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University Scholars Program
Designed to stimulate an interdisciplinary, inter-generational community of scholars, the University Scholars Program was created in 1998 by the Office of the Vice-Provost of Interdisciplinary Studies with a gift from Duke University Trustee Emerita Melinda French Gates.
The University Scholars Program (USP) welcomed its first matriculating class in 1999. This innovative program was the first of its kind in the United States and around the world, bringing together undergraduates, graduate students, and students from Duke’s professional schools.
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Spotlight on Holy Tuwila
Holy Tuwila is a junior majoring in Economics and Political Science. Born in London, he has a deep curiosity about human nature, behavior, and people. Last semester, Holy studied in Sweden and travelled across Europe researching the intersection of art, music, and culture. He has also worked with the Duke Economics Analytics Lab under Professor Marta Boszon, examining how media consumption shapes perceptions of crime. This summer, he will intern as an Investment Banker at UBS. Beyond academics, Holy served as VP of Diversity and Inclusion at Delta Sigma Pi (DSP), volunteered at Neal Middle School, and plays intramural soccer.
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Dr. Katya Wesolowski, University Scholars Faculty Director
Dr. Wesolowski is a Lecturing Fellow in the Department of Cultural Anthropology. As an anthropologist and dancer, she is interested in the possibilities that embodied practices open up for empathetic ways of being together, constructing and transmitting knowledge, and creating alternative futures. Her current project is an interdisciplinary and mixed-method exploration of social and stage dance in the Angolan diaspora. Dr. Wesolowski's courses often blend seminar and studio to create an experiential and dialogic learning environment that blurs the boundary between theory and praxis and emphasizes collective over individual knowledge acquisition and achievement.