A Guide To Pioneering Women In Animation Who Helped Develop The Art Form

Although it was common practice in Hollywood studios of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s to hire women to work in the Ink & Paint department – an important role that required meticulously tracing the animators’ drawings onto cels and painting the reverse side – it isn’t often discussed how many women bucked this trend, either by making their own films or rising through the ranks of the studio system. 

By Kai Kelley Jr. (he/him)
Kai Kelley Jr. (he/him) Assistant Director, Entertainment, Media & Arts Career Community
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PwC Career Preview Program

Check out this PwC program the Career Preview Program where students can engage in an experience to learn more about themselves and how it will align with future career goals. This Program starts June 26th so be sure so sign …

By Sh'Maughn Wright, He/Him/His
Sh'Maughn Wright, He/Him/His Career Specialist
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Drake or Fake? A Lawyer Explains the Legality of AI-Generated Music 

Ghostwriter’s viral song offers a crash course in the ways labels, platforms, and artists might sue each other in circles around AI-generated music.

By Kai Kelley Jr. (he/him)
Kai Kelley Jr. (he/him) Assistant Director, Entertainment, Media & Arts Career Community
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Putting Yourself Out There While in College

           College is a transformative journey and as students, it should be enjoyed as much as possible. Embrace this time to engage in new opportunities, meet new people, learn new things, and build upon yourself. During …

By Sh'Maughn Wright, He/Him/His
Sh'Maughn Wright, He/Him/His Career Specialist
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Combining Art & Technology – Operation Dragon Slayer: A Duke Innovation Co-Lab Movie

Watch a delightful short film by two Duke Innovation Co-Lab artists-in-residence telling a story of a boy and a dragon. It’s an example of the Co-Lab as a place for faculty, students and visiting scholars to use technology in ways that are reshaping research, learning and – in this case, art. (The Duke Daily)

By Kai Kelley Jr. (he/him)
Kai Kelley Jr. (he/him) Assistant Director, Entertainment, Media & Arts Career Community
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The Duke Laptop Ensemble headlines its first concert

Frederickson created the ensemble through the Bass Digital Education Fellowship, a graduate school program supporting projects that explore new ways of learning, including digital, and that also connect with undergraduates.  

By Kai Kelley Jr. (he/him)
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Cultural Anthropology and Dance: Katya Wesolowski on Capoeira Connections

In Capoeira Connections: A Memoir in Motion, Katya Wesolowski — a capoeirista and Duke lecturing fellow of Cultural Anthropology and Dance — explores her personal journey from novice to instructor as well as her research in Brazil, Angola, Europe, and the United States. 

By Kai Kelley Jr. (he/him)
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A Tale of Two Students: Duke student co-authors book to bring attention to the Syrian refugee crisis

While most high school projects end after the semester, this one took on a life of its own. The project was more than two years in the making, says Chen, who co-authored the book with Selena Morse, now a freshman at Arizona State.

By Kai Kelley Jr. (he/him)
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Sports and Society Course Applies Anthropological Practice to our Obsession with Athletes

by Kathryn Kennedy, Trinity Communications 

Sports can provide a lens into capitalism, race and racism, rhetoric, history, sociology and even the ways that geography can inform human experience, Canada said during an interview about the renamed Sports and Society course. The …

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Making the Most of Your First Year/Summer At Duke

At times, student become super proactive when they begin at a university because it has been drilled in their ears to “Make sure you get an internship in your industry so that you can get a job” Although that is …

By Sh'Maughn Wright, He/Him/His
Sh'Maughn Wright, He/Him/His Career Specialist
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