HISTORICAL PLACES OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE,U S A IN GOOGLE EARTH PART ONE ( 1/2 )
HISTORICAL PLACES OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE,U S A PART ONE (1/2)
1. NORTH CAROLINA STATE CAPITOL HOUSE,RALEIGH 35°46'48.95N 78°38'20.30W
2. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,WILMINGTON 34°13'59.37N 77°56'43.33W
3. TEN COMANDMENTS,MURPHY 35° 7'13.78N 84°15'0.26W
4. BELL TOWER,RALEIGH 35°47'10.39N 78°39'48.54W
5. FORT FISHER,KURE BEACH 33°58'18.39N 77°55'9.11W
6. SMILEY,ASHEVILLE 35°29'20.13N 82°31'4.81W
7. CATHEDRAL,CHARLOTTE 35°12'26.37N 80°51'9.64W
8. NASHER MUSEUM OF ART,DURHAM 35°59'56.67N 78°55'44.00W
9. DOG BONE SHAPED POOL,CHARLOTTE 35°13'47.58N 80°55'18.90W
10. ELK RIVER FALLS,ROAN MOUNTAIN 36°11'52.79N
11. WORLD'S LARGEST CHEST DRAWER,HIGH POINT 35°57'48.68N 80° 0'29.36W
12. MUSEUM OF ART,RALEIGH 35°48'33.96N 78°42'10.02W
13. PRITCHARD MEMORIAL CHURCH,CHARLOTTE 35°12'59.15N 80°51'4.60W
14. MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES,RALEIGH 35°46'55.81N 78°38'22.97W
15. FORT DOBBS,STATESVILLE 35°49'18.96N 80°53'49.10W
16. ACORNRALEIGH 35°46'37.26N 78°38'9.12W
17. BILLY GRAHAM LIBRARY,CHARLOTTE 35°11'25.93N 80°54'33.60W
18. PILOT MOUNTAIN,PINNACLE 36°20'24.22N 80°28'29.78W
19. ROCKEFELLER MEMORIAL,SWAIN 35°36'39.73N 83°25'28.62W
20. HISTORIC SHELL STATION,WINSTON SALEM 36° 4'3.74N 80°12'50.78W
21. WRIGHT BROTHERS NATIONAL MEMORIAL,KILL DEVIL HILLS 36° 0'51.02N 75°40'4.74W
Art with Experts: Photographer Bill Bamberger
The Nasher Museum at Duke University presents a talk with local photographer Bill Bamberger. His basketball hoops series is on exhibit at the Nasher this spring.
Allen Building Takeover 50th: The Original Allen Building Protesters Tell Their Stories
The Department of African & African American Studies at Duke hosted a commemoration honoring the courage of Duke alumni who challenged discriminatory policies as undergraduates by “taking over” the university’s main administrative building fifty years ago.
The Feb. 13, 1969 Allen Building Takeover, as it is known, changed the university for the better, creating a more just and equitable campus. But there is still work to be done.
This event was co-sponsored by the Office of the President, the Office of the Provost, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, the Duke Council on Race and Ethnicity, Duke Alumni, Duke Black Alumni, Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture, Duke University Archives, and the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
For more information, email us at aaas@duke.edu or visit
What Happened Over the Summer? | A panel discussion
The Council on Civic Engagement hosted an annual 90 minute recap of what happened over the 90 days of summer. This year's panel included discussions about immigration, trade tariffs, and the Trump administration.
This year's panel and their areas of expertise:
- Jessica Carew, assistant professor of political science, domestic policy
- Baris Kesgin, assistant professor of political science, foreign policy
- Kate Croxton, reporter, The Burlington Times-News
- Damion Blake, assistant professor of political science, national security
- Andrew Greenland, assistant professor of economics, trade and economic development
Duke University | Wikipedia audio article
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Duke University
00:02:10 1 History
00:02:19 1.1 Beginnings
00:05:47 1.2 Expansion and growth
00:07:55 1.3 Recent history
00:11:23 2 Campus
00:16:18 2.1 West, East, and Central Campuses
00:19:54 2.2 Duke Kunshan University Campus
00:20:48 2.3 Key places
00:23:47 3 Administration and organization
00:24:41 4 Academics
00:24:50 4.1 Admissions
00:26:42 4.2 Graduate profile
00:27:41 4.3 Undergraduate curriculum
00:29:27 4.4 Libraries and museums
00:30:31 4.5 Research
00:32:54 4.6 Reputation and rankings
00:33:03 4.6.1 Undergraduate rankings
00:37:16 4.6.2 Graduate school rankings
00:40:31 5 Student life
00:40:40 5.1 Student body
00:41:00 5.2 Residential life
00:43:36 5.3 Greek and social life
00:47:47 5.4 Activities
00:47:55 5.4.1 Student organizations
00:49:54 5.4.2 Civic engagement
00:52:19 5.4.3 Student media
00:53:22 6 Duke Alumni Association
00:54:00 7 iDuke Magazine/i
00:54:22 8 Athletics
00:56:20 8.1 Men's basketball
00:57:35 8.2 Football
01:00:11 8.3 Track and field
01:00:41 9 Notable people
01:01:29 9.1 Government
01:02:21 9.2 Academia and research
01:03:18 9.3 Journalism
01:04:04 9.4 Literature
01:05:16 9.5 Business
01:06:23 9.6 Athletics
01:07:43 10 See also
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- Socrates
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Duke University is a private research university 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. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James Buchanan Duke established The Duke Endowment and the institution changed its name to honor his deceased father, Washington Duke.
