My First Week in New Orleans
Published by Alexander Rubin
My first week in New Orleans had many surprises. We started off the week by exploring various parts of the …
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A Changing View of Durham
Published by Alex Yang
Like plenty of native North Carolinians, I didn’t always hold the highest opinion of Durham. Though I’d seen plenty of …
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“Making Cent$” of Durham and its Economic Roots
Published by Grace Donahoe
When I applied to the DukeEngage Durham program, I was hoping that I would gain a better sense of the …
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Durham: a city in transition
Published by Connor Dean
Durham, North Carolina, is a city in transition. Around the turn of the 21st century, the Tobacco companies that had …
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Finding Community in a Makerspace
Published by Nathan Keene
Although I did not know what necessarily to expect when I arrived as the new intern at the Scrap Exchange, …
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Becoming Unsettled, Then Settling In
Published by Ethan Ahuna
Becoming Unsettled My first two weeks in Tucson have been powerful and eye-opening. For the first week, the focus was …
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Settling into Home
Published by Nina Kuprasertkul
My arrival here was a whirlwind of adjustments including lost luggage, incorrect forms, jet lag, spicy foods, strange bugs, and …
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Hot Coffee and Warm Welcomes
Published by Beau Blass
My first day at Threshold Clubhouse began with a lighthearted conversation about Duke Basketball around the coffeepot (what I would …
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Getting to the core of it all
Published by Grant
(This blog is from the Summer of 2016.) I came to DukeEngage Togo thinking that I would be primarily working …
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Communication is Key
Published by Sam
(This blog is from the Summer of 2016.) I’ve been working on two separate projects during my time here: the …
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