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A.B. Duke Scholarship Program
A.B. Duke Scholars are self-motivated students with outstanding academic and world-changing potential. Scholars are driven by sense of discovery and a commitment to engage and meet the challenges faced by society at large. The summer before their sophomore year, A.B. Duke Scholars are offered the opportunity to study at Oxford University at no cost. The oldest merit scholarship program at Duke University, the scholarship was established in 1925 by Benjamin N. and Sarah P. Duke to honor their son, Angier Buchanan Duke. A.B. Duke Scholars have won prestigious Marshall and Rhodes Scholarships and have gone on to win such notable awards as the Pulitzer Prize. Today, the program continues to attract the intellectually talented, creative, and curious students to Duke.
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Spotlight on Nik Narain
I’m eternally grateful for the A.B. community for giving me the confidence and resources to pursue my dreams. Whether it’s a trip to Stratford-upon-Avon or a coffee chat at WU, the OUSF community has kept me grounded, positive, and curious through all the ups and downs of college. The A.B. Scholarship has enabled me to explore countless possibilities for careers that enable me to be creative and harmonize my love for science and art. It has guided me through writing award-winning screen and teleplays and performing stand-up comedy around the country, rooted in science education and fostering dialogue between science and the public. And it has guided me through LGBTQ+ organizing projects from the local to international level. As bittersweet as it is to be nearly finished with my undergraduate career, I’m looking forward to continuing to develop science-themed film, TV, and theater projects while working in the professional science communication sector. And I know that wherever these next few years take me, I can always lean on the A.B. and OUSF community for support.
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Dr. Mark Goodacre, Faculty Director
Mark Goodacre is Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University. He specializes in the New Testament and Christian Origins. He earned his MA, M.Phil and DPhil at the University of Oxford. He has been at Duke since 2005. His research interests include the Gospels and the Historical Jesus. Goodacre is the author of four books including The Case Against Q: Studies in Markan Priority and the Synoptic Problem (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2002) and Thomas and the Gospels: The Case for Thomas's Familiarity with the Synoptics (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012). He is well known for creating web resources on New Testament and Christian origins, including his podcast, the NT Pod. Goodacre has acted as consultant for several TV and radio programs including The Passion (BBC / HBO, 2008) and Finding Jesus (CNN, 2015-17). Goodacre is currently working on a book on John's knowledge of the Synoptic Gospels.