Rival Magazine is a joint Duke-UNC publication that actively seeks to stimulate social contact, promote intercollegiate communication, and catalyze intellectual and organizational collaboration between two elite institutions. Our magazine serves as a forum for students, faculty, and administrators to express common interests, debate burning issues, share mutual concerns affecting the community, and publicize events and programs that benefit both schools. Rival is part of the Undergraduate Publication Board at Duke and is independently recognized at UNC-CH.


While Rival focuses on content that bridges the gap between Duke and UNC, it also delivers current, newsworthy articles that allow readership to explore some of the most pressing issues of our time. Past features have addressed performance enhancing drugs in sports and academics, social upheaval in Burma, and the impact of Teach for America on our nation's youth.