In 1887, Yale-educated economist John Franklin Crowell became President of Trinity College. Committed to the German university model which emphasized research o… See more

In 1903, a controversy arose that would eventually lead to a significant event in the evolution of academic freedom in U.S. higher education. This series of events is known as t… See more

The mascot for Duke's athletic teams, the Blue Devil, has an interesting history. As World War I ended, Duke's Board of Trustees, then called the "Trinity College Board of Tr… See more

On December 11, 1924, James B. Duke established The Duke Endowment, a $40 million trust fund (equivalent to $683 million in 2022), the annual income of which was to be distrib… See more