Durham Academy Alumni

04/24/2026

Brendan Bradley '01 made a pit stop before tonight's Spring Alumni Reception — visiting Jesse Paddock's Video Production II classes. Bradley is a multidisciplinary actor and creative pioneer whose work spans live stage performance, film and television, AAA video games, digital media and immersive experiences.

He worked with each class on a writing and directing activity. Two teams each created a script of original work before swapping the stories to try their hand at directing. He also shared what his day looks like on a set for TV, indie film and video game productions before holding a Q&A with students. 🎥

04/20/2026

Giacomo Ferrari '19 and Julia Nunamaker have wedding bells in their future! Congrats to the lovely couple on their recent engagement in Prague! 💍

Do you have good news to share? DM us!

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04/17/2026

At the 43rd Durham Academy Spring Alumni Reception, the Alumni Board will honor Brendan Bradley ’01 — the multi-hyphenate actor-storyteller-filmmaker-digital content pioneer — as DA’s Distinguished Alumni Award recipient and Robert Wilson — former Middle School dean of students and beloved math teacher — as the Faculty and Staff Legacy Award recipient.

They will be recognized by their peers and colleagues on Friday, April 24, at 5:30 p.m. Congrats to the honorees!

🔗 Read more about Bradley and Wilson — and the impact they’ve made — at https://www.da.org/about/newsroom/news-post/~board/news/post/alumni-awards-to-honor-brendan-bradley-01-and-robert-wilson

04/13/2026

📼🕹️☎️💿💾 1997 ➡ 2026 💻🤳🎧📸🎮

Erica Teagarden Johnstone '97, Sterling Mah Ingui '97 and Alisha Beckum Eastwood '97 paid a visit the Upper School and Kelly Teagarden '04. The campus looks a little different (where did the Double-Decker go?), but their friendship is just the same!

Included is a sweet throwback. ➡ 💚

04/10/2026

We want to share all your good news in this year's DA Magazine in photos! Whether you tied the knot or welcomed a new member to your family, we'd love to share the love. To be included...

Email [email protected] or DM us a photo, along with a few details:
👶 For babies – your little one's name and the names of anyone else who appears in the photo (siblings, for example)
💒 For weddings – your wedding date and location (city and state), your spouse's name, your name as you would like it to appear in the magazine (indicating any changes to your name post-wedding) and the names of any other DA-connected people in the photo

Deadline: Please have your good news submitted by April 22.

03/31/2026

🍎🚕🗽 Alumni in the NYC area, we're coming back to town! We've missed you but are excited to catch up with you at Stout NYC's Bryant Park location. Meet us on April 9 at 6 p.m. to see Michael Ulku-Steiner, Tim McKenna and fellow alumni from all generations.

📧 RSVP: [email protected]
📍 Stout NYC - Bryant Park | 109 W 39th St.
🗓️ Thursday, April 9
⏰ 6 p.m.

03/26/2026

03/25/2026

🔥🐶⚔️ Good morning Cavs! Last night we surpassed our goal of 1,000 donors — all thanks to YOU! We can’t wait to share the official stats and announce who came out on top on the parent and alumni leaderboards later today. 🏆 Stay tuned!

03/25/2026

Every year our MarComm team, DA faculty/staff and friends enjoy creating a parody theme for Giving Day — from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off to Geico and State Farm commercials to ESPN’s This is SportsCenter. Our casts and crews are hard at work in the weeks leading up to each series’ debut, scripting, casting, shooting and editing each episode. The characters and cameos make it a ton of fun! We’re lucky to have so much talent (and so many willing participants) in our own DA community, but sometimes we don’t quite nail it. Here are some of the outtakes that ended up on the cutting room floor 🤣 Enjoy!