Postcard From Abroad
Dear Global Education Office:In Duke in Berlin's engineering program, we not only learn the German language and culture, and study at one of the country's top engineering schools, we also get plenty of practical experiences that show us where ours degrees can take us. Here I am at Mercedes-Benz World,...
Credit: Adam Petty
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Postcard from Abroad
Dear Global Education Office:An engineer's wonderland! We saw this mirror-plated Bugatti Veyron at the the VW Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany. This is the world's fastest street-legal car, and also the most expensive. This was one of the many excursions scheduled specially for engineers as a part of the Duke in...
Credit: Grant Oakley
Major: ECE/CompSci
Charlottenburg Palace
Charlottenburg Palace...
Credit: Jeff Whyte
Postcard from Abroad
Dear Global Education Office:
Grüßen aus Berlin!
Berlin is truly a unique city, especially in terms of architecture. The highlight of the Duke Summer in Berlin Program was undoubtedly the Art and Architecture of Berlin course. The city is extremely diverse, from Soviet buildings to the Hauptbahnhof (main train station)....
Credit: Nicholas Gregg
Major: Russian
Postcard from Abroad
Dear Global Education Office:
East Side Modernism! I chose Duke in Berlin so that I could come to the home of Bauhaus and the Modern Architecture movement.
I was fortunate enough to live in the East in Prenzlauer Berg, a neighborhood that's considered super hip and has received much attention...
Credit: Jenn Burka
Major: Art History with a concentration in Architecture
Postcard from Abroad
Dear Global Education Office:
Bitte, how do you do laundry here?
Let's be honest. You can visit Berlin any time. When you do, you can probably visit the Altes Museum (which I am sitting in front of in this picture), wander around Potsdamer Platz, listen to a concert in the...
Credit: Jessica Nicholson
Major: Biology
Berlin Neighborhood
A street view of one of the quaint neighborhoods in Berlin....
Credit: Patricia Otcasek
Postcard from Abroad
Dear Global Education Office:
I applied for the Duke program in Berlin because of the opportunity to live with a host family. I was looking to feel grounded in such a huge, metropolitan city, especially coming from tiny Davidson, NC, and I wanted a family away from home. Now, having...
Credit: Todd Resly
Major: German
Postcard from Abroad
Dear Global Education Office:
Culture at one's doorstep -- one of the major highlights of participating in the Duke in Berlin program is living with my host family. They treat me as one of their own children and share with me over breakfast or a weekend dinner topics ranging...
Credit: Sabrina
Major: ECE
Hertha Berlin Game
Hertha Berlin played St. Patrick's Athletic in the Olympiastadion and we were there to see it!
(Berlin Fall 2008)...
Credit: Albert Karcher
Visiting the Bauhaus Archiv - Berlin
We visited the Bauhaus Archiv where many of the products designed by the influential Bauhaus movement are on display.
(Berlin Fall 2008)...
Credit: Albert Karcher
Reichstag - Fall 2008
During our bike tour of Berlin we stopped for a photo shoot in front of the Reichstag.
(Berlin Fall 2008)...
Credit: Albert Karcher
Amazed by the Sony Center
We were mesmerized by the futuristic design of the Sony Center at Potsdamer Platz.
(Berlin Fall 2008)...
Credit: Albert Karcher
The Siegessäule - Berlin
The Siegessäule (or "chick on a stick" as it was known by American soldiers) is located on the city axis that crosses the Brandenburg Gate. Barack Obama gave a speech at theSiegessäule on July 24, 2008 shortly before we arrived in Berlin.
(Berlin Fall 2008)
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Credit: Albert Karcher
On top of the Reichstag
We climbed to the top of the Reichstag for a group photo. (Spring 2009)...
Credit: Albert Karcher
Postcard from Abroad
Dear Global Education Office:
Studying in Berlin is like living another life. Living with a host family has immersed me in German to such an extent that I am starting to think and dream in German!
Instead of watching Duke Basketball, every week we go to see concerts in...
Credit: Albert Karcher
Major: Public Policy Studies
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