[136] Reports of Duke researchers' involvement in new AIDS vaccine research surfaced in June 2006. His teams also won World Championship gold in 2010 and 2014. The top rated college in the area is Duke University. [214][215], Duke athletics, particularly men's basketball, traditionally serves as a significant component of student life. [141], The Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index ranked Duke's faculty first in the nation in the fields of Oncology and Cancer Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Applied Economics. [22][23] The university has been ranked as an excellent employer by several publications. [207] The first historically African American Greek letter organization at Duke University was the Omega Psi Phi, Omega Zeta chapter, founded on April 12, 1974. [66] The 25,000-square-foot Events Pavilion opened to students in 2013 and serves as temporary dining space while the West Campus Union undergoes major renovations, expected to be completed in the spring of 2016. It provides access to the Duke Lemur Center, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke Rec Centers and other campus facilities. Campus reaps benefits of facilities boom. [59] Duke Chapel stands at the center of West Campus on the highest ridge. [16] As of 2019[update], 15 Nobel laureates and 3 Turing Award winners have been affiliated with the university. Duke Forest is used extensively for research and includes the Aquatic Research Facility, Forest Carbon Transfer and Storage (FACTS-I) research facility, two permanent towers suitable for micrometeorological studies, and other areas designated for animal behavior and ecosystem study. [247][248] The team's success has been particularly outstanding over the past 30 years under coach Mike Krzyzewski (often simply called "Coach K"). The self-sufficient East Campus contains the freshmen residence halls, a dining hall, coffee shop, post office, Lilly Library, Baldwin Auditorium, a theater, Brodie Gym, tennis courts, several disc golf baskets, and a walking track as well as several academic buildings. The campus, spanning 720 acres (2.9 km2), includes Science Drive, which is the location of science and engineering buildings. Founded in 1930, the Medical Center occupies 8 million square feet (700,000 m²) in 99 buildings on 210 acres (85 ha). [170] In 2015, NPR ranked Duke first on its list of "schools that make financial sense". [267] In 2019, Duke quarterback Daniel Jones was drafted 6th overall by the New York Giants. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 6,649, and the setting is Suburban. [17][18][19] The university has produced the third highest number of Churchill Scholars of any university (behind Princeton and Harvard) and the fifth-highest number of Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Goldwater, and Udall Scholars of any American university between 1986 and 2015. On the Atlantic coast in Beaufort, Duke owns 15 acres (61,000 m2) as part of its marine lab. In May 2006 Duke researchers mapped the final human chromosome, which made world news as the Human Genome Project was finally complete. [226] The Duke University mock trial team won the national championship in 2012. The Mill Village consists of a gym and group study rooms. In 2012, Robert Lefkowitz along with Brian Kobilka, who is also a former affiliate, shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on cell surface receptors. [82], The Sarah P. Duke Gardens, established in the early 1930s, is situated between West Campus and Central Campus. 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