The Duke Center for Community-Engaged Scholarship offers a core suite of interactive workshops designed to prepare faculty, staff, students, and partners to engage in equitable, place-based, and impactful community work. All workshops are 6…
Around 150 local contractors, consultants and construction firms filled the Durham Arts Council on April 21, looking for a clearer path into Duke’s pipeline of capital and infrastructure projects. During the “Duke Open Doors Forum,” which w…
From early morning conversations to a campus-wide town hall, Duke Community Affairs marked a pivotal day focused on connection, collaboration, and community impact. The day began with the first Open Doors Forum, part of Duke’s HomeGrown ini…
This is a summary of a story first published by the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law. Each year, about 18,000 people leave North Carolina prisons and return to communities within the state. A new Duke Law report finds that
As one of North Carolina’s largest private employers and a major economic driver in the region, Duke University and Duke University Health System will direct $203 million over three years to expand economic opportunity for the residents of
The Cook Center on Social Equity and the Duke Center for Community-Engaged Scholarship invite proposals for community-engaged research on housing and economic well-being in Durham and the surrounding region. The RFP offers pilot grants up t…
HomeGrown is Duke's institution-wide commitment to helping people in our community get ahead – through better jobs, more opportunities for local businesses, and making it easier for families to stay in the community they call home. We’re wo…
Duke University student LaNaiah Frieson has been selected for an award recognizing outstanding leadership and service by North Carolina Campus Engagement, a statewide network of colleges and universities committed to preparing students for
Michelle Benham is the senior director for communications at Duke Community Affairs. She is an accomplished leader, award-winning multimedia producer, and communications expert with over two decades of storytelling experience in the public
Musu Clemens came to Durham with her mother and three sisters when she was just ten years old. In the early 1970s, her mother— recently divorced and raising four daughters— received a scholarship to enroll in Duke University's Physician Ass…
On August 7, 2025, the new Durham Early College for Health Sciences (DECHS) welcomed 104 incoming 9th graders to their new journey towards careers in healthcare. The school is a collaborative effort between Durham Public Schools, Durham Tec…
This article is part of a series of Durham community leader profiles. When Edmund Fernandez saw a flipped-over car in front of Lakewood Montessori Middle School, it was a chilling visual of the problem he refused to ignore: cars were speedi…