Teamworks signs deal with Arizona Cardinals

Teamworks, founded by former Duke Football player Zach Maurides, announced that the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals have enlisted its services to enhance team communication. The company is a  leading provider of collaboration software and has helped athletic teams, departments, and organizations across the country improve the way they share information and communicate.

Catchafire Launches in Durham

Catchafire, the nation’s largest online pro bono service organization, has launched in Durham. Rachel Chong, founder and CEO of Catchafire, holds a Masters of Public Policy from Duke University.

Duke Recieves $10M Gift to Recruit, Retain Engineering Faculty

Duke alumnus Jeffrey Vinik and his wife, Penny, have gifted Duke University $10 million. The Vinik Faculty Challenge Fund, a dollar-for-dollar matching fund, will be used to hire and retain professors who focus on finding solutions to complex society challenges in engineering and related areas in energy, global health, brain sciences and the environment.

Duke Tops Colleges, Universities Across NC in Fundraising

With $349.7 million, Duke University topped every North Carolina college and university in fundraising and raised more funds than all but 11 schools nationwide.

Duke Alum Donates $7.5 Million to Repair Washington Monument

David M. Rubenstein, Trinity ’70 and vice-chair of the Board of Trustees, has donated $7.5 million towards repair efforts of the Washington Monument after it suffered extensive damage in the August 2011 East Coast earthquake. Rubenstein has a long history of donating to charitable causes and is one of the co-founders of the Carlyle Group, the world’s second-largest private equity firm.