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Hope Boykin, choreographer, Durham native and former dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, leads Duke students in a contemporary dance class in the Cube at the Rubenstein Arts Center.
In one project, students stepped into full-body motion capture suits to perform scenes that informed character animation and gameplay. Photo by Rob Underhill
Laurene and Scott Sperling
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Polly Ha with one of the Declaration of Independence manuscripts -
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Hope Boykin, choreographer, Durham native and former dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, leads Duke students in a contemporary dance class in the Cube at the Rubenstein Arts Center. -
On left, Lei, director of “Drifting,” speaks with a coal miner on location in the mine. On right, a still image from Lei’s Academy Award–winning film (Courtesy of Lei). -
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Public Policy Professor David Schanzer in class. -
Duke Arts team members, from left, Yesenia Martinez-Yanez, Sarah Hammond and Riley Harden look at a historic copy of the Declaration of Independence on loan from the David M. Rubenstein Americana Collection at the Durham County Main Library. -
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August 31, 2026
Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill to Combine Herbaria
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Happening at Duke this month are, clockwise from top left, a concert at Baldwin Auditorium, a performance by award-winning musician Patty Griffin, a conversation between Duke alum David Rubenstein and filmmaker Ken Burns, a conversation with Duke's Mark Anthony Neal and an open house at the Biddle Music Building. -
Charmaine Royal, Alberto Bartesaghi and Doug Nowacek -
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Laurene and Scott Sperling
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In one project, students stepped into full-body motion capture suits to perform scenes that informed character animation and gameplay. Photo by Rob Underhill