June 2022
• First Alumni Reunion in over 2 Years!
• All Things ALUMNI
May 2022
• Congratulations DDC Graduates, You Did It!
From Washington Heights to Ivy League - Thais S., DDC ’21, Sophomore, Brown University
• All Things ALUMNI
April 2022
• DDC Announces Two Leadership Transitions:
Natalie Edwards as Chair of the Board of Friends, Sasha Wells as Interim Executive Director
• DDC College Tours: Princeton and Brown
• All Things ALUMNI
March 2022
• Creative Writing, from Essay to Poetry to Fiction
• Fast Friending - How to Build Healthy Social Connections
• All Things ALUMNI
January/February 2022
• From Biology Lab to Catwalk - Spring 2022 at DDC!
1) Modern Genetics: Science, History, Ethics
2) We Are The Art: Wearable Art & Fashion
• All Things ALUMNI
December 2021
• How to Fall in Love with Physics!
• All Things ALUMNI
November 2021
• Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems – DDC Financial Literacy Course
• All Things ALUMNI
October 2021
• On their Way to “Best Fit” College and a Fulfilling Career - DDC Customized College and Career Program
• Class of 2022 Reviews the College and Career Success Program
• All Things ALUMNI
September 2021
Dive into DDC’s fall programming!
• The U. S. Department of Education renews DDC’s Talent Search grant
• New DDC position to intensify support for students and alumni
• Dive into DDC’s fall programming!
• All Things ALUMNI
August 2021
DDC’s Growing Partnership with Columbia University’s Zuckerman Institute
• Composting: Reduce Waste and Improve the Environment - DDCamp and BioBus, a Zuckerman Institute Partner
Final Project by Hallelujah G., DDC ‘2025
• Neuroscience and Bioethics: The Intersection of Consent and Addiction - Brainyac/Zuckerman Institute
Final project by Paola F., DDC ‘22
July 2021
Civic Engagement and Civil Rights
• Learning Civic Responsibility through Community Action
• Lost Voices of Civil Rights Activism in Harlem Schooling
June 2021
From College Access to College Success:
• Inaugural DDCamp for Middle Schoolers
• DDC Seniors Set Themselves Up for College Success
May 2021
• Unbecoming Me - Explorations of Black Girlhood
• DDC’s Code Nation - Building Interactive Websites
April 2021
• Insights from Oscar H., DDC ’21 and Jackie N., DDC ’20, Princeton
March 2021
• DDC launches the Book Club and the Writing Center!
February 2021
• Comprehensive Guide to New York Climate Action
By Lisvanny Polanco, DDC’21, Anna Beckmann and Daniel Levine-Suarez
• DDC Students Discuss COVID-19
• Environmental Injustice
January 2021
• DDC students investigate social and environmental issues in New York City
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
November 2020
• Columbia University Partners
• Columbia Students and Alumni Working as Instructional Partners
October 2020
DDC College and Career Success (CCS)
• Discovering their “Best Fit” College at DDC!
September 2020
Back to School!
• So Excited to Be Back! Reflections from Students, Instructors and Counselors
• Highlights of DDC’s Fall 2020 Program
August 2020
2020 Summer Programming - Grand Finale!
• Summer Institute - Writing Intensive
• Summer Academy - The Art of Debate
• Summer Academy - Engineering Big Ideas
July 2020
Summer Academy
• Cookology 101
• Urban Planning
• NYC Hour
June 2020
• Congratulations to DDC’s Class of 2020!
• DDC’s Summer Programs Address Summer Learning Melt
• DDC 7th Grader Learns Science at Columbia University’s Zuckerman
Institute - Joseph Dunker Jr., DDC’ 2024, and His Mother, Mrs. Keisha
Barnes
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
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!
March 2020
• Financial Literacy Program: Understanding Finances to Build Wealth
• Student/Parent Spotlight: Shawn Mitchell Yon, DDC’23, and his father, Mr. Yon
February 2020
• Bridging the STEM divide
• Student Spotlight: Yelissa Lopez DDC’20
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
2019
December 2019
• The Atlantic and Hewlett Packard!!!
• Students showcase their fall semester accomplishments
• Spotlight: Social Entrepreneur Nahid Uddin DDC’20
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
October 2019
• BRAINYAC, where DDC students fall in love with neuroscience
• October was College Reps month at DDC!
• Alum Spotlight: Laurent Delly DDC’91
September 2019
• Students tackle the 1619 Project
• Why Healthy Minds and Bodies (HMB)?
• Student Spotlight: Destiny Howell DDC ‘19
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
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
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
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