Seven Quads. One Champion!
The Quad Cup serves as an inter-quad competition designed to cultivate a robust and resilient campus community through a diverse array of events. In collaboration with QuadEx, students from both East Campus and West Campus will come together to form teams, representing their Quad Connections in engaging events throughout the semester. Points will be accrued for each Quad throughout the Fall and Spring semester, specifically during Quad Cup events. The Quad Connection amassing the highest points by the end of the competition will be bestowed with substantial prizes, including the prestigious Quad Cup Trophy.
Quad Cup Leaderboard
Cup Schedule
Open House pARTy
Campus Partners(s): Duke Arts Create X Nasher Museum of Art X Quad Cup
Event Date & Time: Friday, 09/05/2025, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Event Location: Nasher Museum of Art
Event Description: The Open House pARTy is an invitational open to all students to introduce them to the arts community here at Duke. There will be space for the following activities: Artpost (bracelets or key chains), Super G Print Lab (screen printed tote bags) , Endless Will Typewriter Poetry, Student DJ, CoLab Makerspace invitation
Event Purpose/Competitive Aspect: The competitive aspect or quad cup purpose of the Open House pARTy is rooted in an “punch card” activity where students will be able to showcase their involvement based on the completion of a “punch card” -- which will be allocated as such.
Quad Cup Points Allocation: 5 points / completed Quad Cup Punch Card, submitted to Quad Cup table
East Campus Olympics
Campus Partners(s): Quad Cup x Residence Life x Recreation & Physical Education
Event Date & Time: September 26, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Event Location: Brodie Gym
Event Description: The East Campus Olympics is an event that challenges teams of students from each quad to engage in and win at a series of sports- and fitness-oriented challenges. From relay races to shooting hoops, the teams of students will need to come out on top in the most challenges to win the Olympics!
Event Purpose/Competitive Aspect: The competitive aspect or quad cup purpose of the East Campus Olympics is in the formation of a team that can win as many challenges as possible. The quad with the most challenge wins earns the win for the entirety of the Olympics event.
Quad Cup Points Allocation: The first-place winner will receive 100 points, second place to receive 75, and third place to receive 50 points.
Quad Cup PITCH
Campus Partners(s): Quad Cup x Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Event Date & Time: Friday, October 17, 2025, 7:00pm-8:30p
Event Location: Bryan Center
Event Description: The Quad Cup PITCH is an ideation- and presentation-based competition that challenges teams of students from each quad to generate a feasible and exciting solution to a societal challenge on the spot! With prompts and tools provided by Duke’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship department, the members of each quad’s team will come together to form a grand idea and pitch it to an audience and select judges.
Event Purpose/Competitive Aspect: The competitive aspect or quad cup purpose of the Quad Cup PITCH is to challenge students to think of a strong idea and deliver it well. The selected judges will determine a first, second, and third placement, with an honorable mention.
Quad Cup Points Allocation: The first-place winner will receive 100 points, second place to receive 75, and third place to receive 50 points.
No Meat November
Campus Partners(s): Quad Cup X Student Affairs Sustainability
Event Date & Time: November 3rd - November 28th
Week #1: November 3rd at 12:00 pm
Week #2: November 10th at 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Week #3: November 17th at 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Event Location: Week #1: BC Plaza, Week #2: Marketplace @ East Campus, Week #3: Marketplace @ East Campus
Event Description:
Week #1: No Meat November Kick-Off Tabling - BC Plaza
Week #2: Duke Dining Educational Campaign w/ Marketplace Plant-Based Options – Tabling - Market Place
Week #3: Duke Dining Educational Campaign w/ Marketplace Plant-Based Options – Tabling - Marketplace
Event Purpose/Competitive Aspect: Engagement with Kick-Off activities and exploration of vegetarian and vegan food options.