Duke's campus spans over 8,600 acres (3,500 hectares) on three contiguous campuses in Durham as well as a marine lab in Beaufort. The main campus—designed largely by architect Julian Abele—incorporates Gothic architecture with the 210-foot (64-meter) Duke Chapel at the campus' center and highest point of elevation. The first-year-populated East Campus contains Georgian-style architecture, while the main Gothic-style West Campus 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) away is adjacent to the Medical Center. The university runs two concurrent universities in Asia, Duke Kunshan University in Kunshan, China, and Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore.
Duke is ranked 8th in the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking and 22nd in the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking. In 2017, Forbes lists Duke among the top ten universities to produce the most Forbes 400 billionaires. In a corporate study carried out by The New York Times, Duke's graduates were shown to be among the most sought-after and valued in the world, and Forbes magazine ranked Duke 7th in the world on its list of 'power factories'.As of 2018, 13 Nobel laureates and 3 Turing Award winners have been affiliated with the university. Further, Duke alumni include 40 Rhodes Scholars and 25 Churchill Scholars. The university has produced the 5th highest number of Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Goldwater, and Udall Scholars of any American university between 1986 and 2015. In 2018, the Wall Street Journal ranked Duke first (tied with Harvard and Yale) for graduate outcomes. As of 2018, Duke also holds a top-ten position in several national rankings.
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Durham, North Carolina | Wikipedia audio article
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Durham, North Carolina
00:00:59 1 History
00:01:08 1.1 Pre-establishment
00:02:58 1.2 Antebellum and Civil War
00:05:31 1.3 Reconstruction and the rise of Durham tobacco
00:06:38 1.4 Incorporation
00:07:40 1.5 Early growth (1900–1970)
00:12:23 1.6 Civil Rights Movement
00:14:49 1.7 1970s – present
00:16:40 1.8 Downtown revitalization
00:19:44 2 Geography
00:21:02 2.1 Cityscape
00:21:10 2.2 Climate
00:21:45 3 Demographics
00:25:07 4 Economy
00:25:24 5 Culture
00:27:04 5.1 Music
00:28:58 5.2 Visual arts
00:30:18 6 Sports
00:31:56 7 Politics
00:35:48 8 Education
00:35:57 8.1 Primary and secondary schools
00:37:32 8.2 Colleges and universities
00:38:48 9 Media
00:39:54 10 Transportation
00:44:28 11 Notable people
00:44:37 11.1 Born in Durham
00:44:45 11.2 Residents of Durham
00:46:49 11.3 Other People Associated with Durham
00:47:43 12 Sister cities
00:48:15 13 See also
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Durham is a city in and the county seat of Durham County in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population to be 251,893 as of July 1, 2014, making it the 4th-most populous city in North Carolina, and the 78th-most populous city in the United States. Durham is the core of the four-county Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Area, which has a population of 542,710 as of U.S. Census 2014 Population Estimates. The US Office of Management and Budget also includes Durham as a part of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Combined Statistical Area, which has a population of 2,037,430 as of U.S. Census 2014 Population Estimates.It is the home of Duke University and North Carolina Central University, and is also one of the vertices of the Research Triangle area (home of the Research Triangle Park).
Grant Hill
Grant Henry Hill (born October 5, 1972) is a retired American basketball player who played professionally for the Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, and Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Grant’s parents are retired NFL Pro-Bowl running back Calvin Hill and Janet Hill. He and his father were Rookies of the Year in their respective sports; Grant in the NBA in 1995 (shared with Jason Kidd), his father in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys in 1969.
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