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JAMES B. DUKE HAD A REMARKABLE VISION IN 1924:
to transform a regional liberal arts college into one of the world’s top
institutions of higher education. Younger than most otherprestigious
U.S. research universities, Duke University consistently ranks among the
very best. Its graduate and professional schools — in business, divinity,
engineering, the environment, law, medicine, nursing and public policy
— are among the leaders in their fields.
Duke is situated on nearly 9,000 acres in Durham, North Carolina.
Known as the City of Medicine, Durham has a populationof more than
200,000.
Duke welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors every year who
explore the Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Duke Chapel, Nasher Museum of
Art, Duke Forest, Duke Lemur Center and other attractions. The 210foot tower of Duke Chapel dominates the gothic architecture of West
Campus. East Campus, Duke’s original campus and built in the
Georgian style, serves as home to all first-yearstudents.

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DUKE, DURHAM AND BEYOND
The Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership, begun in the
mid-1990s, has generated more than $13 million for programs
aimed at improving the quality of life in the neighborhoods
closest to campus and boosting student achievement in the public
schools that serve those neighborhoods. More than 75 percent of
students perform some community servicewhile at Duke —
contributing more than 100,000 hours each year — through the
Neighborhood Partnership, Community Service Center and
service-learning courses. Beyond Durham, students volunteer
nationally and internationally through programs run by the
Kenan Institute for Ethics, the Hart Leadership Program, Duke
Chapel, Duke Divinity School and others.

FINANCIAL AID
Duke University iscommitted to a need-blind admission policy,
which means it admits undergraduates without consideration of
their families’ ability to pay tuition and other college costs and
meets 100 percent of students' demonstrated financial need for
four years. About half of all undergraduates receive need-based
financial aid. The average need-based grant for 2010-2011 is estimated to exceed $34,000
ENDOWMENTThe provisions of James B. Duke's $40 million indenture in 1924
created Duke University's initial endowment. Those funds had a
market value of $4.8 billion in the fiscal year ended June 30,
2010.

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DUKE CHAPEL, a symbol of the university,
is at the center of the Gothic West Campus.
Completed in 1932, the chapel is dominated
by a 210-foot tower housing a 50-bell
carillon. Washington Duke and his sons
Benjamin and James are entombed in the
Memorial Chapel. Duke Chapel is open to
visitors 8 a.m.-10 p.m. during the academic
year and 8a.m.-8 p.m. during the summer.
Ecumenical worship services are held every
Sunday at 11 a.m. year-round. During the
academic year, a Tuesday night communion
service and Thursday evening Vespers service
are held at 5:15 pm.

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DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL
CENTER, established in 1930, comprises
clinical, training and research programs. The
medical center hasone of 40 federally funded
comprehensive cancer centers, an eye center, a
general clinical research unit and other highly
advanced treatment and research facilities.
Duke University Hospital is licensed for 943
beds. Life Flight, Duke’s air ambulance service, flies more than 790 times a year to transport critically ill patients.

DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL is also
the flagship of the broader...