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DUKE
BASIC INFORMATION:
BRIEF HISTORY:
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Located in Durham, North Carolina
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The school's motto is Eruditio et Religio, which means ''Knowledge and Faith''
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The number of students attending is approximately 16,780
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The student-faculty ratio is 6:1
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The first time opened as Brown's Schoolhouse in 1838 in Trinity
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It became the Union Institute Academy
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In 1892 the institute moved to Durham thanks to the generosity of Julian S. Carr and Washington Duke
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Carr supplied the land which became the East Campus
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Duke provided a high amount of money under a circumstance that women and men in the institution would be equal
UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS AND MINORS:
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Over 70 majors and minors
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Majors - Biophysics, Computer Science, Earth and Climate Sciences, Global Health (co-major), Marine Science and Conservation, Psychology and more
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Minors - Chemistry, Economics, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Evolutionary Anthropology, Neuroscience, Finance, Statistical Science
ALUMNI:
SOME FAMOUS ALUMNI:
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15 Nobel Prize laureates
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55 Rhodes Scholars
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3 A. M. Turing Awards (2018)
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Melinda Gates (philanthropist)
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Charles E. Brady Jr. (astronaut)
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Tim Cook (CEO of Apple)
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Amy Hood (CFO of Microsoft)
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William Kaelin Jr. (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)
CAMPUS INFO:
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The main campus consists of 256 buildings on 8,693 acres
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Duke Forest (7,000 acres)
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Free bus transport
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West, East, Central Campuses and Medical Center
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Marine Laboratory on the coast of the Atlanticoceanc
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