So, you’re engaged! You are bursting with jubilation, love and a whirlwind of emotions as you imagine your life and future. You eagerly begin Googling wedding venues and create a “Dream Wedding” board on Pinterest. And that’s when this other, unwelcomed feeling emerges. It lingers somewhere between slightly overwhelmed and overt hysteria at the sheer […]
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Enjoy the mild early autumn weather and dine on the terrace at MarketPlace – the restaurant at the JB Duke Hotel. Executive Sous Chef Waitus Leake recommends this light-but-satisfying meal of Norwegian Steelhead salmon – a personal favorite – paired with rice “grits” from Columbia, South Carolina, and fresh grilled vegetables like squash, zucchini and
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Five years ago, champions and staffers of the American Dance Festival (ADF) saw a long-held dream fulfilled. For the first time, ADF claimed permanent dance studio space. “Now, in people’s minds, we’re seen as year-round, not just a seasonal festival,” says Executive Director Jodee Nimerichter. The 5,000-square-foot Samuel H. Scripps Studios occupies the second floor
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Helping fuel Durham’s booming innovation economy are entrepreneurial hubs like American Underground, iNvictus Office Center, ReCity and Duke University’s new Innovation & Entrepreneurship Bullpen, as well as a growing number of high-growth, high-impact enterprises. Adding to this growth is the 15-acre Durham Innovation District already underway just west of downtown with an expected 1 million
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Recently, Duke University President Richard Brodhead wrote in a column for The News & Observer about the university’s intentional relationship with Durham. “Duke and Durham chose each other, and our destinies are still entwined,” he wrote. Over the last several years, Duke and Durham have continued to join forces on exciting projects that will shape
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Every now and then – usually as she dangles from a rock face or climbing wall – 27-year-old Tatiana Birgisson stops thinking about how she’s going to take MATI, the energy drink company she founded, to the next level. These moments are fleeting. For someone whose company motto is “Do More. Be Better.”, Tatiana relentlessly
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Here’s what we’ve heard around town. Send us your news, from births to awards, new biz and more, to noted@legacy.durhammag.com. Business Briefs San Jose-based software company Nutanix opened its largest east coast office in the Chesterfield Building, located on West Main Street. American Assembly for Men in Nursing approved a new chapter at Durham Technical
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DUKE INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP INITIATIVE (DUKE I&E) FOUNDED 2013 • VICE PROVOST ERIC TOONE, DIRECTOR • NO. OF EMPLOYEES: 25 • 15,000 SQ. FT. • 215 MORRIS ST., STE. 300 • ARCHITECT: PHILLIPS ARCHITECTURE (RALEIGH) WHAT WE DO Known as the Bullpen, this space is the hub for all innovation and entrepreneurship activity at Duke
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Sure, Al Buehler is remembered for a lot of important moments in athletic history – among them leveraging groundbreaking Title IX legislation to push Duke University to institute a women’s track program in the late 1970s. But let’s take a moment to remember a particular woman – a girl, really, who first pushed him. Without
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You’re probably familiar with the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club, located on Duke University’s West Campus. What you may not know is that its namesake, the Washington Duke Hotel, opened in 1924 thanks to the fundraising of a number of prominent citizens, led by businessman John A. Buchanan. It stood in the center of
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