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DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering, in collaboration with RTI International, has launched a new program designed to identify, evaluate and bring research products to market. Unlike traditional technology transfer processes found at most universities today, the new program, named TechEval, pairs researchers with experienced business leaders and students from the Masters of Engineering Management (MEM) program at Duke who then evaluate the technology in a practical, real-world environment.
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Duke University offers a limited number of merit scholarships. All applicants for admission are considered for any available merit scholarship. Specific applications are not available or required. Most merit scholarship programs do not require that the winner demonstrate need; all merit scholarships are based on the student's academic and personal profile. Additional grant assistance will be provided to those students whose need exceeds the value of their merit scholarship. Currently enrolled students are not eligible for merit scholarship consideration.
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Performing arts at Duke encompass a wide spectrum of events, including music, theater, dance and literary arts presented on both East and West campuses and in Duke Gardens. Page Auditorium is home to the Duke Performances professional series, Broadway at Duke series and the On Stage series, among others. Reynolds Industries Theater hosts Theater Previews at Duke, Chamber Arts Society events major performances and student productions, such as those by Duke Players, Duke Dance and Hoof’n’Horn. Baldwin Auditorium and the Nelson Music Room are sites for most of the musical productions by faculty artists, Duke's resident Ciompi Quartet, and guest jazz, folk and world music artists. Duke ... hosts the American Dance Festival, an internationally renowned celebration of modern dance each summer featuring performances and classes. In all, the university offers more than 500 events each year.
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The Duke TIP Institutes are campus-based programs developed for the motivated high school student wishing to gain real world experience. The Duke TIP Leadership Institute, based at Duke University, allows students to discover their own leadership potential through study, discussion, and service experience. At the Great Debates Institute... housed on the Duke campus, students explore debate strategy and refine their public speaking skills through classroom instruction, in-depth research, teamwork, and debate preparation and delivery. Wake Forest University is home to the Duke TIP International Affairs Institute, where students study and learn to understand the complex and urgent challenges facing the world today. Students participating in the institutes will benefit from an exceptional instructional staff and relevant hands-on projects. Student application includes essay, transcript, recommendation, and test scores.
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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.
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In the past ten years, Duke has finished in the top 30 every year in the NACDA Director's Cup, an overall measure of an institution's athletic success. In the past three years, Duke has finished 11th (2007),[109] eighth (2006),[110] and fifth (2005).[111] Duke teams that have been ranked in the top ten nationally in the 2000s include men's and women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's fencing, men's and women's cross country running, men's and women's lacrosse, women's field hockey, and men's and women's golf. Eight of these teams were ranked either first or second in the country during 2004–5.[112] Women's golf has been particularly dominating, compiling a record of 796-45-3 (.945) in the 2000–2005 seasons.[113] According to a 2006 evaluation conducted by the NCAA, Duke's student-athletes have the highest graduation rate of any institution in the nation.[114] In 2005, 2006, and 2007, Duke ranked first among Division I schools in the National Collegiate Scouting Association Power Rankings—a combination of the institution's Director's Cup standing, its athletic graduation rate, and its academic rank in U.S. News & World Report.[115][116][117]
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