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The Carbon Foodprint: How a Duke Team Made Sustainability Visible in the Dining Hall
Norbert Foy and his interdisciplinary team won Duke University's inaugural Masters Impact Challenge by designing a system to display the carbon emissions of each meal sold on campus. The proposal emerged from research showing that most students would choose climate-friendly food if given better information, and aims to turn daily dining into a moment of climate awareness.
Increasing Your Surface Area of Luck: Nine Practices for Emerging African Professionals
The writer reflects on how she accumulated over $250,000 in grants, scholarships, and international opportunities as a young Cameroonian woman without family wealth or political connections—and attributes this not to talent alone but to deliberately expanding her exposure to opportunities and people. She offers nine practical strategies for other young Africans to do the same.
Cameroonian Universities Absent from Africa's Top 200
In 2018, no Cameroonian university appeared on uniRank's list of Africa's top 200 institutions, a reversal from the previous year when three Cameroonian universities ranked in the list. The writer frames this as both a disappointment and an opportunity to explore higher education alternatives across the continent.