Across Our State
Duke is woven into the fabric of North Carolina.
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.
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.
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.
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Mental Health and Incarceration
A team of faculty, students and community leaders wants stronger partnerships between the health and criminal justice systems in Durham and beyond.
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.
And Across North Carolina
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Spring Break, With Purpose
Duke students spent spring break in Western North Carolina helping with Hurricane Helene recovery.
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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.
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.
Research That Benefits All North Carolinians
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Talks AI
Ronnie Chatterji shows how Duke is a leader in 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.
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
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.
Joseph Turek
Joseph Turek has focused his medical career on repairing the defective or damaged hearts of the very youngest patients.
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.
Climate Road Trip
Journey across North Carolina with Duke, connecting communities, researchers and changemakers to explore local solutions to climate challenges.
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.
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.
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