Inspirational Stories

Duke has received a new $1.25 million, five-year gift from an anonymous family that builds on their previous support for the Center for Misophonia and Emotion Regulation.

'Jump for the Children' celebrates 40 years of incredible support for Duke Children's.

Krista Patterson and Jonathan Wigser have made a planned gift commitment of their estate to Duke Children's, Duke Cancer Institute, School of Medicine, and Fuqua School of Business.

In honor of DCI's 50th anniversary, our amazing donors helped us raise more than $86 million for cancer research and care.

When Felicia Pagliuca arrived at Duke as a first-year undergraduate student from Asheville, she was only 16, but she was already fascinated by biology and physics.

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.” 

The choice to become a Duke Children's donor launched George Grody down a path of giving that recently topped $1 million.

A Duke Children's clinic finds the perfect match in a supporter with a passion for helping those who need it most.

Duke Health, in partnership with the Durham County Department of Public Health, has been awarded a grant totaling $750,000 from The Duke Endowment.

In 2021, a baby boy named Easton Sinnamon was the first person in the world to receive a combination heart transplant and allogeneic processed thymus tissue implantation. Six months later, a video showed Easton smiling and playing in a high chair, and tests indicated that the processed thymus tissue was working: building the T cells needed for a well-functioning immune system.