States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school
moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James Buchanan Duke established The Duke
Endowment, prompting the institution to change its name in honor of his deceased father,
Washington Duke.
The University is organized into two undergraduate, ten graduate and professional schools, and
seven institutes. In its 2011 edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked the university's
undergraduate program 9th among national universities, while ranking the medical, law, public
affairs, nursing and business graduate programs all among the top 12 in the United States. In the
2010 QS World University Rankings, Duke ranked 14th worldwide. Duke's research expenditures are
among the largest ten in the nation. Competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference, Duke's athletic
teams have won twelve national championships, including four by its men's basketball team.
Besides academics, research, and athletics, Duke is also well known for its sizable campus and
Collegiate Gothic architecture, especially the Duke Chapel. The forests surrounding parts of the
campus belie the University's proximity to downtown Durham. Duke's 8,610 acres (35 km2) contain
three contiguous campuses in Durham as well as a marine lab in Beaufort. Construction projects
have updated both the freshmen-populated Georgian-style East Campus and the main Gothic-style
West Campus, as well as the adjacent Medical Center over the past five years.
History of Duke University
Beginnings
Building ("Old Main") was destroyed by a fire in 1911.Duke started as Brown's Schoolhouse, a
private subscription school founded in 1838, in Randolph County in the present-day town of
Trinity. Brown's Schoolhouse was organized by the Union Institute Society, a group of Methodists
and Quakers, and in 1841 North Carolina issued a charter for Union Institute Academy. The academy
was renamed Normal College in 1851 and then Trinity College in 1859 because of support from the
Methodist Church. In 1892, Trinity moved to Durham, largely due to generosity from Washington
Duke and Julian S. Carr, powerful and respected Methodists who had grown wealthy through the
tobacco industry. Washington Duke gave what was then known as Trinity College a $100,000
endowment in 1896, with the stipulation that the college "open its doors to women, placing them
on an equal footing with men."
($434 million in 2005 dollars) trust fund. The income of the fund was to be distributed to
hospitals, orphanages, the Methodist Church, three colleges, and Trinity College. William Preston
Few, the president of Trinity College, insisted that the university be named Duke University to
honor the family's generosity and to distinguish itself from the myriad of other colleges and
universities carrying the "Trinity" name. At first, James B. Duke thought the name change might
come off as self-serving, but eventually he accepted Few's proposal as a memorial to his father.
Money from the endowment allowed the University to grow quickly. Duke's original campus (East
Campus) was rebuilt from 1925 to 1927 with Georgian-style buildings. By 1930, the majority of the
Collegiate Gothic style buildings on the campus one mile (1.6 km) west were completed, and
construction on West Campus culminated with the completion of Duke Chapel in 1935.
James B. Duke established the Duke Endowment, which provides funds to numerous institutions
including Duke University. Expansion and growthEngineering, which had been taught since 1903,
became a separate school in 1939. In athletics, Duke hosted and competed in the only Rose Bowl
ever played outside California in Wallace Wade Stadium in 1942. On June 2, 1963, the Board of
Trustees officially desegregated the undergraduate college. Increased activism on campus during
the 1960s prompted Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to speak at the University on the civil rights
movement's progress on November 13, 1964. The former governor of North Carolina, Terry Sanford,
was elected president in 1969, propelling The Fuqua School of Business's opening, the William R.
Perkins library completion, and the founding of the Institute of Policy Sciences and Public
Affairs (now the Sanford School of Public Policy). The separate Woman's College merged back with
Trinity as the liberal arts college for both men and women in 1972. Beginning in the 1970s, Duke
administrators began a long-term effort to strengthen Duke's reputation both nationally and
internationally. Interdisciplinary work was emphasized, as was recruiting minority faculty and
students. Duke University Hospital was finished in 1980 and the student union was fully
constructed two years later. In 1986, the men's soccer team captured Duke's first NCAA
championship, and the men's basketball team shortly followed with championships in 1991, 1992,
2001 and 2010.
Recent history
of any American university.Duke University's growth and academic focus have contributed to the
university's reputation as an academic and research powerhouse. The school has regularly sent
three-member teams to the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, earning the title of
the best collegiate undergraduate math team in the United States and Canada in 1993, 1996 and
2000. In recent years Duke's team has regularly finished in the top five.
Construction continued on campus, with the 314,000-square-foot (29,200 m2) Levine Science
Research Center (LSRC) opening in 1994 to house interdisciplinary research. These projects have
updated both the freshmen-housed Georgian-style East Campus and the main Gothic-style West
Campus, as well as the adjacent Medical Center in recent years.
In 1998, Duke President Nan Keohane initiated a five-year $1.5 billion Campaign for Duke
fundraising effort. Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. ('47) endowed the Pratt School of Engineering with a $35
million gift in 1999. The Campaign for Duke ended in 2003 with $2.36 billion raised, making it
the fifth largest campaign in the history of American higher education.
