Duke’s Office of Durham and Regional 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.
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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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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BY REBECCA OATS, Calvary Ministries of the West End CommUNITY Scholars Afterschool Tutorial Program, with help from Duke’s Office of Durham and Regional Affairs, has started the year with new Read More
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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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Cheers filled the auditorium at E.K. Powe Elementary School last Thursday when Arlene Melchiorre, staff assistant in Duke’s Office of Durham and Regional Affairs, told the assembled kindergarten and first-grade Read More
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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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