Partnering to explore the difficult questions.
The Duke Center for Community Engagement is an interdisciplinary hub facilitating collaborative scholarship between community partners and Duke faculty, staff, and students, to address pressing societal challenges.
The Center connects community organizations with students and researchers to explore difficult questions, analyze data, and enhance their impactful work.
The Duke Center for Community Engagement is a joint effort of Duke Community Affairs and Interdisciplinary Studies in the Office of the Provost. The Center supports the university’s ongoing commitment to “partner with purpose,” a cornerstone of Duke’s vision for its second century.
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What we do
We support equitable community-engaged scholarship and research in tangible ways.
Navigate
Match university teams and resources with community partners to connect Duke’s academic resources to community priorities, wisdom, and assets.
READY TO ENGAGE? Have a potential project to tackle this summer? Learn about community-engaged doctoral fellowships. Or, get involved in the effort to reduce administrative barriers to community-engaged research.
Educate & Prepare
Provide training, best practices, co-curricular experiences, professional development, and communities of practice to equip participants to engage in mutually-beneficial collaboration.
READY TO ENGAGE? Download this paper on community engagement principles. Or, prepare your team by booking a Foundations of Engagement training session.
Champion
Promote ongoing discovery and outcomes of community-engaged scholarship as a practice.
READY TO ENGAGE? See the wide range of existing projects and identify potential collaborators in the Partnerships and Initiatives Map.
Contact Us
For personalized assistance, contact us at communityengagementcenter@duke.edu.
Events & Opportunities
2025 Community-Engaged Fellowships: Apply by Apr. 15
The Duke Center for Community Engagement is funding summer fellowships with local community organizations, available to both Ph.D. students and other doctoral students.
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No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America
Author Brian Goldstone MA ’07 PhD ’12 discusses his new book. Book signing to follow. Books will be available on site, from Flyleaf.
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5 Ways to Explore Community-Engaged Scholarship
Could a collaborative project benefit your work? Dr. Mina Silberberg shares ways to explore this question.
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Duke Center for Community Engagement Launches
A daylong symposium took place February 5, 2025, in downtown Durham.
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Duke Partners with Root Causes, NCCU, El Centro Hispano to Study Food as Medicine
Delivering medically tailored groceries and nutrition education improves blood pressure and food security.
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Update: Removing Barriers to Community-Engaged Research
Rebecca Brouwer shares progress on three challenging administrative issues.
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Explore more civic engagement
Looking to collaborate in other ways? Duke actively facilitates a wide range civic engagement including volunteering; community internships and work study; and leadership forums.
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North Carolina Leadership Forum
NCLF provides an opportunity for civic, business, and political leaders from across North Carolina to discuss issues central to the future of our state.
Learn MoreThe Duke Center for Community Engagement is a joint effort of Duke Community Affairs and Interdisciplinary Studies in the Office of the Provost. The Center supports the university’s ongoing commitment to “partner with purpose,” a cornerstone of Duke’s vision for its second century.
Carnegie Community Engagement Classification
Duke is recognized as a “community engaged institution” by the Carnegie Foundation.