In the 2008 fiscal year, research expenditures surpassed $766 million. The first working
demonstration of an invisibility cloak was unveiled by Duke researchers in October 2006. In 2002
and 2006, three students were named Rhodes Scholars, a number surpassed by only one other
university both years. Overall, Duke has produced 42 Rhodes Scholars, including 21 in the past 15
years.
develop a joint medical program, which had its first entering class in 2007.
In 2006, three lacrosse team members were falsely accused of rape. Charges against the players
were later dropped and the initial prosecutor was disbarred for ethical improprieties. The
incident garnered significant media attention.
Campus
Duke Chapel, a frequent icon for the university, can seat nearly 1,600 people and contains a
5,200-pipe organDuke University owns 220 buildings on 8,610 acres (35 km2) of land, which
includes the 7,200 acre (29 km²) Duke Forest. The campus is divided into four main areas: West,
East, and Central campuses, and the Medical Center. All the campuses are connected via a free bus
service or the Duke University Medical Center Patient Rapid Transit people mover. On the Atlantic
coast in Beaufort, Duke owns 15 acres (61,000 m2) as part of its Marine Lab. One of the major
public attractions on the Duke Campus is the 55-acre (220,000 m2) Sarah P. Duke Gardens,
established in the 1930s.
Collegiate Gothic architecture of West Campus. Much of the campus was designed by Julian Abele,
one of the first prominent African American architects. The residential quadrangles are of an
early and somewhat unadorned design, while the buildings in the academic quadrangles show
influences of the more elaborate late French and Italian styles. Its freshman campus (East
Campus) is composed of buildings in the Georgian architecture style.
The stone used for the West Campus has seven primary colors and seventeen shades of color. The
university supervisor of planning and construction wrote that the stone has "an older, more
attractive antique effect" and a "warmer and softer coloring than the Princeton stone" that gave
the university an "artistic look". James B. Duke initially suggested the use of stone from a
quarry in Princeton, New Jersey, but later amended the plans to use stone from a local quarry
which was purchased in Hillsborough to reduce costs. Duke Chapel stands at the heart of West
Campus. Constructed from 1930 to 1935, the chapel seats 1,600 people; and, at 210 feet (64 m), is
one of the tallest buildings in Durham County.
since February 2001. At that time, Duke initiated a five-year strategic plan, "Building on
Excellence." Completed projects since 2002 include major additions to the business, law, nursing,
and divinity schools, a new library, an art museum, a football training facility, two residential
buildings, an engineering complex, a public policy building, an eye institute, two genetic
research buildings, a student plaza, the French Family Science Center, and two new
medical-research buildings.
The Gothic Reading Room of Perkins Library Libraries and museumsMain articles: Duke University
Library System and Nasher Museum of Art
With more than six million volumes, the Duke University Library System is one of the ten largest
private research university library systems in the U.S. and is the 22nd largest among members of
the Association of Research Libraries. In addition to the six million volumes there are 17.7
million manuscripts, 1.2 million public documents, and tens of thousands of films and videos.
Besides the main William R. Perkins Library complex, the university library system also includes
the separately administered Ford (business), Divinity School, Goodson Law, and Medical Center
Libraries.
Bostock Library, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library and University Archives,
and the von der Heyden Pavilion), Lilly Library (which houses materials on fine arts, philosophy,
film & video, and performing arts), the Music Library, and the Pearse Memorial Library (located
at the Marine Lab).
Nasher Museum of Art was designed by Rafael Viñoly and is named for Duke alumnus and art
collector Raymond Nasher. The museum opened in 2005 at a cost of over $23 million, and contains
over 13,000 works of art, including works by Andy Warhol, Barkley L. Hendricks, Christian
Marclay, Dario Robleto and Kara Walker.
West, East, and Central CampusesSee also: Duke Chapel
West Campus, the heart of Duke University, houses all the sophomores, along with some juniors and
seniors. In addition, most of the academic and administrative centers reside there. Main West
Campus, with Duke Chapel at its center, contains the majority of residential quads to the south,
while the main academic quad, library, and Medical Center are to the north. The campus, spanning
720 acres (2.9 km2), includes Science Drive, which consists of science and engineering buildings.
Most of the campus eateries and sports facilities including the historic basketball stadium,
Cameron Indoor Stadium, are on West.
The main West Campus is dominated by Neo-Gothic architecture. Shown here are typical residence
halls.
the home of several academic departments. Since the 1995–96 academic year, all freshmen—and only
freshmen except for upperclassmen serving as Resident Assistants—have lived on East Campus, to
build class unity. The campus encompasses 97 acres (390,000 m2) and is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) away
from West Campus. The Art History, History, Literature, Music, Philosophy, and Women's Studies
Departments are housed on East. Programs such as dance, drama, education, film, and the
University Writing Program also reside on East. East Campus, a fully self-sufficient campus,
contains the freshman residence halls, a dining hall, coffee shop, post office, Lilly Library,
Baldwin Auditorium, a theater, Brodie Gym, tennis courts, and several academic buildings.
Separated from downtown by a short walk, the area was the site of the Women's College from 1930
to 1972.
