What are some interesting facts about Duke University?

Duke's Tobacco Ties Though Duke University can trace its founding to tobacco money, the school's official policy on smoking doesn't even permit smoking within 10 feet of residential buildings and dining facilities and it's completely banned on the campus of the medical center. read more

Duke University basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski is the winningest male college basketball coach in history with 976 career wins as of February 11, 2014. Under Krzyzewski (pronounced: She-shef-ski), Duke has won 4 NCAA championships; it’s tied for fifth all-time in NCAA wins. read more

Yoon Ko, B.A. Computer Science & Music, Duke University (2019) Since none of these answers seem to be doing Duke any justice, I'll answer with a couple things I find unique about Duke: Duke won the NCAA Division I basketball championship last year and is ranked within the top 10 universities on US News at number 8. read more

Interesting Facts about Duke University May 9, 2014, cherran, Leave a comment James Buchanan Duke had founded the Duke University in the year 1924, as a sign of a memorial of his beloved father, Washington Duke. read more