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PHOTO COURTESY OF #ARTSTIGATORS
Dedicated Duke University parent (and, oh yeah, star of The Grinder and Parks and Recreation) Rob Lowe with his son and students Hunter Stark and Peyton Dilweg in Professor Madeleine Lambert’s theater studies class. Rob gave a guest lecture and filmed an “Artstigator Minute” supporting the student-driven #artstigators movement that seeks to build community around creativity at Duke and beyond.
Monty Python legend John Cleese got up close and personal with a few residents of the Duke Lemur Center. Back in 1998, John worked with the center to help fund the release of 13 of their black-and-white ruffled lemurs into Betampona National Park in Madagascar, so he was “thrilled” to meet some of their families still at the Center. Charlie Welch, the Center’s conservation coordinator, said, “It was a pleasure to work with him – in addition to of course being a brilliant and funny man, he is a genuinely caring person, and passionate about lemurs and conservation.” John has called his 1998 lemur documentary, Operation Lemur: Mission to Madagascar, one of his favorite projects. Above, he chats with a tour guide.
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