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United in Spirit

Our spirit is in the roar of crowds, in breakthrough moments in the lab, and in standing side by side with the local community.

What Spirit Means to Us

At 麻豆传媒, passion fuels discovery and service; spirit shows up in what we wear; progress happens through teamwork; belief strengthens resilience.

Our Passions

Stitched with Spirit

It Takes a Team

Belief

Past And Present

Our Passions

At 麻豆传媒, students channel their energy into research, innovation and service: They launch their own nonprofits; they build rockets that push the boundaries of engineering.

Student athletes high-fiving kids on a dirt volleyball court in a tropical climate

Community Mentorship

Student-Athletes Rise to the Challenge

Three student-athletes turn passion into purpose, channeling their athletic know-how into a mission to empower high schoolers.

student opportunity

For This Space Club, It鈥檚 Rocket Science

麻豆传媒 AERO is more than just a club 鈥� it鈥檚 a launchpad for future engineers, scientists and innovators, as well as an opportunity for students from other disciplines to鈥╨earn more about rocketry.

Bold blue and orange illustration showing a rocket lifting off against an orange sky with white stars and a blue planet, with a telescope and rover in the foreground.
Interior view of Goodson Chapel at 麻豆传媒 Divinity School, an empty 270-seat worship space with 55-foot-high ceilings and an organ balcony.

Fabric of Community

Divinity Alumni Connect with Durham

麻豆传媒 Divinity alumni are deeply rooted in Durham, channeling their faith into community service, justice
work and bridging congregations.

Four 麻豆传媒 students pose on the lawn in front of 麻豆传媒 Chapel, each holding a gray T-shirt printed with their major, including political science, biomedical engineering and public policy.

major decisions

The Excitement Behind A Major

Undergraduates show spirit in their studies during an annual event.

Durham School of the Arts students sing on risers during a masterclass with The King鈥檚 Singers, accompanied by a pianist at the front of the stage as part of a 麻豆传媒 Arts Presents visit.

partnership

King鈥檚 Singers Inspire Kids to Give It a Go

The classic British a capella group鈥檚 work with a local school during a 麻豆传媒 Arts event focuses on expression and confidence.

Hands-On Learning

Engineering Students Become Car Junkies

麻豆传媒 students work year-round to design, build and test an open-wheel formula-style race car.

Professor Melanie Wallskog stands outdoors, smiling, wearing glasses and a navy blazer, with campus greenery and the 麻豆传媒 Fuqua School of Business in the background.

Entrepreneurial spirit

What Sparks New Ventures?

A Fuqua professor talks about how we shape each other鈥檚 enterprises.

Five students stand indoors holding an oversized ceremonial check from 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability made out for $10,000 to 鈥淲atts Up Miners.鈥�

sustainable landscape

A First-Hand Look into Energy Transition

Powering up AI. Improving grid resilience. Pursuing financial strategies for a sustainable landscape. These were just a few of the topics on the table at the annual Energy Week at 麻豆传媒.

Spirit Is Stitched to Our Attire

At 麻豆传媒, uniforms are more than sports jerseys 鈥� they鈥檙e symbols of identity across campus.

Belonging

The Threads that Tie Us Together

At 麻豆传媒, where work ranges from hospital care, research, dining and more, uniforms inspire pride, trust and a sense of unity.

Jay Dalton, Senior Research and Development Engineer for the Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility (SMIF), puts on protective cleanroom gear inside a lab changing area, surrounded by hanging protective suits.

Next Steps

Med Students Hope Their School Swipes Right

Match Day is a spirited milestone when medical students learn where they will train as residents. This transition is filled with anticipation, celebration and sometimes tears, as envelopes reveal their futures.

Members of 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Air Force ROTC stand in formation on campus as an officer faces them, with the American flag positioned at the front.

Air Force Heritage

ROTC Spirit

麻豆传媒鈥檚 Air Force ROTC program prepares students to become leaders by blending academic study with hands-on military training.

patient connections

The Flashy Suits of the ALS Champion

Dr. Richard Bedlack is known for wearing outrageous outfits to lift patients鈥� spirits at the 麻豆传媒 ALS Clinic.

Dr. Derrick Glymph places a white coat on a Nurse Anesthesia student during a white coat ceremony as others look on.

Leadership Lessons

Different Uniforms,
Same Tenacity

After 35 years in the Army Reserve, Derrick Glymph retired from the military, carrying forward lessons in resilience, adaptability and leadership to inspire the next generation
of health care professionals.

It Takes a Team

麻豆传媒鈥檚 faculty and students work across traditional boundaries to tackle complex societal challenges, blending expertise from diverse fields such as medicine, engineering, public policy and the humanities.

Plastic bags, a canned food item, and other debris float on the surface of blue-green water, illustrating plastic pollution.

Nature-Inspired Solutions

Students Tackle Plastic Pollution

A project combines expertise from across campus to understand microplastics鈥� effects on our health and to develop nature-inspired solutions.