East Campus, home to all Duke freshmen, features Georgian architecture. Baldwin Auditorium can be
seen on the right side.
850 juniors and seniors and 200 professional students in apartments. It is home to the Nasher
Museum of Art, the Freeman Center for Jewish Life, the Duke Police Department, the Duke Office of
Disability Management, a Ronald McDonald House, and administrative departments such as Duke
Residence Life and Housing Services. Central has several recreation and social facilities such as
basketball courts, tennis courts, a sand volleyball court, barbecue grills and picnic shelters, a
general gathering building called Devil's Den, the Mill Village and a convenience store.
At present, there is a plan to restructure Central Campus. The idea is to develop an "academic
village" as a key center for the Duke community. This academic village will provide living
arrangements for undergraduate, graduate and professional students and some faculty, plus dining,
recreation, and academic support spaces while also serving as a living laboratory for
sustainability.
curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The Career Center and Alumni Center
will also relocate to this campus to support the intellectual and social growth of undergraduate
students and prepare them to interact, engage and exchange with the community and the world
beyond.
Key placesMain articles: Duke Lemur Center, Duke University Medical Center, and Sarah P. Duke
Gardens
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens attract more than 300,000 visitors each year.Duke Forest, established
in 1931, today consists of 7,200 acres (29 km²) in six divisions, just west of Duke University's
West Campus. It is one of the largest continually managed forests in the U.S. and demonstrates a
variety of forest stand types and silvicultural treatments. Duke Forest is used extensively for
research and includes the Aquatic Research Facility, Forest Carbon Transfer and Storage (FACTS-I)
research facility, two permanent towers suitable for micrometerological studies, and other areas
designated for animal behavior and ecosystem study. More than 30 miles (48 km) of trails are open
to the public for hiking, cycling, and horseback riding.
and endangered prosimian primates. Founded in 1966, the Duke Lemur Center spans 85 acres (3.44
km²) and contains nearly 300 animals of 25 different species of lemurs, galagos and lorises.
Entrance to the Medical Center from West CampusThe Sarah P. Duke Gardens, established in the
early 1930s, is situated between West Campus and the apartments of Central Campus. The gardens
occupy 55 acres (2.2 km²), divided into four major sections: the original Terraces and their
surroundings; the H.L. Blomquist Garden of Native Plants, devoted to flora of the Southeastern
United States; the W.L. Culberson Asiatic Arboretum, housing plants of Eastern Asia, as well as
disjunct species found in both Eastern Asia and Eastern North America; and the Doris Duke Center
Gardens. There are five miles (8 km) of allées and paths throughout Gardens.
Duke University Medical Center, located directly north of West Campus, combines one of the
top-rated hospitals and one of the top-ranked medical schools in the U.S. Founded in 1930, the
Medical Center occupies 8 million square feet (700,000 m²) in 99 buildings on 210 acres (8.5
km²).
part of Duke's campus. The marine lab is situated on Pivers Island on the Outer Banks of North
Carolina, only 150 yards (140 m) across the channel from Beaufort. Duke's interest in the area
began in the early 1930s and the first buildings were erected in 1938. The resident faculty
represent the disciplines of oceanography, marine biology, marine biomedicine, marine
biotechnology, and coastal marine policy and management. The Marine Laboratory is a member of the
National Association of Marine Laboratories (NAML).
Academics
of 6,504 undergraduates and 7,744 graduate and professional students (as of fall 2010). The
university has "historic and symbolic ties to the Methodist Church but it always has been
independent in its governance." For the undergraduate class of 2015, Duke received 29,689
applications, and accepted approximately 12% of them. Furthermore, Duke currently ranks among the
ten toughest universities to get into, according to admissions data for the Class of 2015 from
The Huffington Post. The yield rate for accepted students is approximately 42%. For the class of
2014, 96% of admitted students ranked in the top 10% of their high school classes. The middle 50%
range of SAT scores for first-year students is 1380–1560 (old scale) or 2070–2340 (new scale),
while the ACT range is 31–34.
Demographics of student body Fall 2010 Undergraduate Graduate U.S. Census
African American 10% 5% 12.1%
Asian American 22% 9% 4.3%
Non-Hispanic
White American 47% 54% 68%
Hispanic American 7% 4% 14.5%
Other/Unknown/
International 14% 28% N/A
Duke University has two schools for undergraduates: Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and
Pratt School of Engineering.
Goldwater scholarships in the nation among private universities. The University practices
need-blind admissions and meets 100% of admitted students' demonstrated need. About 50 percent of
all Duke students receive some form of financial aid, which includes need-based aid, athletic aid
and merit aid. The average need-based grant for 2010-2011 was estimated to exceed $34,000.
Roughly 60 merit-based scholarships are also offered, the most prestigious of which is the Angier
B. Duke Memorial Scholarship, awarded for academic excellence. Other scholarships are geared
toward students in North Carolina, African-American students, and high achieving students
requiring financial aid.
