http://giving.duke.edu/news Duke University Development News en-us Copyright 2008 Duke University http://backend.userland.com/rss/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:15:29 EDT http://giving.duke.edu/catalog/images/gtd.gif http://giving.duke.edu/news Duke Endowment, medical alumni to contribute http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/08/centerfunding.html Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:55:00 EST The Duke Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) partners with two of the nation's premier foundations to provide outstanding programs for academically gifted students with financial needs. http://giving.duke.edu/news/2009/003.cfm Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST Susan Cranford Ross, who over nearly three decades served successively as a fund-raising leader for Duke University's Annual Fund, Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Athletics, and most recently Duke's Financial Aid Initiative, will step down from the university on June 30. http://giving.duke.edu/news/2009/002.cfm Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST Local companies and individuals gave gernerously to support the schools and organizations that are part of the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership. http://news.duke.edu/2009/05/duke_durham.html Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 EST "In its new role, the Sanford School is crucial to our mission of bringing knowledge to the service of society,? said Duke President Richard H. Brodhead. http://news.duke.edu/2009/05/sanford_school.html Sat, 09 May 2009 00:00:00 EST The budget calls for an increase in undergraduate financial aid of 17.1 percent, making it the highest percentage increase of any component in the budget. http://news.duke.edu/2009/05/budget09.html Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22672&SPID=1843&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=3722246 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST Move will bring different units together in one location http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/03/developmentmove.html Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:45:00 EST Move will bring different units together in one location http://giving.duke.edu/news/2009/001.cfm Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST President Richard H. Brodhead sent a message to the Duke community describing how the economy is affecting the university and outlining measures to keep Duke strong in the future. http://www.dukealumnicenter.com/email/President/20090302_RHB_Economy.html Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/02/dancemarathon.html Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:43:00 EST http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/01/shepard.html Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:28:00 EST http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/01/organ.html Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:27:00 EST http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/01/fai.html Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:22:00 EST http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2009/01/sweetarts.html Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:33:00 EST http://www.duke.edu/today/archive/oncamera.php?id=23478 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST President Richard H. Brodhead sent a message to Duke faculty and staff on December 17 to update them on the impact of the global economic situation on Duke. http://news.duke.edu/2008/12/rhbletter.html Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST School is collecting pajamas, books for kids http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/11/holidayservice.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:07:00 EST http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/11/holidays.html Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:26:00 EST http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/11/fai.html Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:44:00 EST http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/11/doing_good.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:42:00 EST On October 23, 2008, President Brodhead emailed members of the Duke community. He said that the university has "a strong financial foundation" as the country goes through uncertain economic times, reaffirmed Duke's commitment to need-blind admission, and noted the university would "move cautiously on long-term facilities commitments." Read Brodhead's message, and find out what Duke faculty members have been saying about the economy. http://giving.duke.edu/news/2008/002.cfm Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST WISER co-founder Rose Odhiambo knows the difference education makes http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/10/wiser.html Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:06:00 EST Recent legislation renews a temporary provision that allows donors age 70 1/2 or older to make a direct, tax-free rollover of up to $100,000 from an IRA to a qualified charitable organization such as Duke University—but only in 2008 or 2009 http://giving.duke.edu/giftplanning/updates/2008/10/1.cfm Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST Each year, Duke holds a special event to recognize and celebrate scholarship and fellowship donors, honorees, and student recipients. This is the third year that the student speaker was selected through a competitive process. http://giving.duke.edu/development/fai/scholarship/2008/ Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST Leaders from Fuqua, Sanford, Nicholas schools also on relations-building trip http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/10/india.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:08:00 EST Between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2008, Duke University received philanthropic gifts from 102,088 donors. Their contributions in support of people and programs at Duke totaled a record $385,672,922. Complete information is available in the Giving to Duke Annual Report for 2007-08. http://giving.duke.edu/news/2008/001.cfm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Duke University alumna Elizabeth Whitaker set up a trust that grew 5.5 percent in last year's first half. It rose 6.7 percent in the next six months after being tied to gains in the school's $5.9 billion endowment. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=aVhGCXmJ4S1s Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/06/nasher_dev.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:54:00 EST The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF) is giving $6 million to its research institute at Duke University to further the work started by a $6 million grant it gave in 2003 to create the institute, Duke President Richard H. Brodhead and Chancellor for Health Affairs Victor J. Dzau, M.D., announced Wednesday. http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=10322 Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EST The gift is the largest single donation ever received by the Duke University Medical Center. http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/04/tde_hospital.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:22:00 EST The Abhijit Mahato Memorial Fellowship will provide financial support to a Duke international graduate student who is studying engineering. http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/04/mahato_scholarship.html Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST A $1 million gift from Sandra Taylor Kaupe of Palm Beach, Fla., will be used to create the Arthur P. Kaupe Assistant Professorship of Molecular Biology. http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/03/marine_gift.html Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:37:00 EST It is the marriage of pride for their son, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs R. Sanders "Sandy" Williams M'74, H'77-79, and their deep desire to help young scientists that led Charlotte L. and Claude Williams, Jr. to fund the R. Sanders (Sandy) Williams Medical Scientist Scholarship Fund through a charitable gift annuity. http://www.dukemedicine.org/Giving/recent_gifts/williams_gift Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST Trustees approve increasing endowment support for financial aid by 28 percent. http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/02/tuition0809.html Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:52:00 EST A professorship in creative writing honoring the renowned novelist, playwright and essayist was announced during a jubilee marking Price's 50-year teaching career at the