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Duke's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 585 includes members from Duke University and North Carolina Central University. [275] Established in 1951, Detachment 585 is located at Trent Hall on Duke University campus.
West Campus is part of Duke University's campus in Durham, North Carolina. West Campus, along with East Campus , make up most of Duke's main campus. The campus follows the Collegiate Gothic architecture style, inspired by the mid-18th century Gothic Revival style, making it distinct from East Campus.
The first history of Duke University traces back to its founding in 1838 [2] in Trinity, North Carolina.Much to the dislike of the Methodist preachers, under the leadership of the college's President John F. Crowell, Washington Duke made a donation to the college large enough to build a new campus in Durham, North Carolina, and move the college.
President William Preston Few insisted that the university be named Duke University, and James B. Duke agreed on the condition that it be a memorial to his father and family. The university grew up quickly. Duke's original campus (now East Campus) was rebuilt from 1925 to 1927 with Georgian-style buildings.
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Duke University Chapel is a chapel located at the center of the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, United States. It is an ecumenical Christian or all-faith chapel and the center of religion at Duke, and has connections to the United Methodist Church .
A part of the E.W. Busse Building, viewed from the courtyard at the Duke University Medical Center. Duke University Hospital is a 1062 -bed acute care facility [1] and an academic tertiary care facility located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. [2]
Duke University Libraries is the library system of Duke University, serving the university's students and faculty. The Libraries collectively hold some 6 million volumes. [1] The collection contains 17.7 million manuscripts, 1.2 million public documents, and tens of thousands of films and videos. The Duke University Libraries consists of the ...