 Duke University® is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. Duke® joined the Southern Conference in 1929, and left in 1953 to become a founder of the ACC. The Blue Devils® athletic department features twenty-seven varsity teams; they have won seventeen NCAA team national championships. |
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