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  2. History of Duke University - Wikipedia

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    The history of Duke University began when Brown's Schoolhouse, a private subscription school in Randolph County, North Carolina (in the present-day town of Trinity ), was founded in 1838. [1] The school was renamed to Union Institute Academy in 1841, Normal College in 1851, and to Trinity College in 1859. Finally moving to Durham in 1892, the ...

  3. Duke University - Wikipedia

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    Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. [13]

  4. University of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The University of Chicago. /  41.78972°N 87.59972°W  / 41.78972; -87.59972. The University of Chicago ( UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) [10] is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. The university has its main campus in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. [11] [12]

  5. Ivy League - Wikipedia

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    Year founded Team name Colors Brown University: Providence, Rhode Island: 7,349: 3,347: ... The University of Chicago and Duke University are often included as well."

  6. List of Duke University people - Wikipedia

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    Charles L. Flynn, Jr. (Ph.D.), president of the College of Mount Saint Vincent. W. Kent Fuchs (B.S.E. 1977), president of the University of Florida, former provost of Cornell University. Pamela Gann (J.D. 1973), president of Claremont McKenna College and former dean of Duke University School of Law.

  7. List of colleges and universities named after people - Wikipedia

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    Mary McLeod Bethune founded the school in 1904 and merged with Cookman Institute named after Alfred Cookman in 1935. Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (BIT), Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. B. M. Birla. The founder was a member of the Birla family, one of the foremost business houses in India.

  8. Duke University School of Medicine - Wikipedia

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    The Duke University School of Medicine, commonly known as Duke Med, is the medical school of Duke University.It was established in 1925 by James B. Duke.. The School of Medicine, along with the Duke University School of Nursing, Duke University Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, Duke Children's Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, and other affiliated hospitals, clinics, and laboratories, make up ...

  9. History of the University of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The University of Chicago was an entirely new university founded in 1891, using the same name as a defunct school founded in the 1850s which closed in 1886. See Old University of Chicago. Supporters of a new university raised money, selected a new campus in Hyde Park, and opened its doors in 1890. Most of the original financing came from oil ...