The Humanities Research Center held an online festival on June 5 to showcase a GIS database of student works created as part of Kunshan: Digital City of Arts and Culture. Since last fall, students have participated in a variety of projects to capture the city’s culture and internationalization. Works include photography of its changing architecture, original performance art, reenacted historical dramas, a documentary on hairy crabs, and interviews with local residents in their homes.
Catherine Brenner ’22 has received a scholarship from Women Honoring Women, a group in her native Bonner County, Idaho, U.S., that supports female students who demonstrate leadership qualities and a love of lifelong learning, and are a positive role model for future generations. Brenner, an environmental science major, also has a scholarship from the county’s Co-op Gas and Supply Co. that supports students with an interest in agriculture or water and soil conservation. ‘I want to thank the Co-op and Women Honoring Women for their commitment to local graduates. Their support truly makes a difference in enabling me to keep pursuing my dreams,’ she said. Brenner will spend this summer working as a raft guide on the Arkansas River in Colorado.
International students in the incoming Class of 2024 have been sharing their excitement at joining DKU in the fall in video messages. Among them are Chaelin Lee and Seonui Jeong from South Korea, Doan Nguyen Tuong Vy from Vietnam, and McLaren Lindsey and Andrew Sahagun from the United States.
Three DKU teams earned honorable mentions in the 2020 Mathematical/ Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (MCM/ICM), the oldest and most influential competition of its kind worldwide, organizers announced on April 27. DKU entered six teams in the contest, which this year moved online in response to Covid-19. Teams received open modeling problems designed with real backgrounds, and worked with industry and governmental professionals to formulate propositions and to structure an academic paper. Honorable mentions went to teams comprising Jiyang Tang, Jincheng He and Ziqiao Ao; Yishui Sun, Xuchen Gong and Xinmeng Chen; and Zhonghang Qu, Tianyu Wu and Jinchen Zhao.
Students and staff recorded a unique version of ‘We Are the World’ to celebrate global solidarity and to honor the doctors and nurses fighting on the front lines of Covid-19.
After instruction moved online in February, DKU launched DKUnited, a video series to help our community stay connected. Over three months, many students, faculty and staff contributed fun video messages on their favorite aspects of campus life, ranging from food to friends. You can watch all the episodes on YouTube.
Students around the world have been sharing with us how they are coping with self-isolation and online learning. Tan Lang ’22 in Shanghai, Naol Basaye ’23 in Ethiopia and Mia Mixan ’23 in Italy have told their personal stories in our ‘A Day in My Life’ series, while Shiwei Wang ’23 has recorded a touching video in which she encourages people to live in the moment.
Budding filmmaker Rachel Darius ’22 has released her debut documentary ‘Water Town’ on YouTube. The movie focuses on Bacheng, a water town not far from campus. Darius and her crew embark on a personal journey to understand the merging of modern life and ancient culture in a changing China.
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