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A T A G L A N C E

JAMES B. DUKE HAD A REMARKABLE VISION IN 1924: to transform a regional liberal arts college into one of the world’s topinstitutions of higher education. Younger than most other prestigiousU.S. research universities, Duke University consistently ranks among thevery best. Its graduate and professional schools — in business, divinity,engineering, the environment, law, medicine and nursing — are amongthe leaders in their fields.

Duke is situated on nearly 9,000 acres in Durham, North Carolina.Known as the City of Medicine, Durham was the fastest growing NorthCarolina city in the 1990s and now has a population of more than200,000.

Duke welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors every year whoexplore the Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Duke Chapel, Nasher Museum ofArt, Duke Forest, Duke Lemur Center and other attractions. The 210-foot tower of Duke Chapel dominates the Gothic architecture of WestCampus. East Campus, Duke’s original campus and built in theGeorgian style, serves as home to all first-year students.

ENDOWMENTThe provisions of James B. Duke’s $40 million indenture in 1924 createdDuke University’s initial endowment. Those funds had a market value of$3.8 billion in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005.

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DUKE, DURHAM AND BEYONDThe Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership, begun inthe mid-1990s, has generated more than $12 million forprograms aimed at improving the quality of life in theneighborhoods closest to campus and boosting studentachievement in the public schools that serve those neigh-borhoods. More than 75 percent of students perform somecommunity service while at Duke — contributing morethan 100,000 hours each year — through theNeighborhood Partnership, Community Service Center andservice-learning courses. Beyond Durham, students volun-teer nationally and internationally through programs runby the Kenan Institute for Ethics, the Hart LeadershipProgram, Duke Chapel, Duke Divinity School and others.

FINANCIAL AIDDuke University is committed to a need-blind admission policy, whichmeans it admits undergraduates without consideration of their families’ability to pay tuition and other college costs and meets 100 percent ofstudents’ demonstrated financial need for four years. Four of 10 under-graduates receive financial aid. Duke expects to administer $58 millionfor need-based aid and merit aid programs in fiscal 2006-2007, excludingloans and work-study support. The average need-based grant to be award-ed will be more than $24,000.

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DUKE CHAPEL, a symbol of the university,is at the center of the Gothic West Campus.Completed in 1932, the chapel is dominatedby a 210-foot tower housing a 50-bell carillon.Washington Duke and his sons Benjamin andJames are entombed in the Memorial Chapel.Duke Chapel is open to visitors 8 a.m.-10 p.m.during the academic year and 8 a.m.-8 p.m.during the summer. Ecumenical worship services are held every Sunday at 11 a.m.

DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICALCENTER, established in 1930, comprisesclinical, training and research programs. Themedical center has one of 40 federally fundedcomprehensive cancer centers, an eye center, ageneral clinical research unit and other highlyadvanced treatment and research facilities.Duke University Hospital is licensed for1,050 beds. Life Flight, Duke’s air ambulanceservice, flies more than 1,100 times a year totransport critically ill patients.

DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL is con-sistently ranked among the top 10 in thenation by U.S.News and World Report. Thehospital is the flagship of the broader DukeUniversity Health System, which includestwo community hospitals — DurhamRegional Hospital and Duke Health RaleighHospital — and affiliations with other hospi-tals in the region, community-based primarycare physician practices, home care, infusionservices and hospice care.

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H I G H L I G H T SD U K E

THE BLUE DEVILS com-pete in the 12-member AtlanticCoast Conference (ACC) andfield NCAA Division I teams in26 varsity sports. Duke teamshave won eight national cham-pionships (men’s basketball,1991, 1992, 2001; women’sgolf, 1999, 2002, 2005 and2006; men’s soccer, 1986),while 22 Blue Devil athleteshave been selected as nationalplayers of the year. Duke alsooffers state-of-the-art recreation-al facilities, 54 intramuralsports and 38 sports clubs forthousands of students each yearwho participate in athleticendeavors ranging from softballto water-skiing.

The Blue Devil mascot,adopted in the 1920s, is derivedfrom the popular nickname forthe French Mountain Infantry:“Les Diables Bleus.”

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THE DUKE LIBRARIES, with more than 5 mil-lion volumes, rank among the top 10 private researchlibraries in the United States. The William R.Perkins Library system comprises a main library,seven branch libraries and a state-of-the-art shelvingfacility. There are also four professional schoollibraries. Duke’s main library houses government doc-uments, maps, newspapers and microforms. Its specialcollections library contains 11 million manuscripts

and other printed and pictorial matter. A $55 million expansion of the main Perkins Library,which began in late 2003, includes the 110,00-square-foot, five-story Bostock Library buildingand the von der Heyden Pavilion, which opened in 2005.

THE JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN CENTER for Interdisciplinary and International Studies,named after the acclaimed historian and civil rights advocate, is home to 18 Duke programs inthe humanities and social sciences. At the center, scholars, artists and members of the communi-ty have the opportunity to engage in public discourse on such issues as race, social equity andglobalization. The center is located at Erwin Road and Trent Drive and includes gallery space,state-of-the-art rooms for classes and lectures, and digital and video-editing facilities.

