What is the Research Triangle or Triangle?
It is a term first coined to refer to the proximity of three major research universities to Durham-based Research Triangle Park- Duke University in Durham, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University in Raleigh. “Triangle” also has been broadened to refer to the three college towns themselves (Durham, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh) or the resulting region. The Research Triangle Region is “a family of communities” centered around two metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs)-the four-county Durham MSA and the three-county Raleigh-Cary MSA.
