Duke Appoints New Chancellor for Health Affairs

Dr. A. Eugene Washington has been selected as the next chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of Duke University Health System.

Durham Co-op Market plans to open Feb 18

Durham Co-Op Market grocery store plans to open February 18 at its location at 1111 W. Chapel Hill St.

ReverbNation Starts New Advertising Company

Adwerx, a new independent online advertising business headed by Jed Carlson, co-founder of ReverbNation has launched.

Duke Religion Professor Honored for Book

Willie James Jennings, associate professor of theology and black church studies at Duke Divinity School, has won the prestigious 2015 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion for his book, “The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race.”

Smallcakes Cupcake Store Opens in Woodcroft Shopping Center

Smallcakes, a cupcake store, has opened in the Woodcroft Shopping Center at 4711 Hope Valley Road, Durham.

Three Duke Scholars Named Nation's "Most Influential" Educators

Three Duke faculty members were ranked among the most influential scholars in the nation’s dialogue on education in a list released by Education Week today. Two Sanford School of Public Policy professors, Helen Ladd and Charles Clotfelter, were in the top 40 on the list of 200. Peter Arcidiacono, professor of economics, also was included.

Duke professor awarded the nation's top prize for bioengineering.

Duke professor Blake Wilson has been recognized with the 2015 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize, the nation's top bioengineering prize, for his work with cochlear implants.