Across Our State - Duke University
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Across Our State - Duke University
Across Our State
Duke is woven into the fabric of North Carolina.
A wide aerial video of the water, boats and homes near the Duke University Marine Lab.
North Carolina Is Our Home
The Duke family’s vision for this university was to create a North Carolina institution — a force for good for the citizens of Durham and the rest of the state.
Beyond the Classroom
A well-rounded Duke education happens inside and outside of class.
Investing in Durham and N.C.
Our purposeful partnerships in Durham and across the state benefit everyone.
Research That Benefits North Carolinians
Researchers, doctors and patients share their stories of health care journeys with Duke that made lives better.
Climate Road Trip
Travel across North Carolina with Duke experts creating practical solutions with communities throughout the state.
Commitment to the Carolinas
Duke is a nonprofit research university, and everything we do is to make the lives of Carolinians a little easier, safer and healthier.
Beyond the Classroom
A Duke education takes students outside campus and into communities across the state.
Hit the Ground Helping
Through Project BUILD, Duke students jump into service as soon as they arrive on campus — volunteering across Durham while forging bonds and discovering their new community together.
Build Connections
Community Enterprise
Strengthening N.C. Nonprofits
Duke Law students helped turn an abandoned Durham school into the Lyon Park Center — a neighborhood hub with a gym, track, computer lab, community garden, playground, music program, offices and more. It was built through a relationship between Duke Law’s Community Enterprise Clinic and the West End Community Foundation.
Duke Law
Investing in Durham and N.C.
One of our highest priorities is the well-being of our neighbors in Durham and throughout the state. Our impact is economic and social, with an overall investment of more than $100 billion across all 100 counties.
Duke in Durham
in our schools
Middle Schoolers Become Duke Students for a Day
School Days event brings 300 Durham students to campus to get a taste of the college experience.
School Days
Academics to Advocates
Changemakers
Meet Policymakers
Grad students advocate for academic research.
Meet the Advocates
engagement in durham
Mental Health and Incarceration
transcript
A team of faculty, students and community leaders wants stronger partnerships between the health and criminal justice systems in Durham and beyond.
get engaged
Real-World Consulting
Human-Centered Design and the Farmers’ Market
A Sanford School of Public Policy student applied what she learned from her class to rethink the farmers’ market as a community space.
experiential learning
And Across North Carolina
Western n.c. relief
Spring Break, With Purpose
Duke students spent spring break in Western North Carolina helping with Hurricane Helene recovery.
learn about the cause
divinity in rural n.c.
Serving the Lumbee Indian Community
Students discover the heart of ministry through a hands-on field education placement that immerses them in rural North Carolina.
Learn in the field
Supporting Youth
Resilience Curriculum
The Nicholas School and community partners designed a curriculum to help kids cope during turbulent times — from relationship struggles to natural disasters.
Learning Resilience
Crossing Disciplines
Creating Health Equity in Rural North Carolina
An interdisciplinary effort tackles health disparities across rural North Carolina, where access to care is limited.
breaking barriers
climate resilience
The Fungus Among Us
A team is studying fungal growth in Black Mountain and its potential health effects in a warming world.
Fungal Fallout
Research That Benefits All North Carolinians
ai research
Chief Economist
Talks AI
Ronnie Chatterji shows how Duke is a leader in AI research.
Ai Research
Network of Discovery and Care Across N.C.
At the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, researchers engage the community to study human health and nutrition.
North Carolina Research Campus
Aerial views of the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, North Carolina. There is a clip of a water tower with the town’s name on it, two clips of buildings, people measuring liquids in a lab and a nurse taking a patient’s blood pressure.
Research at universities is seen as an abstract thing that doesn’t impact people’s daily lives. But the fact is … the things that we’re doing are designed specifically to improve the health and lives of the general public.
– Lee Ferguson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
A video of a small child wearing a dress, walking in the grass as a placeholder for a YouTube video.
What Duke’s Research Means for You
Did you know your taxpayer dollars fund research that improves cancer survival rates, detects and prevents childhood diseases, and relieves pain? Research isn’t just science; it’s about people — your family, friends and community.
