North Carolina Central University, Public university in Durham, United States.
North Carolina Central University is a public institution in Durham, North Carolina, spread across several buildings and organized into seven schools. It offers programs ranging from undergraduate through doctoral level and belongs to the University of North Carolina system.
James E. Shepard founded the institution in 1910 as the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua. It later became part of the North Carolina state university system during the 1970s.
The institution carries the name of its state and the word Central because it sits in the middle of the region. Visitors notice the academic atmosphere across campus, where students walk between lectures and gather in the green spaces.
The campus is located in Durham and can be visited during academic terms when the institution is active. Visitors find orientation maps at the main entrance and can move freely between public areas.
Mathematician Marjorie Lee Browne taught here for over three decades and helped shape the scientific tradition of the institution. She was among the first African American women to earn a doctorate in mathematics in the United States.
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