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THE SARAH P. DUKE GARDENS, 55 acres of landscaped and woodland gardens in the heartof Duke’s West Campus, are open to the public daily from 8 a.m. to dusk. Each year more than300,000 visitors enjoy the gardens’ five miles of walkways and more than 2,000 species and vari-

eties of plants. The terraces feature seasonalfloral displays, perennials, trees and TheTerrace Cafe, which offers light meals, snacksand drinks. The H.L. Blomquist Garden hasplants native to the southeastern UnitedStates; the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum isdevoted to plants of eastern Asia. The DorisDuke Center, a 12,000-square-foot educa-tional and visitors center, also houses a giftshop and areas for meetings, receptions andcatered events.

THE NASHER MUSEUM OF ART at Duke University opened its new building designed byarchitect Rafael Viñoly in 2005, creating a major new center for the arts on campus. The $23million museum fosters multidisciplinary learning and serves the larger North Carolina commu-nity. While the museum’s temporary exhibition space focuses on modern and contemporary art,the permanent collection is strong in four core areas: medieval and Renaissance art, African art,ancient American (pre-Columbian)art and Classical sculpture. Locatedat Duke University Road andAnderson Street, near the Sarah P.Duke Gardens, the museum featuresa 65-seat cafe and is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (extend-ing to 9 p.m. Thursday), and Sunday,noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free toDuke students, faculty, staff andDurham residents.

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PERFORMING ARTS at Duke encompass awide spectrum of events, including music, theater, dance and literary arts presented onboth East and West campuses and in DukeGardens. Page Auditorium is home to theDuke Performances professional series,Broadway at Duke and the On Stage series,among others. Reynolds Industries Theaterhosts Theater Previews at Duke, Chamber ArtsSociety events, major performances and studentproductions, such as those by Duke Players,Duke Dance and Hoof’n’Horn. BaldwinAuditorium and the Nelson Music Room aresites for most of the musical productions byfaculty artists, Duke’s resident Ciompi Quartet,and guest jazz, folk and world music artists.Duke also hosts the American Dance Festival, aninternationally renowned celebration of moderndance each summer featuring performances andclasses. In all, the university offers more than500 events each year. For tickets and informa-tion, go to the University Box Office or call(919) 684-4444.

Duke is committed to INTERNATIONALIZATION. The university launched the Global HealthInstitute in 2006 to promote education, research and service in health care to underserved popula-tions locally, regionally and around the world. Nearly half of Duke undergraduates study abroadbefore graduating, taking advantage of more than 120 programs extending from Bolivia to Beijing.About 5 percent of Duke’s undergraduate population comes from foreign countries, and studentsregularly receive scholarships to conduct research abroad. Duke’s departments and professionalschools have forged numerous exchange programs and educational connections to extend the univer-sity’s reach and influence worldwide, with six international and foreign area centers funded throughthe federal government’s Title VI program.

THE MARY LOU WILLIAMS CENTER FOR BLACK CULTURE, established in 1983 andlocated on the second floor of the West Union Building on West Campus, and the week-longcommemoration and celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday are examples of Duke’s com-mitment to diversity. Less than two decades ago, more than nine of 10 undergraduates enteringDuke were white. Today, more than a third of entering students are ethnic or racial minorities.The number of African-American students, for instance, has more than tripled in the past 20years, while the number of African Americans teaching at Duke has more than doubled.

WEST CAMPUS PLAZA is a $10 million,40,000-square-foot outdoor “living room” andgathering spot for the campus. The broadexpanse connects a complex of buildings at the center of West Campus and provides spacefor informal meetings, relaxing, dining andenjoying arts performances. Amenities include a grassy area, full-size trees, benches, a perform-ance stage and a mist fountain. The project wascompleted in summer 2006.

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THE DUKE UNIVERSITYMARINE LABORATORY atcoastal Beaufort, N.C., is a campusof Duke University and a unitwithin the Nicholas School of theEnvironment and Earth Sciences.Its mission is education andresearch in basic ocean processes,coastal environment management,marine biotechnology and marinebiomedicine. The faculty offercourses for undergraduate and graduate students during the academic year and two summer sessions. Modern laboratory, fieldand shipboard facilities are available for use by visiting researchers.

The 322,000-square-foot, $97 millionFITZPATRICK CENTER FORINTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING,MEDICINE AND APPLIED SCIENCES(CIEMAS) opened in 2004. The four-buildingcomplex on Science Drive houses bioengineering,the Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics andCommunications Systems, materials science andmaterials engineering, and an emerging initia-tive in remote sensing and instrumentation.

THE DUKE FOREST, established in 1931,covers 7,200 acres in the north-centralPiedmont. It serves as a natural outdoor labora-tory for Duke and neighboring universities. Theforest is managed for multiple uses, includingeducation, research, protection of wildlife andrare plant species, and demonstration of timbermanagement practices. Selected roads and firetrails are open to visitors for hiking, biking andhorseback riding. Two picnic shelters off of N.C.751 are available for rent. Forest maps showingroads and trails also are available.

