Editing Duke University (section)

{{Short description|Private university in Durham, North Carolina, U.S.}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Duke University
 | website                = {{official URL}}
 | image                  = Duke University seal.svg
 | image_upright          = .7
 | latin_name             = Universitas Dukiana<ref name="Duke Motto">{{cite web|url=http://library.duke.edu/uarchives/history/histnotes/insignia.html|title=Shield, Seal and Motto|last=King|first=William E|publisher=Duke University Archives|access-date=November 30, 2016|archive-date=June 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612045431/http://library.duke.edu/uarchives/history/histnotes/insignia.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Search |url=https://archive.org/search?query=%22Universitas+Dukiana%22&sin=TXT |website=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
 | motto                  = {{Lang|la|Eruditio et Religio}} ([[Latin]])<ref name="Duke Motto" />
 | mottoeng               = "Knowledge and Religion"<ref name="Duke Motto" />
 | established            = {{start date and age|1838}}
 | type                   = [[Private university|Private]] [[research university]]
 | religious_affiliation  = [[Nonsectarian]]; historically affiliated with the [[United Methodist Church]]<ref name="Duke University's Relation to the Methodist Church">{{cite web|url=http://library.duke.edu/uarchives/history/duke-umchh-basic.html|title=Duke University's Relation to the Methodist Church: the basics|quote=Duke University has historical, formal, on-going, and symbolic ties with Methodism, but is an independent and non-sectarian institution ... Duke would not be the institution it is today without its ties to the Methodist Church. However, the Methodist Church does not own or direct the University. Duke is and has developed as a private nonprofit corporation which is owned and governed by an autonomous and self-perpetuating Board of Trustees|publisher=Duke University|year=2002|access-date=March 27, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612020402/http://library.duke.edu/uarchives/history/duke-umchh-basic.html|archive-date=June 12, 2010}}</ref>
 | accreditation          = [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools|SACS]]
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist
|[[Association of American Universities|AAU]]
|[[The Consortium on Financing Higher Education|COFHE]]|[[International Association of Methodist-related Schools, Colleges, and Universities|IAMSCU]]|[[National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities|NAICU]]|[[Oak Ridge Associated Universities|ORAU]]
|[[Universities Research Association|URA]]}}
 | endowment              = $11.9 billion (2024)<ref name="endowment">As of June 30, 2024. {{cite report |url=https://www.pionline.com/endowments-and-foundations/duke-university-endowment-returns-8-fiscal-year|title=Duke University endowment returns 8% for fiscal year|publisher=Pensions & Investments|date=October 7, 2024|access-date=March 23, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref> (The university is also the primary beneficiary (32%) of the independent $3.69 billion [[Duke Endowment]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dukeendowment.org/about/about-the-endowment |title=About the Duke Endowment |date=January 9, 2009 |publisher=The Duke Endowment |access-date=May 21, 2019 |archive-date=June 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603061026/https://dukeendowment.org/about/about-the-endowment |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | budget                 = $7.7 billion (FY 2022)<ref name=Facts>{{cite web|url=https://facts.duke.edu/|title=Duke Facts|publisher=Duke University|access-date=January 21, 2022|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121190245/https://facts.duke.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | president              = [[Vincent Edward Price]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://today.duke.edu/2016/12/first-day-president-elect-memorable-one|title=A First Day as President-Elect is a Memorable One|date=December 3, 2016|access-date=July 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811112401/https://today.duke.edu/2016/12/first-day-president-elect-memorable-one|archive-date=August 11, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 | provost                = [[Alec Gallimore]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://today.duke.edu/2023/03/alec-gallimore-named-dukes-next-provost-chief-academic-officer|title=Alec Gallimore Named Duke's Next Provost, Chief Academic Officer|date=March 24, 2023|website=Duke Today|publisher=Duke University|access-date=April 13, 2025}}</ref>
 | students               = 16,780 (fall 2021)<ref name=Facts />
 | undergrad              = 6,640 (fall 2022) <ref name=Facts />
 | postgrad               = 9,991 (fall 2021)<ref name=Facts />
 | faculty                = 3,982 (fall 2021)<ref name=Facts />
 | administrative_staff   = {{unbulleted list|8,498 campus employees|43,108 total campus & health system employees (July 2021)<ref name=Facts />}}
 | free_label             = Other campuses
 | free                   = {{hlist|[[Beaufort, North Carolina|Beaufort]]|[[National Institutes of Health Clinical Center|Bethesda]]|[[Duke Kunshan University|Kunshan]]|[[Duke-NUS Medical School|Singapore]]|[[online education|Online]]}}
 | free_label2            = Newspaper
 | free2                  = ''[[Duke Chronicle|The Chronicle]]''
 | address                = 
 | city                   = [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]]
 | state                  = [[North Carolina]]
 | country                = United States
 | coordinates            = {{Coord|36|00|05|N|78|56|18|W|type:edu_region:US-NC|display=title,inline}}
 | campus                 = Large city<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=duke&s=all&id=198419|title=IPEDS-Duke University|access-date=November 7, 2021|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107183458/https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=duke&s=all&id=198419|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | campus_size            = {{convert|8693|acre|km2}}<ref name=Facts/>
 | former_names           = Brown School (1838–1841)<br />Union Institute (1841–1851)<br />Normal College (1851–1859)<br />Trinity College (1859–1924)
 | colors                 = [[Duke blue]] and white<ref>{{cite web|title=Color Palette|url=https://brand.duke.edu/colors/#brand-colors|access-date=July 10, 2022}}</ref><br />{{color box|#012169}}&nbsp;{{color box|#FFFFFF}}
 | sports_nickname        = [[Duke Blue Devils|Blue Devils]]
 | mascot                 = [[Blue Devil (mascot)|Blue Devil]]
 | sporting_affiliations  = [[NCAA Division I]] [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]] – [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
 | logo                   = Duke University logo.svg
 | logo_upright           = .7
}}

