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Duke spends more than $1 billion per year on research. [14] As of 2024, 16 Nobel laureates and 3 Turing Award winners have been affiliated with the university. Duke alumni also include 50 Rhodes Scholars. Duke is the alma mater of one president of the United States (Richard Nixon) and fourteen living billionaires, as of early 2020. [15]
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, ...
The history of Duke University began when Brown's Schoolhouse, a private subscription school in Randolph County, North Carolina (in the present-day town of Trinity), was founded in 1838. [1]
The Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represents Duke University in NCAA Division I college basketball and competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The team is fourth all-time in wins of any NCAA men's basketball program, [2] and is currently coached by Jon Scheyer.
The Duke Blue Devils are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Duke University, located in Durham, North Carolina.
In 2007, U.S. News & World Report ranked Duke University Medical Center 7th-best medical center in the United States from among 5,462 medical centers. [1] The Duke Clinic is located next to the Duke Medical Center and provides access to numerous specialties and outpatient services.
This list of Duke University people includes alumni, faculty, presidents, and major philanthropists of Duke University, which includes three undergraduate and ten graduate schools. The undergraduate schools include Trinity College of Arts and Sciences , Pratt School of Engineering , Sanford School of Public Policy , and Duke Kunshan University .
The Fuqua School of Business (pronounced / ˈ f j uː k w ə /) is the business school of Duke University, a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. It enrolls more than 1,300 students in degree-seeking programs. Duke Executive Education also offers non-degree business education and professional development programs.