• The Durham, NC MSA was ranked #1 by Forbes for the Best Mid-Sized Cities [sic] for Jobs.
• Buddy Guy, the legendary blues guitarist, will headline the 23rd Bull Durham Blues Festival, on September 11, 2011 at DPAC.
• A team of students from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics beat out 104 other teams from 42 states to win the 2010 U.S. Department of Energy National Science Bowl.
• Tom Berry, a Durham native, was honored as North Carolina's sportswriter of the year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.
• The 2010 All-ACC Women's Golf team included Duke University freshman Lindy Duncan as ACC Player and Freshman of the Year, while senior Alison Whitaker earned All-ACC honors for the third time in her career.
• Papa Mojo's Roadhouse and Watt's Grocery are finalists for the Best Dish in North Carolina's Casual Dining category sponsored by the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and Our State magazine.
• Three students with Durham ties were chosen as 2010 U.S. Presidential Scholars; Megan E. Mikhail, Durham Academy Upper School, Saumil A. Jariwala, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics, and Kelley A. Katzenmeyer of Durham.
• The St. Joseph's Historic Foundation, Inc. was awarded a grant in the amount of $100,000 from GlaxoSmithKline to support the GlaxoSmithKline-Charles 'Chuck' Davis Endowment to support dance programs, collaborations with the African American Dance Ensemble (AADE) and the naming of the dance studio at the Hayti Heritage Center in honor of the AADE founder.

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