Not so known Duke History
Before it moved to Durham, the school that became Duke University was originally founded in this North Carolina county.
What is Randolph County?
This tent city forms outside Cameron Indoor Stadium before big rivalry games.
What is Krzyzewskiville (K-Ville)?
This famous Duke research center houses the world’s largest population of lemurs outside Madagascar.
What is the Duke Lemur Center?
This Duke program identifies gifted middle- and high-school students through talent searches.
What is the Talent Identification Program (TIP)?
Duke’s official motto “Eruditio et Religio” translates to this phrase in English.
What is “Knowledge and Religion”?
Before being called Trinity College, the school briefly operated under this name from 1838–1841.
What was Brown’s Schoolhouse (or Brown’s School)?
After huge basketball victories over UNC, Duke students sometimes celebrate with this fiery tradition on the quad.
What is bench burning?
This student activity hub on West Campus houses many student organizations and events.
What is the Bryan Center?
Duke is classified as this top research category by Carnegie, meaning very high research activity.
What is R1 university status?
The towering centerpiece of West Campus rises roughly this many feet.
What is about 210–217 feet?
This religious denomination historically maintained formal ties with Duke University.
What is the United Methodist Church?
This elite and highly secretive student organization founded in 1933 is often considered Duke’s most mysterious society.
What is the Trident Society?
This building on East Campus, originally built in 1898, served as the first home of Duke basketball.
What is The Ark?
This Duke publication arm releases over 30 scholarly journals and about 120 books per year.
What is Duke University Press?
Duke University occupies roughly this many acres of land.
What is about 8,700 acres?
The Duke Endowment that helped transform Trinity College into Duke University was established in this year.
What is 1924?
First-year Duke students traditionally walk through East Campus on this symbolic path representing their academic journey.
What is the Bricks to Stone tradition?
This campus garden features more than five miles of walking trails and themed landscapes.
What are Sarah P. Duke Gardens?
Duke is part of this famous North Carolina research hub that includes UNC and NC State.
What is the Research Triangle?
Duke’s student newspaper is known by this name.
What is The Chronicle?
Before the Chapel dominated West Campus, the first major campus in Durham was built in this architectural style now seen on East Campus.
What is Georgian architecture?
Students sometimes climb the 210-foot tower of this campus landmark during special events and traditions.
What is Duke Chapel?
This coastal research campus of Duke University is located in Beaufort, North Carolina.
What is the Duke Marine Laboratory?
Duke physicists helped pioneer research in this complex mathematical field involving nonlinear systems.
What is chaos theory / nonlinear dynamics?
The Duke Endowment still directs about this percentage of its annual funds to Duke University.
What is about 32%?