university. http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/02/wyckoff_price.html Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:55:00 EST The 2007 Year in Review, Duke's on-line version of an annual report, is now live. In addition to documenting many significant milestones and accomplishments of the faculty and students at Duke's schools and Trinity College, this year's edition of Year in Review focuses on Duke's strategic plan, Making a Difference. http://yearinreview.duke.edu/ Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST The gift is the Karshes' second in three years to support financial aid, bringing their total support for Duke students to $32 million. http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/01/karsh.html Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:06:00 EST Duke University trustee Bruce Karsh and his wife Martha will give the school $20 million in permanent endowment to support undergraduate students from other countries, President Richard H. Brodhead announced. This gift is the largest donation devoted to the needs of international undergraduates in Duke's history. http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/01/karsh.html Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST Duke's new financial aid policies may have encouraged more students to apply, said Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag. http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/01/regular_admissions.html Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:03:00 EST Building on the strength of giving to Duke's Financial Aid Initiative, the performance of the university's endowment assets, and the expectation of additional support for financial aid endowment as the Financial Aid Initiative enters its final year, the Board of Trustees approved an investment of nearly $7 million per year in financial aid enhancements. The increased investment in financial aid will make it possible for students from families with incomes below $40,000 to graduate debt-free and will eliminate parental contributions for families making less than $60,000 a year. In addition, Duke will reduce loan requirements for all students who qualify for need-based aid. The changes take effect in the fall of 2008 and are expected to benefit about 2,500 students. http://news.duke.edu/2007/12/financialaid.html Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST A new center to educate students to meet the world's energy needs while also improving its environment is being established by Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering in collaboration with the university's Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences. http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/11/gendell.html Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST Philanthropist David H. Murdock has given Duke a $35 million gift to support a massive biomedical research project at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis. http://news.duke.edu/2007/09/murdockstudy1.html Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EST Duke University's Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy has received nearly $16 million in gifts and pledges for its endowment, including almost $10 million for student financial aid, university President Richard H. Brodhead announced. http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/08/sanford_gifts.html Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST Duke University received $380,059,931 in philanthropic gifts between July 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007, eclipsing by approximately 11 percent the previous year's record total of $341.9 million. http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/08/giving.html Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST The Duke Endowment has awarded a grant of $777,500 to Duke University to support programs of the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership, President Richard H. Brodhead announced. http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/07/tdegrant.html Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EST The Duke Endowment has awarded Duke Divinity School $12 million to lead a wide-ranging effort that aims to assess, track and improve the health of every United Methodist pastor in North Carolina, Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead announced Tuesday. http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/07/clergyhealth.html Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EST Duke TIP has received a $550,000 grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri, to identify and serve gifted youth in the Kansas City metropolitan area. http://development.duke.edu/development/news/2007/kaufman-0607.php Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST The partnership is a four-year initiative launched last year by Duke University and Duke Energy to pool the expertise of the university with other concerned partners in the corporate and academic worlds. http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/05/conocophillips.html Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 EST The Crown family of Chicago has contributed $5 million to Duke University to support scholarships and summer fellowships for undergraduate students, Duke President Richard H. Brodhead announced. http://development.duke.edu/development/news/2007/crown-support-0307.php Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST Grace Ann Nordhoff, owner of the Mad Hatter's Caf? and Bake Shop in Durham and a Duke alumna, has given $200,000 to help endow the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership, Duke President Richard H. Brodhead announced. http://development.duke.edu/development/news/2007/eatery-partnership-0307.php Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of Seattle will contribute $10 million to Duke University to support scholarships for undergraduates and business school students, Duke President Richard H. Brodhead announced. Read more about the gift , and learn more about Duke's Financial Aid Initiative. http://development.duke.edu/development/fai/news/gates.php Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST Global packaging company MeadWestvaco Corporation has pledged $1 million to support an industry-university collaboration that is working to develop policies to address the problems of global climate change, Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead announced. http://development.duke.edu/development/news/2007/climatechange.php Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST In one of the most ambitious efforts of its kind in U.S. higher education, Duke University will make civic engagement an integral part of its undergraduate experience beginning in 2008, university president Richard H. Brodhead announced Monday. Duke's new program, DukeEngage, will provide full funding and faculty and administrative support to all undergraduates who want to stretch beyond the classroom by tackling societal issues at home and abroad, and, in turn, learning from those real-world experiences. The Duke Endowment of Charlotte and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of Seattle are providing $15 million each to endow the program. http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/engage/release.html Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST The Estate of Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat announced a gift of S$80 million to the Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School Singapore to grow the school's biomedical research initiatives. The gift, the largest single donation granted by the estate to date, will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Singapore government, bringing the total sum to S$160 million. http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=9996 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center has received its second-largest gift ever--$5 million from the Atlanta-based Zeist Foundation to benefit the Neonatal-Perinatal Research Institute. http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=9995 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST Duke University's Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health has received a $5 million gift from the Hubert Family Trust of Atlanta, Duke President Richard H. Brodhead announced. The gift is the second from the Hubert Family Trust to the center, which partners with clinical and research groups in developing countries to improve health by teaching students and health care professionals and by supporting collaborative research intended to reduce the burden of disease. http://www.dukemednews.org/news/article.php?id=9974 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST