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In advance of Duke's Founders' Day Centennial Celebration Weekend, The Chronicle looks back on the University's original Centennial in 1938 commemorating the 1838 founding of Brown's Schoolhouse.
Planning for Duke’s centennial celebration began in 2020, when Price and the Duke University Board of Trustees formed a strategic task force, led by Trustee Lisa Borders, that spent a year developing ...
In honor of Duke’s Centennial, The Chronicle is highlighting pivotal figures and events throughout the University’s history. Here, we take a look at the founding of the Sarah P. Duke Gardens ...
Duke University was established in 1924 when James B. Duke, through the Indenture of Trust, designated a gift that transformed Trinity College into a comprehensive research university. In January 2024 ...
The Duke Endowment has awarded Duke University $100 million, the largest single award in the university’s history. The gift, which marks the centennial of both institutions, will be used to ...
This year, Duke University is celebrating its centennial—100 years since its founding as a university here in the Bull City. During the past century, Duke has grown into one of the most ...
Duke University will turn 100 next year, and it has lots to celebrate — including the largest-ever single donation ... “This is a wonderful moment for Duke as we head into our centennial, ...
Duke University received $100 million from the Duke Endowment on Thursday to celebrate the university's 100th anniversary. According to the university, it is the largest, single award in its history.
Portraits of ABC11 Joel Brown's great-great-grandfather and great-great-uncle now hang inside Duke University's East Campus student union.