School of the Month April 2011: Duke University - Durham, NC



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Duke University - Durham, NC

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James Buchanan Duke established The Duke Endowment, prompting the institution to change its name in honor of his deceased father, Washington Duke.

The University is organized into two undergraduate, ten graduate and professional schools, and seven institutes

Duke is also well known for its sizable campus and Collegiate Gothic architecture, especially the Duke Chapel. The forests surrounding parts of the campus belie the University's proximity to downtown Durham. Duke's 8,610 acres (35 km2) contain three contiguous campuses in Durham as well as a marine lab in Beaufort. Construction projects have updated the freshmen-populated Georgian-style East Campus and the main Gothic-style West Campus, as well as the adjacent Medical Center over the past five years.

What makes Duke University one of Collegeboxes.com's favorite schools?  Duke is where Collegeboxes.com got started in 1999 by Arnaud Karsenti during his junior year, when he had to design a company for a class. Twelve years later, Collegeboxes.com services more than 300 schools, including Duke Universtiy.