Team Kenan event explores “science of selection” in forming social groups
On Thursday, February 21, Team Kenan held a public discussion led by panelists Donna Lisker (Office of Undergraduate Education), and Gary Glass (Counseling and Psychological Services). Duke’s student...
View ArticleTeam Kenan uses experiential learning to engage students on food security
On a recent Sunday afternoon, a group of Duke undergraduates participated in an event combining the excitement of competition with an experience in how income affects the nutritional options for...
View ArticleSubmit to What Is Good Art by Mar. 21
This is the final week to submit art to Team Kenan’s annual What Is Good Art Competition! This year’s theme is Self + Other. The theme has been chosen to bring cohesiveness to the show that follows the...
View ArticleBlog Contest: What dilemmas do Duke students face?
The Devil’s Dilemma is seeking blog entries for a writing contest about ethics at Duke. In a 200-500 word blog post, answer the following prompt: What is the most significant ethical issue or moral...
View Article2013 Kenan Moral Purpose Award deadline: April 26
The Kenan Moral Purpose Award is given for the best undergraduate student essay on the role a liberal arts education plays in students’ exploration of the personal and social purposes by which to...
View ArticleSenior Emily McGinty spearheads campus food project
Team Kenan senior Emily McGinty is passionate about issues of food resources. A recent Duke Today article discusses her involvement in a project to create an online information hub for food researchers...
View ArticleAnnouncing the essay winners of the 2013 Kenan Moral Purpose Award
The Kenan Moral Purpose Award is given for the best undergraduate student essay on the role a liberal arts education plays in students’ exploration of the personal and social purposes by which to...
View ArticleEmbarking KIE students to keep reflection journals through the summer
As the academic year has come to a close, undergraduates in Kenan programs are trading classrooms for exciting new opportunities around the globe. The students in KIE’s DukeEngage: Dublin program will...
View ArticleKIE announces Kenan Graduate Arts Fellowship
The Institute will begin offering a new fellowship for graduate students entering the second year of study with the MFAEDA program. Beginning in the 2013-2014 academic year, the fellow will engage...
View ArticleSummer Fellows tackle the American-Korean culture of adoption, Greenland’s...
Our far-flung Kenan Summer Fellows Cece Mercer and Christine Delp have written their first reflection journals for their summer projects exploring what it means to “live an ethical life.” Be sure to...
View ArticleKIE launches new experiential pathway for Ethics Certificate
This fall, KIE’s Ethics Certificate Program will be the first to include a new pathway that combines the curricular with the co-curricular. In addition to course work that includes a Gateway...
View ArticleNew KIE web resource shares DukeImmerse: Uprooted/Rerouted student experiences
Visitors to KIE’s newly published web resource on forced migration can view the work of twelve undergraduates who participated in KIE’s DukeImmerse: Uprooted/Rerouted program last spring. The students...
View ArticleStudent submissions for fall art exhibition due Oct. 16
Call for Work The Icon Industry: The Visual Economy of Human Rights Deadline for Submissions: October 16, 2013 Opening: November 4, 2013 The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University is seeking...
View ArticleJoin Team Kenan: Now accepting applications
We are now accepting applications for positions with Team Kenan for the 2013-2014 academic year. Successful applicants will have a strong interest in ethics (broadly defined), though a background in...
View ArticleCall for entries: student social media contest on #EthicsStorytime
KIE is introducing its very first Twitter hashtag competition, #EthicsStorytime. Fairy, folk, and bedtime stories are familiar to everyone, and while they’re meant to teach a lesson, there are all...
View ArticleApplications for undergraduate Kenan Summer Fellows due January 17
KIE’s Kenan Summer Fellows program is now accepting project applications for summer 2014. Interested undergraduates should work with a faculty mentor to design a project that will examine “what does it...
View ArticleNew public art opportunity available to undergrads–apply by Jan. 31
CALL FOR COLLABORATORS Open to Duke Undergraduates with all levels of artistic experience. Deadline: January 31, 2014 Do you have an interest in engaging and reframing social or political topics...
View ArticleWest Duke Building closed through the semester (update)
On Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 19, the ceiling of a second floor classroom in the West Duke Building collapsed. No one was injured. The building will remain closed until further notice. Courses normally...
View ArticleSubmit to What Is Good Art by Mar. 19
Team Kenan invites submissions for the fifth annual What Is Good Art? Competition. This year’s theme is “Extraordinary.” Submissions that examine or present perspectives on the mundane, the unusual, or...
View ArticleUndergraduate essay submissions for Moral Purpose Award due Apr. 13
Established in honor of the Institute’s 15th anniversary at Duke and subsequently expanded, the award represents a partnership with the Parr Center for Ethics at the University of North Carolina at...
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