Largest Gift Ever to Duke University Medical Center

The Duke Endowment of Charlotte is giving $50 million to the Duke University Medical Center to help build a medical education facility and to develop a state-of-the-art inpatient facility for pediatric patients, announced Duke President Richard H. Brodhead and Chancellor for Health Affairs Victor J. Dzau. This is the largest single gift received by the Duke University Medical Center. Read more.

Williams Family Honors Son Sandy with Scholarships for Scientists

It is the marriage of pride for their son, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs R. Sanders “Sandy” Williams M'74, H'77-'79, and their deep desire to help young scientists that led Charlotte L. and Claude Williams, Jr. to fund the R. Sanders (Sandy) Williams Medical Scientist Scholarship Fund through a charitable gift annuity. Read more.

Duke Establishes Fellowship in Memory of Slain Graduate Student

The Abhijit Mahato Memorial Fellowship will provide financial support to a Duke international graduate student who is studying engineering. Read more.

2007 Year in Review

The 2007 Year in Review, Duke’s on-line version of an annual report, is now live. In addition to documenting many significant milestones and accomplishments of the faculty and students at Duke’s schools and Trinity College, this year’s edition of Year in Review focuses on Duke’s strategic plan, Making a Difference.
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Gift to Create New Molecular Biology Chair at Duke Marine Lab

Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences has received a $1 million gift from Sandra Taylor Kaupe of Palm Beach, Fla., to create the new Arthur P. Kaupe Assistant Professorship of Molecular Biology at the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort, N.C.
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Karshes Give $20 Million to Support International Students

Duke University trustee Bruce Karsh and his wife Martha will give the school $20 million in permanent endowment to support undergraduate students from other countries, President Richard H. Brodhead announced. This gift is the largest donation devoted to the needs of international undergraduates in Duke’s history.
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The Duke Endowment Gives $40 Million for New Faculty Positions at Duke

The Duke Endowment of Charlotte is giving $40 million to Duke University to create more than 30 new faculty positions, university President Richard H. Brodhead announced. All of the new positions will support scholars of distinction who are expected to make innovative contributions to undergraduate education. Read more.

Duke Announces Nearly $7 Million in Enhancements
for Need-Based Aid Recipients

Building on the strength of giving to Duke's Financial Aid Initiative, the performance of the university's endowment assets, and the expectation of additional support for financial aid endowment as the Financial Aid Initiative enters its final year, the Board of Trustees approved an investment of nearly $7 million per year in financial aid enhancements.

The increased investment in financial aid will make it possible for students from families with incomes below $40,000 to graduate debt-free and will eliminate parental contributions for families making less than $60,000 a year. In addition, Duke will reduce loan requirements for all students who qualify for need-based aid. The changes take effect in the fall of 2008 and are expected to benefit about 2,500 students. Read more.

Duke to Establish New Center for Engineering, Energy, and the Environment

A new center to educate students to meet the world’s energy needs while also improving its environment is being established by Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering in collaboration with the university’s Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences. Read more.

Major Gift to Fund Ambitious Health Study

Philanthropist David H. Murdock has given Duke a $35 million gift to support a massive biomedical research project at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis. Read more.

$380 Million in Giving to Duke Sets Second Consecutive Record

Duke University received $380,059,931 in philanthropic gifts between July 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007, eclipsing by approximately 11 percent the previous year’s record total of $341.9 million. Read more.

BB&T Gives $1.75 Million to Duke's Values and Ethics in the Marketplace Program

The grant will provide funds for the Power of Ideas Focus Program, lecture series, visiting faculty and post-doctoral students who serve as mentors to undergraduates. Read more.

Public Policy Initiative at Duke Brings Nearly $16 Million in Gifts

Duke University’s Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy has received nearly $16 million in gifts and pledges for its endowment, including almost $10 million for student financial aid, university President Richard H. Brodhead announced. Read more.

The Duke Endowment Grant Supports Neighborhood Projects

The Duke Endowmentt has awarded a grant of $777,500 to Duke University to support programs of the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership, President Richard H. Brodhead announced. Read more.

Project Aims to Improve Health of Methodist Pastors Throughout North Carolina

The Duke Endowment has awarded Duke Divinity School $12 million to lead a wide-ranging effort that aims to assess, track and improve the health of every United Methodist pastor in North Carolina, Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead announced Tuesday. Read more.

Duke Launches Civic Engagement Initiative

In one of the most ambitious efforts of its kind in U.S. higher education, Duke University will make civic engagement an integral part of its undergraduate experience beginning in 2008, university president Richard H. Brodhead announced Monday.

Duke’s new program, DukeEngage, will provide full funding and faculty and administrative support to all undergraduates who want to stretch beyond the classroom by tackling societal issues at home and abroad, and, in turn, learning from those real-world experiences. The Duke Endowment of Charlotte and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of Seattle are providing $15 million each to endow the program. Read more.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Awards Major Scholarship Grant

Duke TIP has received a $550,000 grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri, to identify and serve gifted youth in the Kansas City metropolitan area.. Read more.

ConocoPhillips Pledges $1 Million to Climate Change Policy Partnership at Duke

The partnership is a four-year initiative launched last year by Duke University and Duke Energy to pool the expertise of the university with other concerned partners in the corporate and academic worlds. Read more.

Crown Family Supports Financial Aid and Summer Fellowships

The Crown family of Chicago has contributed $5 million to Duke University to support scholarships and summer fellowships for undergraduate students, Duke President Richard H. Brodhead announced. Read more.

