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Duke’s Office of Durham and Community Affairs seeks to apply knowledge in service of society as highlighted in Duke’s strategic plan, “Making a Difference.” By broadening the university’s role as a partner and advocate for economic and community development throughout the city, the office works to improve quality of life and to build strong Duke-Durham connections. Explore our stories, photos and archives to learn more about our work and our partners.
- 25 Nov 09
Center combats poverty with training, goods and outreach
When Jackie Brown came on as CEO of the Durham Economic Resource Center (DERC) barely more than a year ago, the center was largely still just an idea. Her friends Read More
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- 25 Nov 09
Duke, QOL and communities honor Pauli Murray’s legacy
Growing up on Durham’s West End, Duke Senior Neighborhood Coordinator Mayme Webb-Bledsoe heard all the time that she needed to learn more about Pauli Murray, needed to read Pauli Murray’s Read More
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- 25 Nov 09
Grant helps Calvary Ministries to enrich afterschool youth
BY REBECCA OATS, Calvary Ministries of the West End CommUNITY Scholars Afterschool Tutorial Program, with help from Duke’s Office of Durham and Community Affairs, has started the year with new Read More
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- 9 Nov 09
Nasher program gives schoolkids access to art museum
BY KENDRA WOOD, NCCU senior Three thousand students and teachers have visited Duke University’s Nasher Museum of Art in the past two years through the museum’s Bus Scholarship Program, which Read More
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- 9 Nov 09
Partnership will put books in the hands of Durham students
Cheers filled the auditorium at E.K. Powe Elementary School last Thursday when Arlene Melchiorre, staff assistant in Duke’s Office of Durham and Community Affairs, told the assembled kindergarten and first-grade Read More
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- 9 Nov 09
Durham and Community Affairs settles in to its Main St. office
When Phail Wynn, Jr. first visited 700 W. Main Street more than two decades ago, the front lobby of what was then Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company headquarters boasted packets Read More
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