Duke University's endowment had a market value of $4.8 billion in the fiscal year ended June 30,
2010. The University's special academic facilities include an art museum, several language labs,
the Duke Forest, the Duke Herbarium, a lemur center, a phytotron, a free electron laser, a
nuclear magnetic resonance machine, a nuclear lab, and a marine lab. Duke also is a leading
participant in the National Lambda Rail Network and runs a program for gifted children known as
the Talent Identification Program, or TIP.
Medicine received 5,076 applicants for 100 spots, while the average GPA and MCAT scores for
accepted students were 3.88 and 36, respectively. The School of Law accepted approximately 13% of
its applicants for the Class of 2013, while enrolling students had a median GPA of 3.80 and
median LSAT of 170.
The University's graduate and professional schools include the Graduate School, the Pratt School
of Engineering, the Nicholas School of the Environment, the School of Medicine, the Duke-NUS
Graduate Medical School, the School of Nursing, the Fuqua School of Business, the School of Law,
the Divinity School, and the Sanford School of Public Policy.
Undergraduate Curriculum
36 arts and sciences majors, four engineering majors, and 46 additional majors that have been
approved under Program II, which allows students to design their own interdisciplinary major.
Sixteen certificate programs also are available. Students may pursue a combination of a total of
up to three majors/minors/certificates. Eighty percent of undergraduates enroll in the Trinity
College of Arts and Sciences, while the rest are in the Pratt School of Engineering.
Trinity's curriculum operates under the revised version of "Curriculum 2000." It ensures that
students are exposed to a variety of "areas of knowledge" and "modes of inquiry." The curriculum
aims to help students develop critical faculties and judgment by learning how to access,
synthesize, and communicate knowledge effectively, acquiring perspective on current and
historical events, conducting research and solving problems, and developing tenacity and a
capacity for hard and sustained work. In addition, freshmen can elect to participate in the FOCUS
Program, which allows students to engage in an interdisciplinary exploration of a specific topic
in a small group setting.
in a variety of disciplines. The school emphasizes undergraduate research—opportunities for
hands-on experiences arise through internships, fellowship programs, and the structured
curriculum. Furthermore, for the class of 2010, about 31% of Pratt undergraduates studied abroad,
small compared to the percentage for Trinity undergraduates (47%), but much larger than the
national average for engineering students (3.2%).
Research
The Fitzpatrick Center is home to many of Duke's engineering programs.In the 2007 fiscal year,
research expenditures surpassed $781 million, mostly in health care and life sciences. In the
2005 fiscal year, Duke University Medical Center received the fifth-largest amount of funding
from the National Institute of Health, netting $349.8 million. Duke's funding increased 14.8%
from 2004, representing the largest growth of any top-20 recipient. In the 2008 fiscal year, Duke
University School of Nursing jumped to 18th nationally in the rankings of the National Institute
of Health funding for nursing schools, netting more than $2.34 million, up 54 percent from 2007,
when it ranked 30th nationally.
engineering department's development of the world's first real-time, three-dimensional ultrasound
diagnostic system and the first engineered blood vessels. In the mechanical engineering
department, Adrian Bejan developed the constructal theory, which explains the shapes that arise
in nature. Duke has also pioneered studies involving nonlinear dynamics, chaos, and complex
systems in physics. In May 2006, Duke researchers mapped the final human chromosome, which made
world news as the Human Genome Project was finally complete. Reports of Duke researchers'
involvement in new AIDS vaccine research surfaced in June 2006. The biology department combines
two historically strong programs in botany and zoology, while one of the divinity school's
leading theologians is Stanley Hauerwas, whom Time named "America's Best Theologian" in 2001. The
graduate program in literature boasts several internationally renowned figures, including Fredric
Jameson, and Michael Hardt, while philosophers Robert Brandon and Lakatos Award-winner Alexander
Rosenberg make Duke a leading center for research in philosophy of biology.
RankingsUniversity rankings (overall) QS World 14
USNWR National University 9
News & World Report ranking of undergraduate programs at doctoral granting institutions, Duke
ranked 9th. In the past twenty years, U.S. News & World Report has placed Duke as high as 3rd and
as low as 10th. In 2010, Duke was ranked 14th in the world by QS World University Rankings and
24th in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings Duke was ranked the
14th-best university in the world by Newsweek and 31st best globally by Shanghai Jiao Tong
University in 2009, focusing on quality of scientific research and the number of Nobel Prizes.
The Wall Street Journal ranked Duke 6th (5th among universities) in its "feeder" rankings in
2006, analyzing the percentage of undergraduates that enroll in what it considers the top 5
medical, law, and business schools,. The most recent report in 2009 by the Center for Measuring
University Performance puts Duke at 6th in the nation. As one of the premier universities in the
east coast, Duke attracts many National Merit Scholars. In 2005, Duke enrolled 117 National Merit
Scholars, the 6th university in rank by number of scholars.Furthermore, Duke ranks 5th among
national universities to have produced Rhodes Scholars, Marshall Scholars, Truman Scholars,
Goldwater Scholars, and Udall Scholars. According to the 2010–2011 PayScale's statistical study
on "How Much a College Degree is Worth" through graduation rate, total cost to graduate, and
university's return on investment (ROI), Duke is ranked 9th nationally. According to the 2006
Princeton Review's survey on "Top Dream Colleges" among students, Duke ranked as the 8th dream
university. When parents were surveyed, Duke ranked as the 5th dream university for their
children. Also, Kiplinger's 50 Best Values in Private Universities 2010–11 ranks Duke at 5th best
overall after taking financial aid into consideration. According to a study by Forbes, Duke ranks
11th among universities that have produced billionaires and 1st among universities in the South.
