Former SOL Fellow Chitra Balakrishnan (T'21) has been awarded the Ole R. Holsti Prize for excellence in undergraduate research using primary sources for political science or public policy. The awards are distributed by the Duke University Libraries to recognize orginial research and writing of Duke students and encouraging the use of library resources. Balakrishnan's winning…
read moreFormer Hart Fellow Sujal Manohar was among three Duke alumni named in the inaugural class of Samvid Scholars! Samvid Scholars was founded in 2021 by Samvid Ventures to invest in the graduate education of future leaders who are committed to effecting positive change in society, and provides up to $50,000 tuition and fees to the…
read more2020-21 Hart Fellow Sujal Manohar has published an op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman regarding sidewalk access for the disabled in Austin, Texas. Manohar’s op-ed draws on her research during her Hart Fellowship in partnership with Imagine Art, a nonprofit art studio for people with disabilities in Austin. Manohar graduated from Duke in 2020 with majors…
read moreAditya Santoki (SOL ’19) and faculty advisor Sanford professor Nathan Boucher recently published an article in the North Carolina Medical Journal examining barriers to vaccination in Durham County’s vulnerable adult populations. This article stems from research Santoki conducted through his community based research (CBR) project supported by SOL funding in summer 2019. Santoki interviewed fifty-four patients…
read moreSisters in Hate, a new book by Duke alumna and former Hart Fellow Seyward Darby (Trinity ’07, HFP ’07-‘08), examines the role of white women in right-wing extremism. Often ignored in history and in modern media, these women have been some of the driving engines behind virulent hate movements and have helped propel white supremacy…
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