North Carolina’s first known mosque was established in Durham nearly 65 years ago, and a current exhibit honors the rich, living history of African American Muslims in the city. “The Transformational History of Ar-Razzaq Islamic Center in Durham” will be on view through December 10, 2022, in the Jerry and Bruce Chappell Family Gallery at the Perkins Library.
Since 2007, Jacqueline Looney, former senior associate dean for the Graduate School at Duke, kept a small index card labeled “JL’s Long-term Goals” in her wallet. The first goal listed on the
During the pandemic, Helen Cuccaro has developed an eye for repurposing materials and turning them into something new. After she and her husband resodded their backyard last summer, Cuccaro deconstructed the leftover grass pallets and used the wood to build privacy panels for her garden. When one of her friends saw the completed project, they asked her to create privacy panels for them too. Over the past two years, reusing materials such as leftover tiles to make an epoxy table have helped Cuccaro relieve stress.