What does research look like?
Voices of Hope
For decades, Duke has been a leader in life-saving treatments. Our patients, doctors and researchers share their stories.
Alfonzo Grafton
Diagnosed with stage four lung cancer, Alfonzo Grafton found new hope, with oncologist Eziafa Oduah, through a groundbreaking Duke clinical trial that dramatically shrank his tumor.
New hope found
Joseph Turek
Joseph Turek has focused his medical career on repairing the defective or damaged hearts of the very youngest patients.
heart transplants
Jessilyn Dunn
Jessilyn Dunn is using data from wearable devices to determine digital biomarkers that can identify health problems, such as diabetes and heart disease.
Biometric Data
Climate Road Trip
Journey across North Carolina with Duke, connecting communities, researchers and changemakers to explore local solutions to climate challenges.
In Durham
Duke Reclamation Pond
See how Duke turns stormwater into a sustainable campus resource.
Visit the pond
Across N.C.
Duke’s Climate Commitment
Hit the road with Duke to discover climate solutions across North Carolina.
come on the trip
In Sampson County
The Great Coharie River
Explore how a Duke faculty member and the Coharie Tribe are restoring a river and a legacy.
see the river
Commitment to the Carolinas
More Duke undergraduates come from North Carolina than any other state. The Duke Endowment helps gifted students from across the Carolinas pursue a Duke education regardless of income.
Free Tuition For Carolinians
Expanding Access to Education
Duke offers full tuition grants for admitted undergraduates from North and South Carolina with family incomes of $150,000 or less, so students like Isa can attend Duke without financial worries.
Learn About the Initiative
Supporting Our
Military Families
Duke students from active military or veteran families who meet income requirements and have legal residence in North Carolina can qualify for support — even if they’re currently stationed elsewhere.
Military Education Benefits
By providing even more equitable access to a Duke education, and ensuring students have the resources they need to truly thrive while here at Duke, we will also make our campus community stronger.
– President Vincent Price
Learn more about attending Duke
101
Across Our State
Duke is woven into the fabric of North Carolina.
A wide aerial video of the water, boats and homes near the Duke University Marine Lab.
North Carolina Is Our Home
The Duke family’s vision for this university was to create a North Carolina institution — a force for good for the citizens of Durham and the rest of the state.
Beyond the Classroom
A well-rounded Duke education happens inside and outside of class.
Investing in Durham and N.C.
Our purposeful partnerships in Durham and across the state benefit everyone.
Research That Benefits North Carolinians
Researchers, doctors and patients share their stories of health care journeys with Duke that made lives better.
Climate Road Trip
Travel across North Carolina with Duke experts creating practical solutions with communities throughout the state.
Commitment to the Carolinas
Duke is a nonprofit research university, and everything we do is to make the lives of Carolinians a little easier, safer and healthier.
Beyond the Classroom
A Duke education takes students outside campus and into communities across the state.
Hit the Ground Helping
Through Project BUILD, Duke students jump into service as soon as they arrive on campus — volunteering across Durham while forging bonds and discovering their new community together.
Build Connections
Community Enterprise
Strengthening N.C. Nonprofits
Duke Law students helped turn an abandoned Durham school into the Lyon Park Center — a neighborhood hub with a gym, track, computer lab, community garden, playground, music program, offices and more. It was built through a relationship between Duke Law’s Community Enterprise Clinic and the West End Community Foundation.
Duke Law
Investing in Durham and N.C.
One of our highest priorities is the well-being of our neighbors in Durham and throughout the state. Our impact is economic and social, with an overall investment of more than $100 billion across all 100 counties.
Duke in Durham
in our schools
Middle Schoolers Become Duke Students for a Day
School Days event brings 300 Durham students to campus to get a taste of the college experience.
School Days
Academics to Advocates
Changemakers
Meet Policymakers
Grad students advocate for academic research.