Eatery Owner Supports Neighborhood Partnership

Grace Ann Nordhoff, owner of the Mad Hatter's Café and Bake Shop in Durham and a Duke alumna, has given $200,000 to help endow the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership, Duke President Richard H. Brodhead announced. Read more.

Duke To Receive $10 Million For Its Financial Aid Initiative

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of Seattle will contribute $10 million to Duke University to support scholarships for undergraduates and business school students, Duke President Richard H. Brodhead announced. Read more about the gift , and learn more about Duke’s Financial Aid Initiative.

$1 Million Pledged to Climate Change Policy Partnership

Global packaging company MeadWestvaco Corporation has pledged $1 million to support an industry-university collaboration that is working to develop policies to address the problems of global climate change, Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead announced. Read more.

Now Certain Life Income Gifts Can Be Managed With Duke’s Endowment

Donors can now have charitable remainder trusts invested by Duke Management Company (DUMAC), the independent corporation that manages the university’s endowment. For the ten-year period ending June 30, 2006, DUMAC achieved a 16.3 percent average annual compound rate of return on the university’s endowment assets. Read more.

Gift of S$80 Million to the Duke-National University of Singapore

The Estate of Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat announced a gift of S$80 million to the Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School Singapore to grow the school’s biomedical research initiatives. The gift, the largest single donation granted by the estate to date, will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Singapore government, bringing the total sum to S$160 million. Read more.

Duke Children’s Receives $5 Million from Zeist Foundation

Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center has received its second-largest gift ever – $5 million from the Atlanta-based Zeist Foundation to benefit the Neonatal-Perinatal Research Institute.  Read more.

Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health Receives $5 Million

Duke University's Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health has received a $5 million gift from the Hubert Family Trust of Atlanta, Duke President Richard H. Brodhead announced.  The gift is the second from the Hubert Family Trust to the center, which partners with clinical and research groups in developing countries to improve health by teaching students and health care professionals and by supporting collaborative research intended to reduce the burden of disease. Read more

$1 Million for Undergraduate and Graduate Financial Aid at Sanford Institute

A $1 million gift from Richard B. Lieb T’69 and Kathryn Crommelin Lieb W’69 of Valley Forge, Pa., will fund undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead announced Monday.

Duke Receives $2.5 Million Mellon Grant for Visual Studies

Duke University has received a $2.5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to create a Visual Studies Initiative, a broad-based effort to improve how visual images are understood and to foster research and teaching in this area. Read more.

Philanthropic Giving to Duke in 2005-06 Sets Record

Duke University received $341,894,326 in charitable gifts between July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006, the highest annual philanthropic total in school history. Gifts came from 95,614 donors.

Duke Endowment Gives $527,500 to Duke-Durham Programs

The Duke Endowment has awarded $527,500 to Duke University to support programs of the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership, President Richard H. Brodhead announced July 14.

Osher Foundation Supports Lifelong Learning at Duke

The Bernard Osher Foundation of San Francisco, Calif. has contributed $1 million to the Duke Institute for Learning in Retirement, President Richard H. Brodhead announced. In recognition of the gift, the university’s Board of Trustees voted to rename the institute the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Duke University.

Duke-Durham Campaign Raises Record $412,000

Durham community and business leaders and Duke University on Thursday announced a record $412,000 in donations to the Duke-Durham Campaign, an annual fund-raising effort that benefits neighborhoods and public schools closest to Duke's campus.

Gift Creates Curator/Professorship of Ancient American Art

Trinity College and the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University will receive $1.5 million from Michael E. and Kathleen France of Princeton, N.J., to establish the France Family Curator/Professorship, Duke President Richard H. Brodhead announced May 22.

President Speaks on Lacrosse Situation at Alumni Reunion

Following his "State of the University" address on April 22, 2006, President Richard H. Brodhead talked about the way Duke has been portrayed in media coverage of the incident involving the men's lacrosse team. His remarks received a standing ovation.

Duke Celebrates Record Alumni Support During Reunion

Five classes have already broken records for alumni giving, President Richard Brodhead has announced, and alumni still have until June 30 to make a reunion gift.

Duke to Raise $300 Million for Financial Aid Endowment

On December 1, 2005, President Richard Brodhead announced a university-wide effort to raise $300 million in endowment for financial aid by the end of 2008—$245 million for undergraduate scholarships and $55 million for graduate and professional school students.  To help Duke meet this goal, a small group of donors has committed $100 million in challenge funds.  New financial aid endowment gifts at qualifying levels may now be matched dollar for dollar, effectively doubling the impact of these commitments.

GSK Funds $1.65 Million for Public Health Partnership

The North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation has awarded $1.65 million to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University for a collaborative partnership to address four pressing local and global health care concerns. They arequality of care and patient safety, health disparities, global health with an emphasis on HIV/AIDS and mental health care.

Nasher Museum Makes First Purchase of Art

The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University has made its first purchase of art -- a sculpture by New York-based artist Petah Coyne. The newly purchased work is “Untitled #1111 (Little Ed’s Daughter Margaret),” an 11-foot assemblage of tree branches, feathers, ribbon, thread, tassels -– and hundreds of silk flowers dipped in a specially formulated midnight blue wax.

The museum chose the sculpture after Coyne lent another, similar work, “Untitled #1165 (Paris Blue),” for one of the museum’s inaugural exhibitions. That exhibition, “The Forest: Politics, Poetics, and Practice,” is on view through Jan. 29.