How Duke's 40 and Under Alumni Are Shaping the World
Young & Rising
They are building companies, leading movements, filing patents and launching careers that are just beginning to take shape. And they are doing it everywhere.
Nearly one-third of Duke’s more than 206,000 alumni worldwide are 40 or under – a generation already leaving its mark across industries and around the globe. Some are redefining what leadership looks like early in their careers. Others are taking first professional steps informed by ideas, mentors and experiences that began on campus.
To capture this moment, we gathered a diverse group of young alumni and asked them where they are now, what drives their work, and how Duke helped shape their paths forward.
From athletics and science to entrepreneurship and high finance, meet these alumni who are shaping what comes next – with ambition, purpose
and grace.
37 stories in this collection
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Young & RisingREESA ARTZ ’24
DukeMag25 / Sacramento, California
MAJOR: Nursing -
Young & RisingDR. GABRIELA ASTURIAS ’17
DukeMag30 / Stanford, California
MAJOR: Neuroscience
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Young & RisingBRINNAE BENT M.S.’18, PH.D.’21
DukeMag30 / Raleigh, North Carolina
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Young & RisingDR. SHREE BOSE M.D./PH.D.’23
DukeMag32 / Chicago
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Young & RisingLEXIE BROWN ’17, M.M.S.’18
DukeMag31 / Los Angeles
MAJOR: Sociology and Management Studies
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Young & RisingELYSE BURNS J.D.’22
DukeMag28 / Durham, North Carolina
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Young & RisingJAYLEN COLEMAN B.S.E.’23, M.E.M.’24
DukeMag25 / Durham, North Carolina
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Young & RisingZACH CORSE ’11
DukeMag37 / KENT, CONNECTICUT
MAJOR: Physics -
Young & RisingDR. RACHEL DRAELOS M.S.’19, PH.D.’22, M.D.’22
DukeMag33 / Durham, North Carolina
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Young & RisingSTEFANIE FELDMAN ’10
DukeMag37 / Washington, D.C.
MAJOR: Public Policy Studies
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Young & RisingMILES FEUER ’21
DukeMag26 / Los Angeles
Major: Sociology, Visual and Media Studies; Markets & Management Studies certificate -
Young & RisingCASEY GOLDSTEIN ’24
DukeMag25 / Boston
MAJOR: Computer Science with minor in Environmental Science; certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship -
Young & RisingCHELSEA GOLDSTEIN ’10
DukeMag38 / WASHINGTON, D.C.
MAJOR: Political Science -
Young & RisingNATHANIEL HILL ’12
DukeMag36 / New York City
MAJOR: Theater Studies -
Young & RisingDR. HARRISON HINES ’08, M.T.S.’16
DukeMag36 / Washington, D.C.
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Young & RisingOCOSZIO J. JACKSON J.D.’17
DukeMag34 / Atlanta, Georgia
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Young & RisingDR. MEGAN KEN PH.D.’22, M.D.’23
DukeMag34 / SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
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Young & RisingLAURA ANDERSON KIRBY ’11
DukeMag37 / Durham, North Carolina
MAJOR: Psychology
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Young & RisingSAM KLEIN ’19
DukeMag29 / New York City
MAJOR: Political Science
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Young & RisingKASPER KUBICA ’17
DukeMag31 / Durham, North Carolina
MAJOR: Physics and Computer Science
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Young & RisingMEGAN LAX ’15
DukeMag32 / Carlsbad, California
MAJOR: Psychology with Visual Media Studies minor; certificate in Policy Journalism and Media Studies -
Young & RisingIBRAHIM MAALI ’12
DukeMag35 / Chicago
MAJOR: Economics
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Young & RisingVANESSA FERRERO M.E.M.’18
DukeMag31 / Alexandria, Virginia
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Young & RisingAMANDA MORRALL ’11
DukeMag37 / WASHINGTON, D.C.
MAJOR: Public Policy Studies -
Young & RisingNIK NARAIN ’25
DukeMag21 / Durham, North Carolina
MAJOR: Physics and Visual Media Studies
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Young & RisingERIC OBERSTEIN ’07
DukeMag40 / NEW YORK CITY
MAJOR: Cultural Anthropology; certificates in Arts Management & Cultural Policy and Latin American Studies
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Young & RisingJONATHAN A. OSEI ’18
DukeMag29 / Minneapolis, Minnesota
MAJOR: Public Policy Studies -
Young & RisingANNA S. PAGE M.DIV.’19
DukeMag31 / Comayagua, Honduras
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Young & RisingBRANDON PUTNAM ’13
DukeMag35 / Washington, D.C.
MAJOR: Public Policy and Sociology with a certificate in Markets & Management Studies -
Young & RisingDAVID ROKEACH M.B.A.’15
DukeMag38 / Summit, New Jersey
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Young & RisingMATTHEW SLOAN J.D.’16
DukeMag35 / Chicago
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Young & RisingSOPHIA ULMAN ’16
DukeMag32 / Frisco, Texas
MAJOR: Biomedical Engineering, minor in Chemistry -
Young & RisingMARY WANG ’21
DukeMag27 / New York City
Major: Economics with concentration in Finance; minor in Computer Science and Math
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Young & RisingGINA WILSON M.S.N.’14, D.N.P.’16
DukeMag37 / Graham, North Carolina
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Young & RisingKEVIN WU ’11
DukeMag37 / Los Angeles
MAJOR: Visual and Media Studies with minor in Theater -
Young & RisingDR. JULIAN XIE ’15, M.P.P.’20, M.D.’21
DukeMag32 / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Young & RisingLUCIE ZHANG ’10
DukeMag37 / Los Angeles
MAJOR: Public Policy Studies, minor in Economics and Journalism; Media Studies certificate