Meet the Advocates
engagement in durham
Mental Health and Incarceration
transcript
A team of faculty, students and community leaders wants stronger partnerships between the health and criminal justice systems in Durham and beyond.
get engaged
Real-World Consulting
Human-Centered Design and the Farmers’ Market
A Sanford School of Public Policy student applied what she learned from her class to rethink the farmers’ market as a community space.
experiential learning
And Across North Carolina
Western n.c. relief
Spring Break, With Purpose
Duke students spent spring break in Western North Carolina helping with Hurricane Helene recovery.
learn about the cause
divinity in rural n.c.
Serving the Lumbee Indian Community
Students discover the heart of ministry through a hands-on field education placement that immerses them in rural North Carolina.
Learn in the field
Supporting Youth
Resilience Curriculum
The Nicholas School and community partners designed a curriculum to help kids cope during turbulent times — from relationship struggles to natural disasters.
Learning Resilience
Crossing Disciplines
Creating Health Equity in Rural North Carolina
An interdisciplinary effort tackles health disparities across rural North Carolina, where access to care is limited.
breaking barriers
climate resilience
The Fungus Among Us
A team is studying fungal growth in Black Mountain and its potential health effects in a warming world.
Fungal Fallout
Research That Benefits All North Carolinians
ai research
Chief Economist
Talks AI
Ronnie Chatterji shows how Duke is a leader in AI research.
Ai Research
Network of Discovery and Care Across N.C.
At the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, researchers engage the community to study human health and nutrition.
North Carolina Research Campus
Aerial views of the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, North Carolina. There is a clip of a water tower with the town’s name on it, two clips of buildings, people measuring liquids in a lab and a nurse taking a patient’s blood pressure.
Research at universities is seen as an abstract thing that doesn’t impact people’s daily lives. But the fact is … the things that we’re doing are designed specifically to improve the health and lives of the general public.
– Lee Ferguson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
A video of a small child wearing a dress, walking in the grass as a placeholder for a YouTube video.
What Duke’s Research Means for You
Did you know your taxpayer dollars fund research that improves cancer survival rates, detects and prevents childhood diseases, and relieves pain? Research isn’t just science; it’s about people — your family, friends and community.
What does research look like?
Voices of Hope
For decades, Duke has been a leader in life-saving treatments. Our patients, doctors and researchers share their stories.
Alfonzo Grafton
Diagnosed with stage four lung cancer, Alfonzo Grafton found new hope, with oncologist Eziafa Oduah, through a groundbreaking Duke clinical trial that dramatically shrank his tumor.
New hope found
Joseph Turek
Joseph Turek has focused his medical career on repairing the defective or damaged hearts of the very youngest patients.
heart transplants
Jessilyn Dunn
Jessilyn Dunn is using data from wearable devices to determine digital biomarkers that can identify health problems, such as diabetes and heart disease.
Biometric Data
Climate Road Trip
Journey across North Carolina with Duke, connecting communities, researchers and changemakers to explore local solutions to climate challenges.
In Durham
Duke Reclamation Pond
See how Duke turns stormwater into a sustainable campus resource.
Visit the pond
Across N.C.
Duke’s Climate Commitment
Hit the road with Duke to discover climate solutions across North Carolina.
come on the trip
In Sampson County
The Great Coharie River
Explore how a Duke faculty member and the Coharie Tribe are restoring a river and a legacy.
see the river
Commitment to the Carolinas
More Duke undergraduates come from North Carolina than any other state. The Duke Endowment helps gifted students from across the Carolinas pursue a Duke education regardless of income.
Free Tuition For Carolinians
Expanding Access to Education
Duke offers full tuition grants for admitted undergraduates from North and South Carolina with family incomes of $150,000 or less, so students like Isa can attend Duke without financial worries.
Learn About the Initiative
Supporting Our
Military Families
Duke students from active military or veteran families who meet income requirements and have legal residence in North Carolina can qualify for support — even if they’re currently stationed elsewhere.
Military Education Benefits
By providing even more equitable access to a Duke education, and ensuring students have the resources they need to truly thrive while here at Duke, we will also make our campus community stronger.
– President Vincent Price
Learn more about attending Duke
101