Global Health is a Focus of $3.25B ‘Duke Forward’ Campaign

Duke University officials on Saturday announced the launch of a $3.25 billion fundraising campaign whose strategic goals include enriching the Duke experience, activating Duke’s power for the world and sustaining the university’s momentum.

The comprehensive campaign, “Duke Forward: Partnering for the Future,” will support priorities across Duke’s 10 schools, Duke Medicine and a range of university programs. A significant part of the campaign will be focused on Duke’s unique strengths, including interdisciplinary efforts in basic and translational medical science, innovation and entrepreneurship, the arts, energy, the environment and global health.

Global health is an example of blazing new paths at Duke and beyond. In 2006, Duke established the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) to train future global health leaders and to reduce health disparities in underserved populations locally and around the world through research and policy engagement. Through the campaign, Duke seeks to extend its capacity to address global health challenges by adding global health faculty across the university and Duke Medicine, increasing its number of international partners and global health sites, bolstering its cross-campus research collaborations and expanding educational opportunities for students and medical residents. By investing in the people and programs that can move the world forward, alumni and friends can elevate Duke’s role as a world-recognized leader in global health. Learn more in the Global Health Campaign Publication.

The campaign, co-chaired by trustees Anne Bass, Bruce Karsh and David Rubenstein, is expected to run until June 30, 2017. It is the first university-wide campaign since the Campaign for Duke, which ended in 2003 and raised $2.36 billion. A new website, dukeforward.duke.edu, illustrates the priorities of the campaign, features campaign news and highlights opportunities for university supporters to become involved.

Duke kicked off the campaign last weekend with a series of events for donors and volunteers. DGHI faculty and students were featured during the weekend events.

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