Burt's Bees Appoints VP and GM

Craig Stevenson has been appointed vice president and general manager of Burt’s Bees, which is based in downtown Durham at the American Tobacco campus. He will take over March 1.

Melinda Gates Among 7 to Receive Honorary Duke Degrees

Melinda Gates is among seven people who will receive honorary degrees from Duke University this year. Other degree recipients include founder of PIMCO, Bill Gross, human-rights activist Marguerite “Maggy” Barankitse; immune-system scientist Dr. Max Cooper; David S. Ferriero, archivist of the United States; Henry Louis Gates Jr., professor of African-American history and literature at Harvard University; and choreographer Judith Jamison.

Duke Professor Wins Award

Barton Haynes, the Frederic M. Hanes Professor of Medicine and Immunology at Duke University and Director of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute and leader of the Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology-Immunogen Discovery, will receive the 2013 AAI-Steinman Award for Human Immunology Research from the American Association of Immunologists.The award recognizes “significant, sustained achievement in immunology research pertinent to human disease pathogenesis, prevention, or therapy.”

BPG Properties Sells 3 Buildings, Changes Name

BPG Properties, one of the largest owners of flex and warehouse real estate in the Triangle, has sold the three buildings it owns in the Triangle Business Center office in Durham. Additionally, the company announced it’s changing its name to Equus Capital Partners.

Intersil Relocates Within Durham

Intersil has signed a 7.5-year lease agreement to occupy 25,038 square feet in the Keystone Technology Park IV flex building at 419 Davis Drive. It will soon be relocating its research lab facility currently located at 4020 Stirrup Creek Drive to Keystone Park.

Old Chatham Golf Club Director Named to Leadership Role

Old Chatham Golf Club in Durham has announced that Brian Powell, director of golf course operations, has been named vice president of the Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Association, a conduit for continuing education and research funding for the entire golf industry.

BioMérieux expansion in Durham to create 44 jobs

Diagnostics company bioMérieux Inc. is expanding its Durham County facility in a move that will create 44 jobs over the next three years.