the program, I …

For the last decade or more, carbon taxes have been proposed as a potential solution to increasing concentrations of greenhouse …

On the first day of DukeEngage Academy, Professor Williams asked us a seemingly simple question: what is science? Dumbfounded, my …

Last week, we watched the movie Westworld (1973) as a DukeEngage cohort. During our discussion of the movie, a lot …

Throughout elementary and middle school, I learned about the basic story of slavery in history classes: moving from the slave …

I am a compartmentalizer. To cope with the daily stressors of being a young adult and the anxieties commonplace with …

Throughout this summer, I have been slowly noticing the similarities that have tied my Duke Engage experience together with my policy …

I was scrolling through an article the other day, and right when I was about to lose interest, I happened …

Growing up on the West Coast, I always told myself I’d come back home and live there after Duke. I …