A survey by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education in 2002 ranked Duke as the #1 university in
the country in regard to the integration of African American students and faculty.
In U.S. News & World Report 's "America's Best Graduate Schools 2012," Duke's medical school
ranked 5th for research. The hospital ranked 10th in the nation by the 2010–2011 U.S. News &
World Report Health Rankings of Best Hospitals in America. The School of Law has also been
constantly ranked 10th or 11th during the past few years by the same publication, while law
recruiters ranked the program 8th in the country. Duke's nursing school ranked 7th in U.S. News &
World Report's 2012 rankings, while the Sanford School of Public Policy tied for 10th in 2010 for
national public affairs programs, Among business schools in the United States, the Fuqua School
of Business was ranked 4th for its Executive M.B.A. program, 3rd for marketing, 9th for
management, and 12th overall by U.S. News & World Report in 2011, while BusinessWeek ranked its
full-time MBA program 6th in the nation in 2010. The graduate program for the Pratt School of
Engineering was ranked 31st while the biomedical engineering program was ranked 4th by U.S. News
& World Report. Taking the U.S. News & World Report Professional School Rankings in 2008 based on
Mean Reputation Score, Duke ranks 7th among national universities. Duke's graduate level
specialities in the sciences, medicine, nursing, engineering, mathematics, law, business,
English, public policy, political science, sociology and psychology are also ranked among the top
ten in the nation.
Student life Residential life
on campus for the first three years of undergraduate life, except for a small percentage of
second semester juniors who are exempted by a lottery system. This requirement is justified by
the administration as an effort to help students connect more closely with one another and
sustain a sense of belonging within the Duke community. Thus, 85% of undergraduates live on
campus. All freshmen are housed in one of 14 residences on East Campus. These buildings range in
occupancy size from 50 (Epworth—the oldest residence hall, built in 1892 as "the Inn") to 190
residents (Gilbert-Addoms).</ref> Most of these are in the Georgian style typical of the East
Campus architecture. Although the newer residence halls differ in style, they still relate to
East’s Georgian heritage. Two learning communities, the Performing Arts Community and East Campus
Wellness, connect the residential component of East Campus with students of similar academic and
social interests. Similarly, students in the Focus program, a first-year program that features
courses clustered around a specific theme, live together in the same residence halls.
The vast majority of sophomores reside on West Campus, but they may also elect to live on Central
Campus. Juniors and seniors can choose to live on West or Central. West Campus contains six
quadrangles the four along "Main" West were built in 1930’s, while two newer ones have since been
added. West Campus is home to three learning communities including West Campus Wellness, a
substance-free section, and the Baldwin Scholars program. These groups are allocated "sections"
of the quadrangles, thereby living close to one another, but still within the context of a larger
community. Also, 25 "selective living groups" are housed within sections on West, including 15
fraternities. Nine of the 11 non-fraternity selective living groups are coeducational. Central
Campus provides housing for approximately 1,050 students (of which about 850 are undergraduate
juniors or seniors) in 45 apartment buildings. About half of Duke seniors, however, choose to
live off campus.
Greek and social life
women at Duke are members of fraternities and sororities. Some of the 15 Interfraternity Council
(IFC) recognized fraternity chapters live in sections within West Campus quads, while some of the
others and some of the 9 Panhellenic Association Sorority Chapters feature residential
communities in the Central Campus apartments. Eight National Pan-Hellenic Council (historically
African American) fraternities and sororities also hold chapters at Duke. In addition, four other
fraternities and sororities form the Inter-Greek Council, the multicultural Greek umbrella
organization. Duke also has 11 Selective Living Groups, or SLGs, on campus for students wanting
self-selecting living arrangements. Selective Living Groups at Duke are residential groups
similar to fraternities or sororities but are generally co-ed, housed on Central and West Campus,
and unaffiliated with any national organizations.Fraternity chapters frequently host social
events in their residential sections, which are often open to non-members.
In the late-1990s, a new keg policy was put into effect that requires all student groups to
purchase kegs through Duke Dining Services. According to administrators, the rule change was
intended as a way to ensure compliance with alcohol consumption laws as well as to increase
on-campus safety. Some students saw the administration's increasingly strict policies as an
attempt to alter social life at Duke. As a result, off-campus parties at rented houses became
more frequent in subsequent years as a way to avoid Duke policies. Many of these houses were
situated in the midst of family neighborhoods, prompting residents to complain about excessive
noise and other violations. Police have responded by breaking up parties at several houses,
handing out citations, and occasionally arresting party-goers. The administration has been very
active in the past few years with efforts to help students re-establish a robust, on-campus
social life and has worked with numerous student groups, especially the Duke University Union, to
feature a wide array of events and activities. In March 2006, the university also purchased 15
houses in the Trinity Park area that Duke students had typically rented. These houses are now
owned by individual families who live in them, including the Dean of Duke Chapel.
