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The Week at Duke {in 60 Seconds}: Hollywood Advice; Invisibility Cloak; Arts Scene

Duke University juniors Danny Nolan and Audrey Adu-Appiah deliver a week's worth of campus news in a minute.

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Hunger Games co-producer and Duke alumnus Bryan Unkeless returned to campus to speak to students interested in the entertainment industry. His advice for aspiring filmmakers: don't sweat your college GPA; specialize in one movie-making skill; and know your role on a creative team -- and stick to it.More entertainment news: The Duke Union hosts a talk by Golden Globe-nominated actor Joseph Gordon Levitt November 15 in Page Auditorium.A cloak of invisibility. A device designed by graduate student Nathan Landy shields objects from detection by electromagnetic waves. It improves on a previous cloak developed by Duke Professor David R. Smith. A former president of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, spoke at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business about his country's economic and social changes. Uribe is planning to start a university in Colombia and met with Duke administrators to learn more about the U.S. education system.The Duke Arts Festival wrapped on campus. For two weeks students presented music, dance performances, photography and more.