Bloomberg Grant Funds Innovative Partnership for Early College High School in Durham
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Because of donor support for Duke Health, the Duke Health Development & Alumni Affairs team has been recognized as an “Overall Revenue High Performer” and “Healthcare System Revenue High Performer” by the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP). AHP recognizes high performance based on organizations that fall within the top 75th percentile in net production returns, calculated by subtracting total fundraising expenses from total production returns.
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Stacy Waters Appointed Vice President of Duke Health Development and Alumni Affairs
Stacy Waters, MBA, has been named the new vice president of Duke Health Development and Alumni Affairs (DHDAA), effective November 4, 2024.
Waters will lead Duke Health’s philanthropic, engagement, and strategic advancement programs and advance the entire development and alumni organization.
An Enduring Gift: The Branch...
It's all about leaving a legacy. That’s what Brad Branch said about establishing the Catherine S. and J. Bradford Branch Fund with his wife, Catherine Shingleton Branch. Through a generous estate gift to Duke, the couple has created an endowment to benefit both Duke Heart and Duke Cancer Institute (DCI).
The Road to Recovery
The May family made it through a harrowing injury with help from plenty of Duke friends.
Team Builder’s Gift Launches...
Most people understand the importance of team building, but few take it as seriously as Bob Keegan: building innovative and successful teams was the tenet of his professional career.
ChatGPT Enters the Classroom
School of Medicine faculty are using the capabilities of ChatGPT, to improve students’ learning experiences.
Adapt and Innovate
Last spring, when Prince Boadi accepted an offer to attend Duke University School of Medicine starting in the fall of 2020, he knew the experience—leaving his family and friends in Chicago, learning his way around Durham, meeting new people, and taking on the rigors of medical school—would be different from anything else he’d ever done.
Duke Nursing Students Make a...
As students at Duke University School of Nursing, Lindsay Salisbury and Shelby Strockbine entered their third semester with a new perspective on the importance of global health and their roles as future nurses.
Retired Educator’s Estate Gift...
A friend of Duke Health understands firsthand the struggle of being overweight. “Being overweight comes with a myriad of medical, physical, and emotional problems,” said the anonymous donor, of Rye Brook, New York. “For me, it was about my own self-esteem and wanting to improve my health.”
Duke Children’s Hospital...
Duke Children’s Hospital once again ranked among the top 50 children’s medical centers nationally and retained its position at No. 1 in North Carolina, according to this year’s annual list from U.S. News & World Report.
Fighting on Both Sides of...
For 27 years, Heather Paradis, a 1995 graduate of Duke University’s Master of Science in Nursing Program, cared for cancer patients at Duke University Hospital as a hematology-oncology nurse practitioner. As she saw many patients fighting the disease, she had no idea that she would one day be on the other side of cancer care.
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