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2022
July/August 2022 - DDC Summer Academy Comes Roaring Back!
June 2022 - First Alumni Reunion in over 2 Years!
May 2022 - Congratulations DDC Graduates, You Did It!
April 2022 - DDC Announces Two Leadership Transitions: Natalie Edwards as Chair of the Board of Friends, Sasha Wells as Interim Executive Director
March 2022 - Creative Writing, from Essay to Poetry to Fiction & Fast Friending - How to Build Healthy Social Connections
January/February 2022 - From Biology Lab to Catwalk - Spring 2022 at DDC!
2021
January 2021 - What are some of the leading causes of poverty in NYC City and what can be done on a policy level to address them
February 2021 - DDC Students Discuss COVID
March 2021 - The Writing Center
April 2021 - DDC Class of 2021 - Early Results!
May 2021 - Spotlight on: Margaret Banks, DDC Fellow and Ph.D. candidate in English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
June 2021 - Intro to College Success
July 2021 - 1943 Yearbook at Wadleigh High School in Harlem
August 2021 - The Science of Composting for a Greener New York City
September 2021 - Our fall 2021 classes
October 2021 - On their Way to “Best Fit” College and a Fulfilling Career
November 2021 - Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems – DDC Financial Literacy Course
December 2021 - How to Fall in Love with Physics!
2020
January 2020
Equipped to grow, flourish and touch the sky! DDC Alumni and Volunteer reflections, 1965 - 2016
Career Explorations: engineering and entertainment industries
Spotlight: Darlene Reyes, 2020 Fulbright Research Fellow
February 2020
Bridging the STEM divide
Student Spotlight: Yelissa Lopez DDC’20
March 2020
Financial Literacy Program: Understanding Finances to Build Wealth
Student/Parent Spotlight: Shawn Mitchell Yon, DDC’23, and his father, Mr. Yon
April 2020
DDC is Now Virtual!
Calls for Assistance Surge and HMB Steps Up Care of DDC Families
Post It and They Will Come! The Instagram Relaunch of ColumbiaDDC!
May 2020
Healthy Minds & Bodies (HMB) Launches Website to Help DDC Students Cope with the COVID-19 Crisis!
What is the DDC College Success Mentor Initiative?
DDC Alumna to DDC Counselor Paying It Forward
June 2020
Congratulations to DDC’s Class of 2020!
DDC’s Summer Programs Address Summer Learning Melt
Institute - Joseph Dunker Jr., DDC’ 2024, and His Mother, Mrs. Keisha Barnes DDC 7th Grader Learns Science at Columbia University’s Zuckerman Institute
July 2020
Summer Academy
Cookology 101
Urban Planning
NYC Hour
August 2020
2020 Summer Programming - Grand Finale!
Summer Institute - Writing Intensive
Summer Academy - Engineering Big Ideas
Summer Academy - The Art of Debate
September 2020
Back to School!
So Excited to Be Back! Reflections from Students, Instructors and Counselors
Highlights of DDC’s Fall 2020 Program
October 2020
DDC College and Career Success (CCS)
Discovering their “Best Fit” College at DDC!
November 2020
Columbia University Partners
Columbia Students and Alumni Working as Instructional Partners
December 2020
DDC’s First Holiday Gift Box Event: Thank You for Your Support!
Reflections on DDC’s Accomplishments in a Year of Unprecedented Challenges
2019
April 2019
Media & Arts Course, in partnership with NBCUniversal and Young Audiences New York (YANY)
College Tours
College Discovery Day with mentors from Columbia and Barnard
Student Spotlight: Clark Desire Jr. DDC’21, and his mother, Kaime Desire, PA President at A. Philip Randolph Campus High School
June 2019
Students working for social justice from behind the camera - YANY LinkNYC
Students attend the Freedom and Citizenship Seminar presented by professors from Columbia and Princeton
Students selected for LEADS, a summer internship from the Macquarie Group, the global investment bank and financial services company
Student Spotlight: Deborah Oyede, DDC’20
July 2019
DDC Summer Academy is in full swing!
DDC launches the Writing Intensive Institute
Student Spotlight: Ernesto Pena, DDC’20, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luciano
August 2019
DDC launches Fellowship Program for Columbia Graduate students to teach community youth
Macquarie LEADS Summer Internship 1) The Reviews Are In! 2) Highlights
Student Spotlight: Jailyssa Torres DDC’20
September 2019
Students tackle the 1619 Project
Why Healthy Minds and Bodies (HMB)?
Student Spotlight: Destiny Howell DDC ‘19
October 2019
BRAINYAC, where DDC students fall in love with neuroscience
October was College Reps month at DDC!
Alum Spotlight: Laurent Delly DDC’91
November 2019
November 23rd & 24th was DDC’s first annual Gratitude Weekend!
Aisha Haynes joins DDC as Pedagogical Specialist
Alum Spotlight: Carla Luna DDC’12
December 2019
The Atlantic and Hewlett Packard!!!
Students showcase their fall semester accomplishments
Spotlight: Social Entrepreneur Nahid Uddin DDC’20
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