• Durham ranked #23 nationally for the Best Places for Business and Careers according to Forbes.
• Duke University's medical school remained tied for sixth place for research, its law school tied for 11th and its business school was ranked 14th and the Pratt School of Engineering rose two places to tie for 33rd in U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings.
  • Duke was also recognized among the top ten in geriatrics (tied for fourth), internal medicine (fifth), AIDS (fifth), women's health (sixth), family medicine (eighth) and pediatrics (tied for ninth). It tied for 42nd in primary care.
  • Duke's law school was tied for ninth in intellectual property law and 10th for international law. Its business school was ranked third in marketing, fourth for executive MBA program, tied for sixth in international, seventh in nonprofit and eighth in management. Within engineering, Duke ranked fourth for biomedical and bioengineering.
  • The environmental sciences program ranked fifth, the immunology/infectious disease program was tied for seventh, nuclear physics tied for eighth and statistics tied for tenth. Finally, Duke ranked 13th in the biological sciences, tied for 24th place in mathematics, 27th in computer science, tied for 30th in physics and 45th in chemistry.
• The Sirens, a women's ensemble of 39 singers at Riverside High School in Durham was recognized for its talents by winning the Triangle Youth Chorus Trophy which is awarded to an ensemble of 20 or more singers in a public school in Durham, Wake, Orange, or Chatham County.
• Duke stands tall in 11th place nationally in the latest Learfield Sports Directors' Cup Standings. The Directors' Cup rankings measure an athletic program's comprehensive sports success by totaling points based on a team's finish in national competition.
• The Durham County Human Resources Department was presented with an Outstanding County Program Award from the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) for their Dependent Eligibility Audit contest entry.

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• The King's Daughters Inn earned Green Plus Certification from the Institute for Sustainable Development, bringing the total number of certifications in Durham to four (including the Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau, Mez Restaurant, and Riley Life Industries.)
• The Durham City's Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report merited recognition for the 25th consecutive year by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.
• Duke Chapel is celebrating its 75th anniversary this weekend with a series of special events.
• Foster's Market is celebrating its 20th anniversary in May.
• The Durham, NC MSA ranked as the 23rd Best Place for Business and Careers according to Forbes.
• The Republik of Durham was awarded Best of Show by the regional chapter of the American Advertising Federation in the annual ADDY Awards.
• The Durham Police Department's clearance rate has risen in the past 20 years, making its improvement among the best in the nation.

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• The Duke University men's basketball team is the 2010 NCAA National Champion. Duke is the fifth school to win at least four NCAA titles, and Coach Mike Krzyzewski became the third coach with four championships.
• The Campus Echo, North Carolina Central University's student newspaper, won nine Excellence in Journalism awards from the Black College Communications Association.
• DPAC - Durham Performing Arts Center hosted three more sellout events in March bringing the total number of sellout events to 48 since opening.
• KeySource Commercial Bank celebrated its third anniversary in March and was ranked the 11th highest in Return On Average Assets by SNL Digest when compared to the other 146 banks also started in 2007.
• Julia Gaffield, a Duke University graduate student, discovered what is believed to be the only known printed copy of Haiti's Declaration of Independence while researching for her doctoral dissertation.
• Trinity School is sending two teams from its robotics program to the "For inspiration and recognition of science and technology" (FIRST) world championships in Atlanta.
• Duke University junior Lindsey Marie Wallace was honored with a prestigious Truman Scholarship. She was chosen based on her academic success, leadership potential and commitment to a career in public service.

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