Learn about Duke's Office of Durham and Community Affairs
Our programs serve the community to meet its priorities. Click the priority areas or explore all.
There are many ways we are Doing Good together
20-21 Community Engagement Report
A plan to forge purposeful partnerships with our neighbors for the greatest positive impact
Doing Good, Duke’s annual employee giving campaign, encourages Duke employees to donate…
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Learn about our partner programs and how we work together
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The America Reads / America Counts (ARAC) program is designed to enhance the primary-level reading and math skills of children in Durham while offering Duke students a chance to gain valuable experience and give back to their community.
A free resource that connects Duke employees and their family members to financial and homebuying tools
Jumpstart is a national early education organization working toward the day every child in America enters kindergarten prepared to succeed.
Impact Stories
The Museum of Durham History captures the stories of Durham’s people then and now.
Child Care Services Association’s Shaping Healthy Lives works with child care programs to program reduce childhood obesity and instill healthy behaviors early on, creating a solid foundation for a healthy life for children ages birth through 5 years old.
Both AI and bias (prejudice) have been major stories lately, from several states enacting new Jim Crow-style voting laws to anti-Asian sentiment. And then Google fired their head of AI ethics when she raised the question of hidden AI bias against women and people of color. Others have shown that bias is embedded into some AI programs.