Travel Information

West Campus

Traveling to and around Durham and Duke:

The Celebration will begin in Westbrook Building, located in the Duke Divinity School at 403 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC 27708.    Parking will be available in the Bryan Center Garage located at 135 Science Dr, Durham, NC 27705.
Reception and dinner to follow in the York Room, 229 Gray Building, adjacent to Westbrook.

Accommodations: 

There are many lodging options available in Durham.   Rooms have been reserved at The Residence Inn Durham McPherson/Duke University Medical Center Area, located at the corner of Duke's East Campus, at 1108 W Main Street, Durham, NC 27701.   The Residence Inn is an all-suite hotel, offering separate areas for living, cooking, and sleeping.   Offers complimentary daily breakfast buffet, fitness center, free wifi; and is within easy walking distance of both Duke and downtown Durham, as well as the conservative shul, Beth El Synagogue, which hosts an orthodox minyan.   

Please mention "Brettler retirement celebration" to book at the reserved rate of $169/night.

Walking Directions from the Bryan Center to Westbrook Building (3 minutes) can be found here.  Campus transportation information is below.

Alternative accommodations may be found at the Millennium Hotel, which has a campus bus stop located nearby, and the JB Duke Hotel, located on campus.    

Travel to Durham, North Carolina 

BY AIR:

Duke University is 18 miles, and easily accessible, from Raleigh-Durham Airport (RDU) and offers multiple rideshare/taxi services.   RDU currently offers flights directly from a number of international locations including London-Heathrow, Paris (CDG), Toronto, Reykjavik and Frankfurt.  Flights from TLV are typically one-stop through NYC/ Washington DC/ BOS/ or PHL.    Domestic flights are offered direct from Seattle, SFO, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, etc.   

BY PUBLIC TRANSIT:

GoTriangle transit bus system runs from RDU to downtown Durham.

Duke University’s bus system is free and will operate its summer schedule route (https://parking.duke.edu/buses/)

BY TRAIN:

Amtrak connects Durham with many other cities in the Eastern US via the City Center train station. 

Duke Campus Parking

Public parking for visitors is available at the following (in order of proximity to conference venues):

1) Bryan Center surface lot

2) Bryan Center Parking Garage 4 (PG4)

3) Science Drive Visitor Surface Lot

4) Science Drive Garage (PGF)

Please note that these are paid hourly parking facilities and operate on a first-come, first-served basis.  

Duke Campus Transit

The Duke University Transportation Office operates several bus routes 7:00a – 8:00p on weekdays with free service for riders. Real time information of bus routes and bus locations are available at https://duke.transloc.com/routes

Specific routes that may be of interest to NAPH2026 attendees who are staying at:

The Residence Inn and Hotels near East Campus – CSF-1: East-Central-West, 7:00a – 8:00pm.  Please take the bus to the West Campus Chapel bus stop for the closest proximity to the conference venue.  Click here for walking directions from the West Campus Chapel bus stop to Westbrook Building. 

JB Duke, Science Dr Garage: PR-1: Basset-Research and LNC: Lancaster Commons to the Science Dr Traffic Circle bus stop.  Click here for walking directions from Science Dr bus stop to Westbrook Building.