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  • Mount Olympus

  • Climbing Mount Olympus is just one of the (optional) great   opportunities offered by Duke in Greece

  • Credit: Luca Lipparini
  • Tags: Duke in Greece, Greece
  • Karanfil at Sumela Monastery

  • I took this photograph in April 2012 at the end of the Duke in Istanbul spring break trip to Eastern Turkey. Although initially hesitant to leave Istanbul for a full week, I looked forward to the chance to reconnect with nature and visit a remote part of Turkey. We were the…

  • Credit: Genevieve Werner
  • Major: International Comparative Studies
  • Tags: Duke in Istanbul, Turkey
  • Silver Lining

  • Greece has faced some tough times recently. The nation’s undergone successive scandals and financial crises, and at one point during our stay last summer many commentators were predicting Greece’s exit from the Eurozone within a matter of days. Thus Greeks, during our stay, had a lot to be frustrated about. But…

  • Credit: Matt Barnett
  • Major: Biology/Public Policy
  • Going the Distance

  • At a few points over the month I spent in Greece, I felt like I could have been on another planet. I’m not talking about the landscapes—many of which were out of this world, including this one on Santorini—but about the culture. I didn't expect Greek culture to be particularly different,…

  • Credit: Matt Barnett
  • Major: Biology/Public Policy
  • Over the Flats

  • Cape Town was not an easy place for me to live.

    Over twenty years after the end of apartheid, democracy in South Africa has fallen far short of expectations. Poverty is omnipresent in the areas surrounding Cape Town, and (heartbreakingly) many residents have turned to violence, crime, and drugs. The Cape…

  • Credit: Matt Barnett
  • Major: Biology/Public Policy
  • 8th Wonder

  • In New York, I was accompanied by my best friend and alter ego: my Canon Rebel T2i. Every photographer’s dream is to venture to New York in hopes of documenting its timeless history and excavating hidden jewels. While many correspond these jewels to the magnificent architectures, the dazzling signs of Times…

  • Credit: Christy Kim
  • Major: VIsual Arts
  • Tags: Duke in New York, New York
  • London Bridge

  • Because it was a rare sunny day in London, I decided to venture to Borough Market on foot. I’d whipped out my camera to capture the magnificent weather, and only realized after return to the US that it was my only picture of London Bridge. In the photo, it looks like…

  • Credit: Ruoheng Zhang
  • Major: Biology
  • Riches and Ruins

  • London, New York, Tokyo. I think of these places and the image that comes to mind is more or less the same: bustling, lively, crowded. I imagine that in those cities, not a single bit of land goes to waste. Yet in the heart of London, surrounded by sparking, new office…

  • Credit: Ruoheng Zhang
  • Major: Biology
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