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• 22 Jun 17

  Latino community members invited to free health fair on June 30

  At the upcoming “Orgullos Hispanos Fair” in Durham, there is something that the participating healthcare professionals will all have in common. They are all Latino. The fair on June 30, Read More

  posted in Blog, Community Engagement, News & Events, Partnering With Our Schools, Supporting Our Youth
  
• 13 Jun 17

  Attend Free Tenant and Homeowner Empowerment Workshops for Durham Residents

  Discover how bad credit can affect buying a home and learn about property rights. Free “Tenant & Homeowner Empowerment” workshops for Durham residents in June and July will cover good Read More

  posted in Blog, Community Engagement, Duke In Durham, News & Events, Supporting Our Neighborhoods
  
• 12 Jun 17

  Durham leaders discuss city’s economic development with Duke students

  Fifteen Duke students got a taste of Durham’s history and economic evolution last week, from the shutdown of tobacco warehouses and textile mills to investments in downtown projects like American Read More

  posted in Blog, Community Engagement, Duke In Durham, News & Events
  
• 12 Jun 17

  Graduating high school senior has longtime connection to Latino student program

  Luz Jazmin Romero Estala is preparing to walk across the stage in Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium this month and receive her Riverside High School diploma. Luz is the first in Read More

  posted in Blog, News & Events, Partnering With Our Schools, Supporting Our Youth
  
• 7 Jun 17

  Durham teachers, administrators travel to Mexico to experience its education system

  “Please make sure you’re looking after our children.” In 2015, Durham School of the Arts science teacher Alex LeMay sat across the table from four Mexican women at Restaurant Los Read More

  posted in Blog, News & Events, Partnering With Our Schools
  
• 30 May 17

  DukeEngage in the Bull City

  Learn about Durham’s economic revolution and its shift from tobacco and textiles to technology and medicine. Study gentrification and the dynamics of neighborhood change. Attend the Durham Farmers Market and Read More

  posted in Blog, Community Affairs, Community Engagement, Duke In Durham, News & Events, Supporting Nonprofits
  
• 24 May 17

  Duke Employees Volunteer at Diaper Bank of NC

  At the Diaper Bank of North Carolina, 13 Duke Fuqua School of Business employees carried teetering stacks of new diapers and sorted the diapers into wrapped bundles. Twice a year, Read More

  posted in Blog, Community Engagement, Doing Good in the Neighborhood, Duke In Durham, News & Events, Supporting Nonprofits
  
• 22 May 17

  Durham Fifth Grader Prepares for Scripps National Spelling Bee Competition

  Five thousand words down, 3,000 to go. After school, Triangle Day School fifth grader Jason Sorin heads home, eats a snack, finishes his homework and then settles into a big, Read More

  posted in Blog, Community Affairs, News & Events, Partnering With Our Schools
  
• 1 May 17

  Psychology professor, engineering student receive service awards

  Duke offered fertile ground for the generous spirits of Professor Rick Hoyle and senior Lauren Harper to make a difference. And that difference was honored Friday when they each received Read More

  posted in Blog, Community Engagement, Duke In Durham, News & Events
  
• 25 Apr 17

  Duke alumni, retirees volunteer at Durham elementary school

  Wheelbarrows full of fresh soil, raised wooden garden beds and buckets of stringy weeds dotted the green Lakewood Elementary School yard on Saturday. Dozens of Duke alumni, Duke retirees and Read More

  posted in Blog, Community Engagement, Duke In Durham, News & Events, Partnering With Our Schools
  

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