• Full Frame Documentary Film Festival was named one of the top 50 Film Festivals in the World by Indiewire, the premiere online news for the film industries.
• Duke University head coach Mike Krzyzewski was awarded the New York Athletic Club's Winged Foot Award given annually to the head coaches of the men's and women's NCAA Tournament champions.
• Durham, NC was listed as one of Yahoo Finance's 20 Cities Surviving the Recession.
• The Durham, NC MSA rose by 26 spots, to the 59th strongest economy among 366 U.S. metropolitan statistical areas.
• Stephen Allsop is the first student-athlete in the history of NCCU to be accepted into Harvard Medical School's M.D./Ph.D program.
• Fifteen of Duke's teams received NCAA Public Recognition Awards for ranking in the top 10 percent for Academic Progress Rates within their respective sports. N.C. Central was included in the awards for the first time and received recognition for men's golf, women's track and women's cross country.
• Durham School of the Arts senior Patrick Frame was awarded 1st prize in the District 4 Congressional Art Competition.
• Duke University was awarded a $1.1 million grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. to spearhead an effort in North Carolina to provide access to health care to people living with HIV/AIDS.
• The Latino Community Credit Union is celebrating its 10 year anniversary.
• Durham had the 18th lowest foreclosure rate among the 203 U.S. metros of more than 200,000 people dropping 61% from a year ago despite an increase in the overall foreclosure rate in both North Carolina (+27% from 4/2009) and Raleigh-Cary (+15.91% from 4/2009).

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