Duke launches historic campaign to take on world’s most pressing challenges
Duke University has launched the most ambitious fundraising and engagement campaign in its history. MADE FOR THIS: The Duke Campaign will engage alumni and friends of the university to accelerate our progress in areas where Duke can make the greatest difference for the world—advancing innovation through science and technology, creating a more sustainable planet, shaping […]
READ MOREA $5 million gift from Caryn Seidman-Becker will establish the Becker Government Leadership Initiative at the Sanford School of Public Policy to encourage and support Duke student interest in public service, especially at the federal level. The gift will create a six-year pilot program designed to identify, recruit, inspire, and support exceptional undergraduate students from their first […]
READ MOREBY EMILY FORD A trailblazing hospital executive who transformed large health systems and championed innovation, Nancy Schlichting ’76, has spent her career elevating the role of nurses in delivering better care. Now, together with her wife, Pam Theisen, Schlichting is extending that commitment through a $250,000 gift to establish the Nursing Innovation Fund at Duke Health […]
READ MOREBY EMILY FORD A career dedicated to improving health in partnership with communities has culminated in a transformational gift by Duke University School of Medicine Professor Emeritus J. Lloyd Michener, M.D., to carry forward work that he and his wife championed for years. Michener and his late wife, Gwendolyn C. Murphy, Ph.D., devoted their careers […]
READ MOREDuke University has received $11 million from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation, a private family foundation based in Washington, D.C., that focuses on educating engineers for the most pressing challenges of today. The award brings the foundation’s total support for the program to more than $30 million. Specifically, the award will benefit the A. […]
READ MOREAs Duke embarks on its most ambitious campaign to date, the university is celebrating new successes across its fundraising and alumni engagement enterprise. MADE FOR THIS: The Duke Campaign, which launched externally in February 2025, is engaging alumni and friends of the university to accelerate progress in areas where Duke can make the greatest difference […]
READ MOREDuke University has received a $5 million award from The Duke Endowment for professorships and scholarships at The Fuqua School of Business. This award and related fundraising will motivate and ensure the top-tier business school can continue to compete for the best and brightest students. “We are grateful to The Duke Endowment for this award […]
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