Duke University

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Duke University
Motto Eruditio et Religio
(Knowledge and Religion)
Established as Brown School 1838
as Union Institute 1841
as Normal College 1851
as Trinity College 1859
as Duke University 1924
Type Private
Endowment $4.34 billion (FY 2006) [1]
President Richard H. Brodhead
Faculty 2,518
Undergraduates 6,244
Postgraduates 5,993
Location Durham, NC, USA
Campus Urban area
8,709 acres (35 km²)
Athletics 26 varsity teams
35 sports clubs
29 intramural teams
Colors Institution: Duke blue and white; Athletics: Royal blue and white.
Nickname Blue Devils
Website www.duke.edu

Duke University is a private university in Durham, North Carolina, founded in 1838. It does complex research and has taught some famous people including Richard Nixon.

Duke has good libraries, like Bostock Library. It also has a famous medical school and law school. The school's colors are blue and white and its president is called Richard Brodhead.

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