Duke athletics, particularly basketball, is a significant component of Duke's student life.
Duke's students have been recognized as some of the most creative and original fans in all of
collegiate athletics. Students, often referred to as Cameron Crazies, show their support of the
men's basketball team by "tenting" for home games against key ACC rivals, especially UNC. Because
tickets to all varsity sports are free to students, they line up for hours before each game,
often spending the night on the sidewalk. For a mid-February game against UNC, some of the most
eager students might even begin tenting before spring classes begin. The total number of
participating tents is capped at 100 (each tent can have up to 12 occupants), though interest is
such that it could exceed that number if space permitted. Tenting involves setting up and
inhabiting a tent on the grass near Cameron Indoor Stadium, an area known as Krzyzewskiville, or
K-ville for short. There are different categories of tenting based on the length of time and
number of people who must be in the tent. At night, K-ville often turns into the scene of a party
or occasional concert. The men's basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski, is known to buy pizza on
occasion for the inhabitants of the tent village.
Activities Student organizations
The Chronicle's administrative office, the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, and the
Center for LGBT Life are all located in the Union.Approximately more than 500 student clubs and
organizations operate on Duke's campus. These include numerous student government, special
interest, and service organizations. Chartered by the Board of Trustees, the most prominent
amongst these are the Duke Student Government, the Duke University Union, and Campus Council.
Duke Student Government (DSG) subsequently charters and provides most of the funding for other
student groups, and represents students' interests when dealing with the administration. The Duke
University Union (DUU) is the school's primary programming organization, serving a center of
social, cultural, intellectual and recreational life. Campus Council is the school's residential
student government, specializing in programming, policy, and facilities and services. Cultural
groups are also provided funding directly from the university via the Multicultural Center as
well as other institutional funding sources. One of the most popular activities on campus is
competing in sports. Duke has 35 sports clubs and 29 intramural teams that are officially
recognized. Performance groups such as Hoof 'n' Horn, the country's second oldest student-run
musical theater organization, a cappella groups such as the Duke Pitchforks, student bands such
as Alan Davis Band, and Duke University Improv are also prominent on campus. The Duke University
Student Dining Advisory Committee, or DUSDAC, provides guidance to the administration on issues
regarding student dining, life, and restaurant choices.
student lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender group), Black Student Alliance, Diya (South Asian
Association), Jewish Life at Duke, Mi Gente (Latino Student Association), International
Association/International Council, Muslim Student Association, Native American Student Coalition,
Newman Catholic Student Center, Languages Dorm, and Students of the Caribbean.
Civic engagement
The von der Heyden Pavilion is a popular place among students for gathering and
studying.According to The Princeton Review, Duke is one of 81 institutions in the country with
outstanding community service programs. In 2008, Duke received the Community Engagement
Classification from Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. In February 2007, Duke
launched DukeEngage, a $30 million civic engagement program that allows undergraduates to
participate in an in-depth service opportunity over the course of a summer or semester. The
program's scope has been called "unprecedented in U.S. higher education." In addition, Duke
students have created more than 30 service organizations in Durham and the surrounding area.
Examples include a weeklong camp for children of cancer patients (Camp Kesem) and a group that
promotes awareness about sexual health, rape prevention, alcohol and drug use, and eating
disorders (Healthy Devils). The Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership, started by the Office of
Community Affairs in 1996, attempts to address major concerns of local residents and schools by
leveraging university resources. Another community project, "Scholarship with a Civic Mission,"
is a joint program between the Hart Leadership Program and the Kenan Institute for Ethics. Other
programs include: Project CHILD, a tutoring program involving 80 first-year volunteers; an
after-school program for at-risk students in Durham that was started with $2.25 million grant
from the Kellogg Foundation in 2002; and Project BUILD, a freshman volunteering group that
dedicates 3300 hours of service to a variety of projects such as schools, Habitat for Humanity,
food banks, substance rehabilitation centers, and homeless shelters. Some courses at Duke
incorporate service as part of the curriculum to augment material learned in class such as in
psychology or education courses (known as service learning courses).
The Chronicle, Cable 13, and WXDU
since 1905 and has a readership of about 30,000. Its editors are responsible for selecting the
term "Blue Devil". The newspaper won Best in Show in the tabloid division at the 2005 Associated
Collegiate Press National College Media Convention. Cable 13, established in 1976, is Duke's
student-run television station. It stands as a popular activity for students interested in film
production and media. WXDU-FM, licensed in 1983, is the University's nationally recognized,
noncommercial FM radio station, operated by student and community volunteers.