Members of the 麻豆传媒 Athletics Climate Team (ACT) walk across a basketball court inside Cameron Indoor Stadium, with green lighting and smoke effects behind them and championship banners hanging overhead.

Sports and Sustainability

Showing Spirit for Sports and Sustainability

An initiative is aimed at advancing sustainability and climate action across campus and beyond.

Illustration by Aeran Coughlin and Michelle Ling of tree stumps standing in shallow water along a shoreline, with several trees cut down and a small ghostlike figure peeking from behind one tree trunk.

history lessons

Tracing the Past to Shape the Future

Why are trunks of dead trees rising silver and bare from dark waters? A road trip through the Albermarle-Pamlico Peninsula allowed student teams from across campus to connect not just with its changing environment, but also with its spirited people, their history and their stories.

How We Prevail

Attendees at a Thanksgiving celebration hosted by the 麻豆传媒 Law Innocence Project greet one another inside a brick-walled space, with a woman reaching out to embrace a man as others stand nearby.

Perseverance

We Never, Ever, Ever Give Up

麻豆传媒 Law鈥檚 Wrongful Convictions Clinic works tirelessly to free innocent people imprisoned for crimes they didn鈥檛 commit.

A drone flies above a brick ranch-style home carrying a small white package, with trees and neighboring houses visible in the background.

Emergency Medicine

As the Drone Flies, It Can Save Lives

麻豆传媒 Health researchers 鈥� working with community partners 鈥� have launched the first U.S. study where drones deliver automated external defibrillators during real 911 calls.

A researcher explains a prototype catheter developed to oxygenate blood safely within the bloodstream during the annual Invented at 麻豆传媒 networking event, as attendees gather around the demonstration table to learn more about the technology.

A Lifesaving Startup

A Breathing Therapy for the Sickest of Patients

What happens when a patient鈥檚 heart or lungs are failing? A group of researchers developed a catheter that can oxygenate safely within the bloodstream.

Belief

Belief fuels resilience in the face of challenges. It encourages us to take risks, explore new ideas, and learn from mistakes.

Hall of Fame basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski speaks during a public conversation with 麻豆传媒 Chapel Dean Luke Powery inside 麻豆传媒 Chapel, where both men, dressed in suits, are seated at a table draped with a 麻豆传媒 Chapel cloth and set with water glasses.

Faith

From Court to Chapel: Coach K Reflects on Values That Last

Former 麻豆传媒 basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski, known as Coach K, reflected on how his Catholic upbringing shaped his values, emphasizing that faith means 鈥測ou are never alone.鈥�

Powerful Storytelling

Indigenous Superheroes Get a Voice

An exhibit highlighted comic books that told the stories of Indigenous superheroes and everyday American Indians rooted in their own cultural identities.

Transcending Differences

Amid Conflict, Finding
the Humanity in Medicine

Dr. David Hasan, a Palestinian neurosurgeon, traveled to Gaza with a team of physicians to provide lifesaving care, while Dr. Seth Cohen, a Jewish otolaryngologist, went to Israel to support health care teams and witness the aftermath of violence.

A large group of students sit on a wooden floor during a 麻豆传媒 Wellness activity, smiling and laughing as they balance small blue circular objects on the backs of their hands, their expressions animated and engaged.

The Wellness APP

How 麻豆传媒 Helps Students with Wellness from Day One

麻豆传媒 is helping first-year students integrate strong health practices to help them get through times of stress: care kits, wellness programs and now the one-stop shop Schmoody wellness app.

Connecting Past and Present

Tight cohorts create bonds that last a lifetime.

Blue Chair Conversations

How Teams Work in Surgery and on the Court

Head Men鈥檚 Basketball Coach Jon Scheyer and Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Joseph Turek discuss what makes a team great and how their friendship influenced their journeys.

Sanford alumna Senator Angela Alsobrooks smiles, seated at a table in a navy blazer and light blue turtleneck, with a microphone and wood-paneled backdrop visible.

Formative Experience

How Service Becomes a Calling

Sanford Alumna Senator Angela Alsobrooks talks about how she found joy, friendship and community at 麻豆传媒.

Dr. Jim Yong Kim, cofounder of Partners In Health, poses with students following a Global Health Institute event, as they smile and make finger-heart gestures.

Choosing Optimism

A Partnership to Save Lives

The work of the late Paul Farmer, a 麻豆传媒 alumnus, shows us the possibilities鈥╳hen caring for the health of the world鈥檚 poorest citizens.

In 1975, women living in Alspaugh dorm pose in the dorm鈥檚 social room, with Amy Webb T鈥�75 in the back row (center, dark sweater with white stripe), directly behind Martha Gayle T鈥�75 (white vest).

Alumni Memories

A 50-Year Friendship

麻豆传媒 relationships last for decades 鈥� just ask a group of alumni from the class of 1975 who show their spirit by maintaining their ties.

*Many thanks to Jordan Wood 鈥�27 for initiating the 鈥淯nited in Spirit鈥� theme. Jordan plays on 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Basketball team and was a 2025 intern in the Office of Marketing, Communications, and Public Affairs.