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$50 Million Gift is Largest Ever to Duke Medicine
The Duke Endowment of Charlotte is giving $50 million to the Duke University Medical Center to help build a medical education facility and to develop a state-of-the-art inpatient facility for pediatric patients.
A Leap for Duke Medical Learning
A new medical student education center, made possible by The Duke Endowment's recent gift of $50 million to Duke Medicine, will change medical education at Duke.
Duke Researcher Awarded Hartwell Fellowship
Terri N. Ellis, PhD, is researching how to stimulate the immune system against pediatric pneumonia and infections associated with cystic fibrosis.
Funding Personalized Cancer Treatment
Sumner Brown establishes The Emilene Brown Genomic Cancer Research Fund to fund research of Anil Potti, MD.
Nursing Alum Schoenholz Supports ABSN Financial Aid
$250K gift to be matched for $500K total
1938 Alumna Steps Up for Nursing Scholarships
Twirling around the dance floor with a man half her age, Annie Beery Bieber, N'38, is a step ahead of most 91-year-olds.
$1M Offers Hope at the Crossroads for Carolina Kids
George Ragsdale's gift provides unrestricted support through the Children's Miracle Network - $500,000 for Duke Children's and $500,000 to University Health Systems of Eastern North Carolina's Children's Hospital.
Fellowship Honors Killenberg and McLeod
Ronald J. Bernstein's $100,000 gift supports specialized training in the art and science of caring for individuals with liver and digestive diseases.
Renowned Alumnus Creates Urology Lectureship
Victor A. Politano, MD, and his wife Aida, of North Miami, Fla., have given $100,000 to establish the Politano Lecture in the Division of Urologic Surgery.
Science Education Gets a $179K Boost
Burroughs Wellcome Fund gift will help under-represented minority and disadvantaged students in the Durham County Schools.
Nursing Scholarship Honors Alumna
Thomas and Myrtle Jones of Stamford, Conn., have given $100,000 to endow a scholarship in memory of their daughter, Debbie Jones Mordaunt.
Duke Hospice Celebrates Groundbreaking
Two lead gifts - $1 million from Durham developer Gary Hock and $100,000 from Robert Machemer, MD,and wife, Christine Machemer, MD - have brought the total raised to date to more than $1.2 million.
Mandel Gift Funds Hypertension and Atherosclerosis Research
A commitment of over $2 million from the Edna and Fred L. Mandel, Jr. Foundation will support Duke research on the causes and treatment of atherosclerosis and hypertension.
Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health Receives $5 Million
The gift is the second from the Hubert Family Trust to the center, which partners with clinical and research groups in developing countries to improve health.
Patient's $1 Million Gift Supports Cancer Research
Son fulfills wishes of his father John Balderacchi - a grateful Duke patient - to give to cancer research.
Duke Biomedical Researchers Receive Inaugural Hartwell Foundation Awards
Three Duke biomedical researchers have been selected to receive awards totaling $700,000 from The Hartwell Foundation, based in Memphis.
Duke Children's Receives $5 Million from Zeist Foundation
Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center has received its second-largest gift ever - $5 million from the Atlanta-based Zeist Foundation to benefit the Neonatal-Perinatal Research Institute (NPRI).
New Fellowship Honors Wilfert
Duke pediatric HIV/AIDS researcher and children's global health advocate Catherine Wilfert, MD was honored in March with the establishment of an endowed fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases in her name.
Duke Raleigh Gets Gift of Gardens
The Duke Raleigh Gardens are made possible through a generous lead gift from the family of Duke Raleigh Advisory Board Member Carolyn Grant.