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Brodhead to Visit International Duke Programs

Trip includes visits to the United Kingdom, China, Singapore, Tanzania and Uganda

Extending and reviewing Duke University's global
presence will be the focus of President Richard H. Brodhead's upcoming visit to
the United Kingdom, China, Singapore, Tanzania and Uganda.

During his trip, which begins June 24, Brodhead
will meet in China with Duke's partners at Wuhan University and visit the
future campus of Duke Kunshan University. He also will attend the graduation of
the first class of the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore, learn
about ongoing work by Duke students and faculty in Tanzania and Uganda, and
meet with government and educational leaders in each country.

He also will connect with Duke alumni around the
world, including through events called "The Duke Idea," an ongoing series of alumni
programs featuring Brodhead in conversation with distinguished members of the
Duke community. Brodhead's guest for The Duke Idea London will be Kimerly
Rorschach, Mary
D.B.T. and James H. Semans Director of Duke's Nasher Museum of Art. The London event
will be held at the Tate Britain Museum, which is hosting an exhibit on the
Vorticists that originated at the Nasher Museum and is co-curated by Mark
Antliff, professor of art, art history and visual studies at Duke.

In
Shanghai, Brodhead will address Duke alumni volunteers from around Asia who are
attending an international alumni leadership conference. Duke Trustee Xiqing
Gao, a 1986 graduate of Duke Law School and president of the China Investment
Corp., will join Brodhead and other Duke alumni July 1 for The Duke Idea
Shanghai.

"I'm looking forward to experiencing firsthand the
depth and diversity of Duke programs around the world," said Brodhead. "It's a privilege for me to learn more about the
important work our students, faculty and alumni are doing, to share in their
engagement with other cultures, and to bring that new understanding back to
Duke."

In Singapore, Brodhead will speak at the July 4
graduation of the first class of the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, a
partnership begun in 2005 to address Singapore's need for highly trained
clinician scientists. He
will welcome Duke-NUS students and new graduates and local Duke alumni at a
reception at the Khoo Teck Puat building, home to the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical
School. He also will meet with U.S. and Singaporean government officials, and
visit The Raffles Institution, one of the leading independent schools in Asia
whose alumni include 23 current Duke students.

"I'm delighted to be able to celebrate the
graduation of the first class of the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School," said
Brodhead. "The success of this pioneering class has been inspiring for all of
us at Duke, and Duke has been enriched by what we've learned in Singapore."

Brodhead will be the first Duke president to make
an official visit to Africa, where Duke;s schools of arts and sciences, business,
divinity, engineering, environment, law, medicine, nursing, and public policy,
as well as the Duke Global Health Institute, all have faculty and students
engaged in work, study and service. There he will visit medical care and
research sites including Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center in Moshi,
Tanzania, where Duke faculty and staff have been active for many years, and New
Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, whose surgical facilities and capabilities
have been significantly upgraded in recent years as a result of expertise and
equipment provided by Duke.

Brodhead also will meet with Duke students participating
in DukeEngage programs and field studies in Africa, and attend a Catholic Mass
at Christ the King Church in Kampala, Uganda. The mass will be led by Emmanuel
Katongole, Duke associate professor of theology and world Christianity,
co-director of the Center for Reconciliation at the Duke Divinity School, and an
ordained Catholic priest and native of Uganda.

Brodhead will be accompanied on the trip by his
wife, Cynthia Brodhead, and other Duke officials. He and others will chronicle
the trip on a travel blog.