Goal for all events is to serve as a fun educational campaign for students to learn about plant-based meals at Marketplace and encouraging students to explore these food options via signing up and participating in the month-long challenge to try these plant-based food options
Week #1: At this kick-off event, students will be able to learn about the No Meat November Campaign, as well as understand the importance of eating a plant-based diet. We can share swag and goodies, promoting sustainability. Additionally, this is where we will also share that students can participate in eating plant-based meals at Marketplace (as much or as little as they’d like) to gain points towards Quad Cup competition. Participants will share with us their unique ID at this time to showcase their participation, as well as for us to know who to “track” when looking at MP plant-based meals.
Week #2 & #3: Smaller celebration and continued recruitment of participants in Marketplace
Quad Cup Points Allocation:
Sign-up & spin the wheel = is equal to one point
Every plant-based meal a participant gets from the marketplace = is equal to five points towards their total quad cup points.
Quad Cup Jeopardy
Campus Partners(s): Duke University Union X Quad Cup
Event Date & Time: February 20th, 2026, at 6:00 pm
Event Location: Devils Kraft house
Event Description/Purpose & Competitive Aspect: Quad Cup Jeopardy is a Jeopardy-style game show, where Quad Cup participants are able to choose from a list of five categories of Duke-related questions, which includes the following: Arts/Media, Athletics, General Duke Knowledge, Durham Community, and STEM – there will be seven teams to represent each of the seven quads, each with five quad members per team to works towards three top winners.
Quad Cup Points Allocation: Top three (3) Jeopardy game points are reflected in Quad Cup point allocation.
Quad Cup Creations: Mural Competiton
Campus Partners(s): Duke Arts Create X Quad Cup
Event Date & Time: Friday, 03/20/26, 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Event Location: Arts Annex
Event Description/Purpose/Competitive Aspect: Each quad will create/design a reflective mural, designed after a specific prompt for their designated quad, provided by an instructor from Duke Arts Create. Each quad will provide as many drafts as possible to be judged, with one final draft to be submitted, and lastly, one final judging by Duke Arts Creates. The final event to create the mural will take place on March 20th within a two-hour time block to create the final piece of artwork to be displayed within the quad.
Quad Cup Points Allocation:
Each quad can submit up to 5 mural drafts – each at 2 points apiece (10 points max per quad) (up to 35 submission)
From there, the top seven will be chosen (one from each quad) -- no points at this stage
1st place, 2nd place, and 3rd place decided by Duke Arts Creates judges on March 20 and 100, 75, and 50 points are rewarded in ranked order.
Bricks to Stone Afterparties
Campus Partners(s): Quad Cup x Residence Life
Event Date & Time: April 10, 2026 @ 6:00pm
Event Location: West Campus Quads
Event Description: The Bricks to Stone Afterparties is a Quad Cup tradition that challenges the West Campus residential quads to throw the best party to welcome their new residents, the incoming sophomore class, to their future homes on West Campus. There is a team of judges from University Leadership who will determine which of the quad afterparties wins on the basis of various fun factors.
Event Purpose/Competitive Aspect: The competitive aspect or quad cup purpose of the Bricks to Stone Afterparties is to see who can throw the best party for their community! Quad identity, traditions, and spirit are essential to win and highlight the vibrancy of Duke’s residential community.
Quad Cup Points Allocation: The first-place winner will receive 100 points, second-place to receive 75, and third-place to receive 50 points.
Quad Cup Point System
Quads can earn points for the Quad Cup by residents attending events and participating in various competitions. Attendance is tracked by residents swiping in at the event. Attendance points will be awarded based on the percentage of the Quad attending the event.
Points range from 10 for at least 5% attendance, gradually increasing to 100 for full participation with at least 95% of the Quad attending the event.
Along with attendance Quads will also earn points for engaging in the internal cup competitions. Points will be awarded based on Quads forming a team along with points for placing in the competition.
Teams receive 10 points for forming or registering a team for a competition, provided the team competes. If multiple teams are allowed, points are awarded for each team. Additionally, points are allocated based on performance in competitions: 100 points for first place, 70 points for second place, and 50 points for third place.