Durham Filmmaker Honored at Film Festival

Durham resident and filmmaker Jim Haverkamp has been selected as the Cucalorus Film festival's honoree for its second annual North Carolina Filmmaker Retrospective Nov. 8-11 in Wilmington, NC.

Durham’s Whitted School Redevelopment Advances

The Durham County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Monday to approve in concept a proposal to redevelop the James A. Whitted School for senior housing and as a Durham Public Schools pre-kindergarten center.

Durham Welcomes New SCORE Chapter

Durham-based entrepreneurs and small business owners will soon be able to receive free, confidential counseling and mentoring sessions thanks to the start of a new partnership between the City of Durham’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development and the Small Business Advisory Committee, in partnership with Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE).

Durham Company Selected as Business Partner

St. Paul, Minn.-based Apex has selected Durham’s Bell and Howell as a business partner for providing secure document delivery via mobile apps. Apex provides statement design and e-statement and e-payment technology for the health care and financial industries.

Former President of Columbia Alvaro Uribe to Speak at Duke Nov. 5

Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will discuss "Leadership Lessons and Growth Opportunities for Latin America: Learning from Colombia's Economic and Social Transformation" at Duke University Nov. 5. in the Fuqua School of Business's Geneen Auditorium.

Duke’s Nasher Museum of Art Presents Modern Masterpieces Exhibition

An exhibition featuring more than 50 masterpieces by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent van Gogh, Camille Pissarro and others will be presented at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, beginning Nov. 4.

Durham-based McKinney Taps CP+B's Patel As New Media Chief

McKinney, the Durham, NC-based unit of South Korea’s Cheil Worldwide, has named a new media chief, Swapnil Patel, who joins from MDC Partners Crispin Porter + Bogusky, where he was group media director.