THE INSTITUTE FOR GENOMESCIENCES & POLICY is dedicated to schol-arly and scientific inquiry involving interdisci-plinary research in genome sciences and policy.The IGSP supports campus-wide research andscholarship that explores the impact of genomesciences on all aspects of life, human health,social policy, law and technology.

The IGSP brings faculty together fromacross the campus, with members drawn fromor appointed in Arts & Sciences, Medicine,Law, Business, Engineering and Environment.The IGSP main offices are located in CIEMAS,with lab and office space also in the 120,000-square-foot, $41 million Snyderman GenomeSciences Research Building, which opened in2003, the North Building and the CarlBuilding.

The $115 million, 280,000-square-footFRENCH FAMILY SCIENCES CENTER,slated to be completed in 2006, will featurestate-of-the-art research and teaching labora-

tories for genomics, biological chemistry,materials science, nanoscience, physical biologyand bioinformatics. The building will bringtogether several Arts & Science disciplinesunder one roof, providing space for the depart-ments of chemistry and biology, biologicalanthropology and anatomy, mathematics andphysics. The project will also provide six newresearch greenhouses to house one of the mostdiverse collections of plants under glass in the Southeast, comprising more than 2,000different species from many environments.

THE DUKE LEMUR CENTER, the onlyuniversity-based facility in the world devotedto the study of prosimian primates, is home to the world’s largest colony of endangeredprimates, including more than 250 lemurs,bush babies and lorises. More than 85 percentof the center’s inhabitants were born on site.The center has led a program to reintroduceblack and white ruffed lemurs to Madagascar,the first return of any prosimian primates totheir native island nation. The Lemur Centeris on the edge of Duke Forest along LemurLane off Erwin Road. Visits to the center areby appointment; call (919) 489-3364.

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Duke is developing a new Central Campus thatwill highlight the arts and other activities.Development of the 200 acres between East andWest campuses is expected to occur in phases overa 20- to 50-year period. The goal is to create an“academic village” that attracts and serves mem-bers of the Duke community throughout the dayand evening. The first phase will be primarily resi-dential, creating new housing, dining, academicand recreational spaces for undergraduate, graduateand professional students.

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SCHOOLS & COLLEGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Year Est.Trinity College of Arts & Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1859School of Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1904Divinity School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1926Graduate School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1926School of Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1930School of Nursing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1931Nicholas School of the Environment

and Earth Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1938Pratt School of Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1939Fuqua School of Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1969

STUDENTS Enrollment (full-time) . . . . . . . . . . . .Fall 2005Undergraduate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,244African-American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11%Asian-American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14%Hispanic/Latino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7%Caucasian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56%International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5%Other/Unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7%

Graduate and Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,844TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,088

Admissions - Class of 2009Applied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,089Enrolled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,728Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52%Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48%North Carolina Residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13%

Degrees Conferred (7/1/05 - 6/30/06)Undergraduate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,670Graduate and Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,348

FACULTY | Fall 2005Tenure/Tenure track Other regular rank*

Undergraduate and GraduateTOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,624 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

* (Includes professors of the practice, research professors, lecturers, clinical professors and medical associates.)

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIPPresident - Richard H. Brodhead

Provost - Peter LangeChancellor for Health Affairs - Victor J. Dzau, M.D.

Executive Vice President - Tallman Trask III

A more comprehensive list of university officers is available at http://www.duke.edu/about.html.

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EMPLOYEES(December 2005) (full-time and part-time)

Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,901Schools of Medicine, Nursing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,965Duke University Health System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,623TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,489

ECONOMIC IMPACT (in Durham)Direct Total Impact

Employment . . . . . . . . . . .$842.3 million . . . . . . $1.68 billionPurchasing . . . . . . . . . . . . .$263.2 million . . . . .$526.4 millionDonations . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$57.2 million . . . . .$114.4 millionStudent & Visitor Spending .$417 million . . . . . . .$834 millionServices/Taxes/Fees . . . . . . . .$21.9 million . . . . . .$43.8 millionTOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1.6 billion . . . . . .$3.2 billionSource: 2004-05 Duke University Economic Impact ReportFull report at http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/mmedia/pdf/economicimpact_0405.pdf

FACILITIES AND PROPERTIES AcreageWest, East, and Central Campuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,395

(including Washington Duke Inn Golf Course & jogging trail)Duke Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,200Marine Lab (Beaufort, NC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,610

Buildings - Durham Campus(Excluding maintenance and support facilities.)

Academic and Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Athletics and Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Residence Halls & Apt. Bldgs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

FINANCIAL DATAUndergraduate Tuition and Fees 2006-2007Arts & Sciences and Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$33,963

Expenses 2006-2007Room and Board (average) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,152TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $43,115

(Excluding books, supplies and personal expenses)

Four out of 10 undergraduates receive financial aid.The average need-based grant in 2006-07 exceeded $24,000.