Duke Views
A collection of great photographs of Duke learning, research, community engagement, athletics, health care and campus life
Serene Moment
David Akinsooto, clinical research specialist with the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development, carries a child through a gallery at Duke’s Nasher Museum of Art during a sensory-friendly arts event. Kids and families had the opportunity to make fun crafts and experience the galleries in small groups led by Nasher Museum tour guides, all in a structured environment. The event was a collaboration between the museum and the autism center.
Evan Watson/Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development
Championship Hug
Duke women’s basketball players gather around and hug head coach Kara Lawson after the team’s 76-62 victory over N.C. State to win the ACC championship. It’s Lawson’s first ACC tournament title in four tries. The Blue Devils came into the tournament as a third seed, but went through Louisville, Notre Dame and N.C. State to take the championship. The team now advances to the NCAA tournament; the bracket will be announced during the NCAA selection show at 8 p.m. Sunday.
Nat LeDonne/Duke Athletics
First Blooms
First year students Sophia Fratta and Tsvetelina Mickova work on their applications to be orientation leaders together outside von der Heyden Pavilion, better known as Vondy, under a Japanese Apricot tree. The apricot blooms are one of the earliest signs of spring on Duke’s West Campus, during an early March afternoon. Over the next two weeks, the cherry trees will start blooming around campus, including Duke Gardens. The gardens are open, but access to the Cherry Allée will be restricted because of construction there. For guidance on seeing the cherries, visit the Duke Gardens website.
Jared Lazarus/University Communications and Marketing
Wellness & Learning
Psychiatrist Holly Rogers leads a meditative session during the “Creating a Contemplative Community” Bass Connections seminar on Duke’s West Campus during a warm early February evening. The Bass Connections project started in 2023-2024, seeking to develop and evaluate mindfulness-based programming at Duke and to discover the effect of such programs on cognitive functioning and mental health. It’s part of a larger university effort to promote student wellness and connect that work with academic life.
Rogers is co-founder of the Mindfulness Institute for Emerging Adults in Durham, a program developed at Duke to teach mindfulness and meditation as a way to manage stress and reduce anxiety.
Jared Lazarus/University Communications and Marketing
Snow Volleyball
In what is certain to be the next big event in the 2026 Winter Olympics, Duke students engage in a game of volleyball in the snow Wednesday during one of the largest campus snowfalls in years. The photo was taken by drone by Duke senior Jacob Whatley. For more snow images, see Duke Today.
Jacob Whatley/senior visual and media arts major
Teach House
Jessica On is a 5th grade teacher at Lyon Farms Elementary in Durham and first-generation college student who recently graduated from Duke and won the NC Student Teacher of the Year award. On is a Duke TeachHouse fellow.
Jared Lazarus/University Communications and Marketing
A Different Side of West
Here’s an untraditional view of West Campus, taken by drone by Bill Snead from the hospital to Wallace Wade Stadium. The white dot on the horizon is the Chapel Hill water tower atop Mt. Nunn, the highest point in the town.
Bill Snead/University Communications and Marketing
Hope Dances
In two decades with the Alvin Ailey dance company, Hope Boykin showed that Durham artists can reach the top of their field. Last week during a series of master classes on campus and throughout the city, Boykin taught Duke and Durham Public School dance students and choreographed select dancers in a new work called “States Of Hope.”
Jared Lazarus/University Communications and Marketing
Victory Blaze
Ashes and embers hang in the air as Duke students cheer a men’s basketball victory over rival University of North Carolina by the score of 87-70 Saturday night. Following the dominant victory, which moved No. 2 Duke’s conference record to 11-0, hundreds of students ran to the Clocktower Quad to continue the celebration with a traditional victory bonfire built of campus benches.
Jacob Whatley/senior visual and media arts major
Snow Day
Surprising forecasters, an inch of snow fell Tuesday night on campus -- real snow, gentle flakes falling silently. It didn't make for good snowballs or snowpeople, but it was great to behold and to play in. When the morning came, the campus was covered with a glorious soft coating broken by prints made by humans and other campus critters. Student Jacob Whatley, an intern working with the Office of Communications and Marketing, captured this scene early Tuesday night.
Jacob Whatley/senior visual and media arts major
A Season to Remember
There were many highlights during an exceptional season for Duke women’s soccer, the last one at Duke for Robbie Church, who retired at the end of the season after 24 years as head coach. One of the great moments was its 1-0 victory over Virginia Tech in the NCAA quarterfinals. A game-winning score by Fifth year senior Katie Groff sent the Blue Devils to its fifth College Cup, the fourth under Church. After a NCAA semifinal loss to eventual champion UNC-Chapel Hill, the Blue Devils finished with a record of 18-3-1, spending much of the season as the nation’s top ranked team.
Nat LeDonne/Duke Athletics
FDOC: A Homage to Biology
Before their Gateway to Biology: Genetics and Evolution class, students gather in the Biological Sciences building around a series of paintings by Jonathan Kingdon titled “Evolution on the Wall: A Homage to Biology at Duke.”
Jared Lazarus/University Communications and Marketing
Gothic Study
With its high ceiling, arched windows, bookshelves, chandeliers and portraits of prominent Duke figures, the Gothic Reading Room in the Rubenstein Library remains a majestic place to study and certainly one of the most popular. Last week, students filled the room as they prepare for final exams. At left is sophomore Annie Ming Kowalik.
Jared Lazarus/University Communications and Marketing
Winterfest Exam Break
Students take a break from finals and enjoy lawn games, crafts, soup, cookie decorating, and friendship during Winterfest at Duke Campus Farm. The Duke Campus Farm is a one-acre working farm owned and operated by Duke University that provides sustainably-grown produce and food systems education for Duke and its surrounding communities.
Starting this season, after 13 years of a Community Supported Agriculture program, the Campus Farm has transitioned to a 100% donation-based model. The produce that the student crew grows feeds food-insecure community members. The Campus Farm's mission is to to catalyze positive change in the food system.
Chris Vilorio/senior physics major
Passing the Exam
Chelsea Kithcart, ophthalmic assistant, right, performs an applanation tonometry exam on Brian Rivera, ophthalmic assistant, left, in an exam room at the Duke Eye Center. The procedure assesses eye pressure, a key measure of vision health. A one-year allied health certificate track, Duke’s Ophthalmic Technician Program gets students ready to begin a career working alongside ophthalmologists in support of clinics and patients. The full-time program includes classroom teaching on site at the Duke Eye Center and clinical rotations at the eight Duke Eye Center clinics.
Eamon Queeney/Duke University School of Medicine.
November Sunset
Duke’s campus in all its fall glory against a backdrop of unseasonably warm November weather, bright colors, and a stunning sunset on Nov. 18.
Jared Lazarus/University Communications and Marketing