Duke University of Durham, NC enrolls approximately 6,300 undergraduate and 4,500 graduate students, representing almost every state and about 75 countries. The University’s new strategic plan highlights opportunities to apply knowledge in the service of society, while celebrating the traditional role of universities to nurture scholarship for its many intrinsic values. The plan promotes a culture of public engagement that is interwoven with education and research, within Arts and Sciences and across the institution. Duke's health system will advance basic biomedical research even as it develops new cures for patients.

The school of public policy will promote policy debate and engagement along with ethical leadership. Engineering faculty will develop technologies to serve everyone from medical patients to planners concerned with environmental safety or national security. Faculty from the schools of divinity, medicine and nursing will help families care for loved ones, and students in Duke's law and business schools will volunteer in clinics and assist local nonprofits and small business owners.

Others at Duke will focus on issues ranging from water quality to HIV/AIDS, seeking not only to gain knowledge but also to inform public debate and policy. Duke's plan charts a bold course that brings together theory and practice.

Duke University's Faculty Ambassador
Paul Bloom