'''Duke University''' is a [[Private university|private]] [[research university]] in [[Durham, North Carolina]], United States. Founded by [[Methodist]]s and [[Quakers]] in the present-day city of [[Trinity, North Carolina|Trinity]] in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892.<ref name="king">{{cite web|url=http://library.duke.edu/uarchives/history/narrativehistory.html|title=Duke University: A Brief Narrative History|last=King|first=William E|publisher=Duke University Archives|access-date=May 23, 2011|archive-date=March 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312132035/http://library.duke.edu/uarchives/history/narrativehistory.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1924, [[tobacco]] and [[electric power]] industrialist [[James Buchanan Duke]] established [[the Duke Endowment]] and the institution changed its name to honor his deceased father, [[Washington Duke]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sparks |first=Evan |title=Duke of Carolina |url=https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/magazine/duke-of-carolina/ |access-date=January 7, 2023 |website=Philanthropy Roundtable |language=en-US}}</ref>

The campus spans over {{convert|8600|acre|ha|abbr=off}} on three contiguous sub-campuses in Durham, and a [[Duke University Marine Laboratory|marine lab]] in [[Beaufort, North Carolina|Beaufort]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Loftus |first=Sarah |date=July 15, 2019 |title=Duke Marine Lab Opens Doors to Visitors |url=https://coastalreview.org/2019/07/duke-marine-lab-opens-doors-to-visitors/ |access-date=January 7, 2023 |website=Coastal Review |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Duke University West Campus|West Campus]]—designed largely by architect [[Julian Abele]]<ref name="Abele">{{cite web |title=Julian Abele, Designer of Duke's West Campus |url=https://spotlight.duke.edu/abele/ |publisher=Duke University |access-date=13 February 2025}}</ref>—incorporates [[Collegiate Gothic in North America|Gothic architecture]] with the {{convert|210|ft|abbr=off|sp=us|adj=on}} [[Duke Chapel]] at the campus' center and highest point of elevation, is adjacent to the [[Duke University Health System|Medical Center]]. [[Duke University East Campus|East Campus]], {{convert|1.5|mi|km|abbr=off|sp=us}} away, home to all first-years, contains [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]]-style architecture. The university also administers two concurrent schools in Asia, [[Duke–NUS Medical School]] in [[Singapore]] (established in 2005) and [[Duke Kunshan University]] in [[Kunshan]], China (established in 2013).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/duke-kunshan-university_n_2397356|title=Duke Readies For China Campus Amid Controversy|last=McGuinness|first=William|date=January 2, 2013|website=HuffPost|language=en|access-date=March 3, 2020|archive-date=January 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131031316/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/duke-kunshan-university_n_2397356|url-status=live}}</ref>

Duke forms one of the corners of the [[Research Triangle]] region together with [[North Carolina State University]] in [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]] and the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]. In 2019, Duke spent more than $1.2 billion on research.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://today.duke.edu/2021/02/dukes-research-expenditures-exceed-12-billion-latest-federal-data|title=Duke's Research Expenditures Exceed $1.2 Billion in Latest Federal Data|date=February 2, 2021 |access-date=June 17, 2021|archive-date=July 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724185951/https://today.duke.edu/2021/02/dukes-research-expenditures-exceed-12-billion-latest-federal-data|url-status=live}}</ref> Its [[Financial endowment|endowment]] is $11.9 billion, making it the [[List of colleges and universities in the United States by endowment|twelfth-wealthiest private academic institution in the United States]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pionline.com/endowments-and-foundations/duke-university-endowment-returns-8-fiscal-year|title=Duke University endowment returns 8% for fiscal year|last=Degen|first=Courtney|date=October 7, 2024|website=Pensions & Investments|access-date=March 23, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://giving.duke.edu/endowment/|title=Endowment – Giving To Duke|publisher=Duke University|access-date=March 23, 2025}}</ref> Duke's athletic teams are known as the [[Duke Blue Devils|Blue Devils]] and compete in 27 [[NCAA Division I]] intercollegiate sports. Duke is a charter member of the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] (ACC), and has won 17 [[NCAA]] team championships and 24 individual national championships.