Duke Blue Devils
Duke Blue Devils mascot. This is an older design; an updated mascot was introduced in 2008.Duke's
26 varsity sports teams, known as the Blue Devils, are members of the NCAA's Division I Atlantic
Coast Conference. The Blue Devil Mascot's origins are rooted in an elite French alpine fighting
unit that garnered accolades and much global attention during World War I and its aftermath. The
French fighters' uniforms consisted of a flowing blue cape and blue beret.Athletic teams at the
school had no moniker until approximately 1924 when the school's newspaper, The Trinity
Chronicle, decided upon "Blue Devils" as the name after a much maligned democratic effort to
select a name in the previous year. Students initially feared that the Methodist school's
administration might frown upon the choice given the religious environment, but were surprised
when there was virtually zero opposition to the reference. Although hardly anyone today knows of
the elite French fighting force, "les Diables Bleus," Duke's mascot origin is considered to be
military and patriotic rather than anti-religious.
(1999, 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007), the men's basketball team has won four (1991, 1992, 2001, and
2010), and the men's soccer (1986), women's tennis (2009), and men's lacrosse (2010) teams have
won one each. Historically, Duke's major rival has been the Tar Heels of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, especially in basketball. The rivalry has led the fanbases to identify
the two differing shades of blue in relation to their respective university calling the lighter
powder blue "Carolina blue" and the darker blue "Duke blue".
In the past ten years, Duke has finished in the top 30 every year in the NACDA Directors' Cup, an
overall measure of an institution's athletic success. In the past six years, Duke has finished
10th (2010), 17th (2009), 19th (2008), 11th (2007), eighth (2006), and fifth (2005). Duke teams
that have been ranked in the top ten nationally in the first decade of the 21st century include
men's and women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's soccer, men's and
women's fencing, men's and women's cross country running, men's and women's lacrosse, women's
field hockey, and men's and women's golf. Eight of these teams were ranked either first or second
in the country during 2004–05. Women's golf has been particularly dominating, compiling a record
of 796–45–3 (.945) in the 2000–2005 seasons.Duke has won 114 ACC Championships, 44 of which have
come since 1999–2000 (through 2008–09). The men's lacrosse program has been one of the most
successful in the nation recently—it has ranked in the top 15 in the country in five of the last
six last participating seasons and reached the national championship game in 2005 and 2007,
losing to The Johns Hopkins University by a single goal and accumulating season records of 17–3
both times. Duke Men's Lacrosse finally won its first national championship on May 31, 2010.
According to a 2006 evaluation conducted by the NCAA, Duke's student-athletes have the highest
graduation rate of any institution in the nation. In 2005, 2006, and 2007, Duke ranked first
among Division I schools in the National Collegiate Scouting Association Power Rankings a
combination of the institution's Director's Cup standing, its athletic graduation rate, and its
academic rank in U.S. News & World Report.
Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
successful basketball programs. The team has captured four National Championships (fifth place
all time), while attending 15 Final Fours (third place overall) and 10 Championship games (tied
for second place with Kentucky). Duke has the most Atlantic Coast Conference championships with
18 and has the most National Players of the Year in the nation with 11. Seventy-two players have
been selected in the NBA Draft, while 32 players have been honored as All-Americans.Duke's
program is one of only two to have been to at least one Final Four and one National Championship
game in each of the past five decades. The program's home facility is historic Cameron Indoor
Stadium, considered one of the top venues in the nation.
The team's success has been particularly outstanding over the past 30 years under coach Mike
Krzyzewski (often simply called "Coach K") who also has coached the USA men's national basketball
team since 2006 and led the team to Olympic gold in 2008 and to World Championship gold in 2010.
Their successes include becoming the only team to win four national championships since the NCAA
Tournament field was expanded to 64 teams in 1985, 11 Final Fours in the past 25 years, and eight
of nine ACC tournament championships from 1999 to 2006. Fourteen of its alumni play in the NBA as
of the 2010 season, making Duke tied for the highest number among college teams.
Duke Blue Devils football
The Blue Devils have won seven ACC Football Championships, have had ten players honored as ACC
through the program (second in the ACC to only Miami's four). In addition, the Blue Devils have
produced 11 College Football Hall of Famers which is tied for the 2nd most in the ACC. Duke has
also won 18 total conference championships (7 ACC, 9 Southern Conference, and 1 Big Five
Conference). That total is the highest in the ACC.
The most famous Duke football season came in 1938, when Wallace Wade coached the "Iron Dukes"
that shut out all regular season opponents; only three teams in history can claim such a feat.
Duke reached their first Rose Bowl appearance, where they lost 7–3 when USC scored a touchdown in
the final minute of the game. Wade's Blue Devils lost another Rose Bowl to Oregon State in 1942,
this one held at Duke's home stadium due to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which resulted in the
fear that a large gathering on the West Coast might be in range of Japanese aircraft carriers.
The football program also proved successful in the 1950s and 1960s, winning six of the first ten
ACC football championships from 1953 to 1962 under coach Bill Murray; the Blue Devils would not
win the ACC championship again until 1989 under coach Steve Spurrier.
