• Duke University ranked #6 on Kiplinger's 50 Best Values in Private Universities for 2009-2010.
• Preservation Durham is celebrating 35 years of historic preservation and revitalization in Durham.
• Governor Beverly Perdue appointed Kenneth R. Tindall of Durham to the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology.
• Durham is getting North Carolina's first Nordstrom Rack, an off-price division of Nordstrom, in the Renaissance Center.
• ESPN The Magazine named Duke volleyball player Rachael Moss to the Academic All-America First Team.

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• DCVB is the first Destination Marketing Organization in the country and just the second organization in Durham to earn Green Plus certification from the Institute for Sustainable Development.
• Duke University has the highest graduation success rate (GSR) in the ACC with all programs earning a GSR of at least 92 and 15 programs having a perfect 100. Duke's football program outranked all Bowl Subdivision programs.
• Urban Ministries of Durham was awarded the international Father George Mader Award by The Catholic Network of Volunteer Service.
• Super Lawyers Magazine ranked Duke University 23rd in the nation for the most "super lawyers" in the state.
• Chris Mumma of Durham, received a Nancy Susan Reynolds Award for Advocacy from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation for devoting her career to getting innocent people out of prison.
• Duke University junior women's basketball player Jasmine Thomas was named one of 50 preseason candidates for the Naismith National Player of the Year trophy.
• 2,300 Durham residents volunteered 15,000 hours to Keep Durham Beautiful in 2009, removing 9 tons of litter from Durham roadways, parks, and streams.
• Duke senior football quarterback Thaddeus Lewis was named one of the five finalists for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award.

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• Durham ranks #9 in the country in the National Night Out Awards for communities with a population between 100,000 and 299,000.
• Two Durham brothers, Marc and Tony Banka, set a new world record for Punkin Chunkin in a contest to be televised.
• Resident community pride in Durham surveyed at 86% by NanoPhrades compared to 38% for 26 metros nationwide and 42% for 6 peer metros surveyed by Gallup.
• Durham Bulls Manager Charlie Montoyo received the second annual Mike Coolbaugh Award for his outstanding baseball work ethic, knowledge of the game, and skill in mentoring young players on the field.
• iContact Corporation, based in Durham, was named Software Company of the Year for 2009 at the North Carolina Technology Association's 21st annual awards gala.
• The City of Durham ranked 32nd in the nation for its "green" governmental vehicle fleets and for the 21st consecutive year is recognized for budget reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association.
• Duke will celebrate Mike Krzyzewski's 1,000 game coaching at Duke, his 30 years as head coach, and 70 years of basketball in Cameron Indoor Stadium, February 12-13.
• Duke Women's Basketball's latest recruiting class is ranked the #1 recruiting class in the nation by ESPN HoopGurlz.
• As one of 10 female student-athletes in country, Duke University junior volleyball player Becci Burling received the "Academic Momentum Award" for her excellence in the community and classroom.
• Durham Businesses Against Crime is celebrating its 10th year since founding.
• Riley Life Industries won the Entrepreneurship Award awarded by Sustainable North Carolina.
• Jordan High's Men's Varsity Soccer team finished the regular season ranked #1 in the state, #3 nationally by the Soccer Coaches Association of America and #4 nationally by ESPN.
• Project Runway's season six finalist Carol Hannah Whitfield says she was inspired by the architecture at Duke University for her final collection.

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• The four county Durham, NC metro rose from 21st to 6th in the Milken best performing metros ranking. The other North Carolina metro in the top 25 is Raleigh-Cary at 10th.
• With its fourth consecutive top ranking, Duke Corporate Education was again named the world's top provider of custom executive education by BusinessWeek magazine.
• The median home price in the Durham MSA is up 3% for the third quarter, compared to 11.2% down nationwide and a 6.2% drop in the Raleigh-Cary MSA.
• T: The Style Magazine of the New York Times profiled Counter Culture Coffee in their latest issue, calling them "an excellent coffee-roasting company based in Durham, NC"
• NC School of Science and Mathematics student Lanair Lett took home the top regional prize in the 2009 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology.
• Andrew Wenger, Duke University freshman soccer player, has taken the top honor as 2009 ACC Men's Soccer Freshmen of the Year.

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• Durham Technical is one of five community colleges nationwide to share a $200,000 grant from the Gates Foundation for its "Breaking Through" initiatives.
• Duke University's Fuqua-Global Business School is ranked #10 on Business Week's list of The Best Business Schools.
• According to Transportation for America, the Durham Metro Area is the second safest place for pedestrians in North Carolina.
• Following five consecutive appearances at the Honda Battle of the Bands, The North Carolina Central University Marching Sound Machine gained the attention of officials from the Tournament of Roses Parade and earned a coveted invitation to march in the 2011 parade.
• Duke Senior guard Jon Scheyer is a candidate for the national Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.
• In its first eight months, DPAC - Durham Performing Arts Center has generated four times the gross revenue anticipated for its first year.

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• A new mini-poster to direct more attention to the values, emotional benefits, and core strengths of the overall Durham brand has been issued by DCVB, which is available on DurhamStuff or in the Official Durham Visitor Information Center.
• The U.S. Department of Education tapped Dr. Carl E. Harris, Superintendent of Durham Public Schools, as the next Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education for Policy and Strategic Initiatives.
• The Duke Men's Basketball team is ranked #8 in the preseason ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll; they have been in the top 10 seven of the last 10 years.
• Durham ranked the 45th healthiest large labor market in the U.S. by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Duke University is one of the 16 host sites for the NCAA Tournament First and Second Rounds by the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee for the second straight year.
• More than 850 registered cyclists raised over $75,000 to build a Habitat for Humanity home from the 2009 Habitat Halloween Bike Ride.
• Junior forward Kyle Singler, the preseason ACC Player of the Year, was named to the Associated Press' preseason All-America team, and was one of 50 players selected to the 2009-10 Naismith Award preseason watch list.
• The Duke Women's Basketball team ranked #6 in the Associated Press preseason poll.
• Cree has demonstrated an A-lamp LED light bulb with the highest lumen output and efficacy reported in the industry.
• Two members of the Duke University women's soccer team, junior Kendall Bradley and senior Jane Alukonis, were selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III squad.
• The Eastern North Carolina Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society awarded Blanche and Larry Dean of Durham leadership awards for setting an example as movement ambassadors.
• Five students from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics are regional finalists for the 2009 Siemens Competition including Tian-Yi Jiang, Lanair Lett, and Jinge Su Di Deng and Patrick Yang.

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