Despite its long history of success at football, Duke has not had a winning season since 1994.
David Cutcliffe was brought in two years ago as head coach, however, and he and his staff have
been widely hailed as contributing to a turnaround that is currently in progress. The 2009 team
won 5 of 12 games and was eliminated from bowl contention in the next-to-last game of the season.
Typical of the external recognition given the team is the fact that Mike MacIntyre, the defensive
coordinator, was named 2009 Assistant Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches
Association
While the football team has struggled at times on the field, the graduation rate of its players
is consistently among the highest among Division I-A schools. Duke's high graduation rates have
earned it more American Football Coaches Association's Academic Achievement Awards than any other
institution.
List of Duke University people
Duke alumni are active through organizations and events such as the annual Reunion Weekend and
Homecoming. There are 75 Duke clubs in the U.S. and 38 international clubs. For the 2005–06
fiscal year, Duke tied for third in alumni giving rate among U.S. colleges and universities. A
number of Duke alumni have made significant contributions in the fields of government, law,
science, academia, business, arts, journalism, and athletics, among others.
Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States.
graduated with a law degree in 1937. Elizabeth Dole, former United States Senator from North
Carolina , former United States Secretary of Transportation, and former President of the American
Red Cross, Juanita M. Kreps, former United States Secretary of Commerce, Ricardo Lagos, 33rd
President of Chile from 2000 to 2006, Ron Paul, Texas congressman and two-time presidential
candidate, Eric Shinseki, current United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and former Chief
of Staff of the United States Army and Jeffrey Zients, the first United States Chief Performance
Officer are among the most notable alumni with involvement in politics. In the research realm,
Duke graduates who have won the Nobel Prize in Physics include Hans Dehmelt for his development
of the ion trap technique, Robert Richardson for his discovery of superfluidity in helium-3, and
Charles Townes for his work on quantum electronics.
Several alumni hold top positions at large companies. Some current or recent Chairman, President,
Vice President, or CEO of each of the following Fortune 500 companies is a Duke alumnus:
Microsoft (Scott Guthrie), BB&T (John A. Allison IV), Boston Scientific Corporation (Peter
Nicholas), Chesapeake Energy (Aubrey McClendon), Cisco Systems (John Chambers), ExxonMobil (Rex
Adams), General Motors Corporation (Rick Wagoner), Medtronic (William A. Hawkins), Morgan Stanley
(John J. Mack), Norfolk Southern (David R. Goode), Northwest Airlines (Gary L. Wilson), PepsiCo,
Inc. (Karl von der Heyden), Pfizer (Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.), and Wachovia (Robert K. Steel). Kevin
Martin is Chairman of the FCC, and Rex Adams serves as the Chairman of PBS. Another alumna,
Melinda Gates, is the co-founder of the $31.9 billion Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the
nation's wealthiest charitable foundation.
Abrams is chief legal correspondent for NBC News, while Charlie Rose hosts his own talk show.
Judy Woodruff is a senior correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS and was formerly
NBC's White House correspondent and an anchor for CNN. Jay Bilas is a basketball analyst for ESPN
who co-hosts College GameDay, and also joins CBS as a game analyst for the NCAA Men's Basketball
Championship. Mike Gminski, Jim Spanarkel, and Jay Williams are also among the former basketball
players who have become color commentators for the sport. John Feinstein writes columns for The
Washington Post and has written multiple sports-oriented books. Rik Kirkland serves as a Managing
Editor for the magazine Fortune, while Clay Felker is a founding editor of New York. John Harwood
is the Chief Washington Correspondent for CNBC, a Senior Contributing Writer for The Wall Street
Journal, and frequent panelist on Washington Week.
William C. Styron won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1968 for his novel The Confessions of Nat
Turner and is also well-known for his 1979 novel Sophie's Choice and his 1992 memoir Darkness
Visible. The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was also awarded to Anne Tyler for her 1988 novel
Breathing Lessons.
In the arts realm, Annabeth Gish (actress in the X-Files and The West Wing), Ken Jeong (actor in
The Hangover and Community), Randall Wallace (screenwriter, producer, and director, Braveheart,
Pearl Harbor, We Were Soldiers), Mike Posner (singer, songwriter, and producer) and David Hudgins
(television writer and producer, Everwood, Friday Night Lights) headline the list.
Management and ownership of professional athletic franchises include John Angelos (Executive Vice
President of the Baltimore Orioles), Aubrey McClendon (partial owner of the Oklahoma City
Thunder), John Canning, Jr. (co-owner of Milwaukee Brewers), Danny Ferry (former general manager
of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Stephen Pagliuca (co-owner of Boston Celtics), and Jeffrey Vinik
(owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning). Finally, several athletes have become stars at the
professional level, especially in basketball's NBA. Shane Battier, Corey Maggette, Elton Brand,
Carlos Boozer, Christian Laettner, Bobby Hurley, Grant Hill, and J.J. Redick are among the most
famous.
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