Duke in the News: Aug. 28, 2006
Market-Based Plan Could Fix Flu Vaccine Dilemma | Q&A: 'The Crisis Continues' | Letter From Durham: Big Men on Campus, and more!
OP-ED: MARKET-BASED PLAN COULD FIX FLU VACCINE DILEMMA Chicago Sun-Times, Aug. 28 -- Dr. Kevin A. Schulman, a professor of medicine and management at Duke, looks at market-based alternatives to "our current broken system" for producing vaccines. (Article also appeared in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.) Full story
Q&A: ‘THE CRISIS CONTINUES' Newsweek, Aug. 24 -- Dr. Richard H. Weisler, an adjunct professor of psychiatry at Duke and UNC, talks about why so many Gulf Coast residents affected by Hurricane Katrina still aren't getting the mental-health care they need. ... Full story --Also, (Tucson) KVOA-TV, HealthDay News: New Orleans' Health-Care System Still in Tatters ... Full story
LETTER FROM DURHAM: BIG MEN ON CAMPUS The New Yorker, Sept. 4 -- An 11-page feature looks at the lacrosse furor and Duke's "divided culture." ... Full story --Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: Cop Says Nurse Found Trauma in Duke Case ... Full story MSNBC News Live: Duke Rape Investigation (Video not available online; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) News & Observer: Rape Case Judge Will Ban Cameras ... Full story (Durham) Herald-Sun: Citizens' Group to Support Nifong ... Full story ESPN the Magazine: Months Later, Unanswered Questions Haunt Duke ... Full story Charlotte Observer, AP: Danowski Ready for Challenge of Leading Duke Past Rape Scandal ... Full story Houston Chronicle, AP: Colleges Seek a Balance on Drinking ... Full story Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story
DUKE FRESHMEN EXPLORE DURHAM News & Observer, Aug. 27 -- Duke's "Into the City" program sent nearly 500 students into Durham neighborhoods Saturday for community service work and guided tours. ... Full story --Also, Herald-Sun: New Duke Students Lending Helping Hands ... Full story Herald-Sun: Students at NCCU, Duke Going to Ballgame ... Full story News & Observer: Editorial -- Bridges, Not Walls ... Full story
SHE TRANSFORMED DUKE'S ARTS PROGRAM News & Observer, Aug. 27 -- Kathy Silbiger, who helped create Duke Performances, is the newspaper's Tar Heel of the Week. Full story
CLERGYWOMEN FIND HARD PATH TO BIGGER PULPIT The New York Times, Aug. 27 -- Women in the clergy still bump against what many call the stained-glass ceiling. Jackson W. Carroll, professor emeritus of religion and society at Duke Divinity School, has studied the issue. ... Full story
AMERICAN DEATHS IN IRAQ, AFGHAN WARS APPROACH 9/11 TOLL Detroit Free Press, Aug. 27 -- Christopher F. Gelpi, a Duke scholar who wrote "Success Matters: Casualty Sensitivity and the War in Iraq," discusses how Americans view the duration of combat. ... Full story
ON THE AIR The Rev. Canon Sam Wells, dean of Duke Chapel and research professor of Christian ethics at Duke Divinity School, was a guest on Monday's "The State of Things" call-in program, talking about his first year in Durham. Listen to a rebroadcast at 9 p.m. ET on 91.5 WUNC FM or later to archived web audio. http://wunc.org/tsot Duke sociology professor Lynn Smith-Lovin was a guest on WHYY-Philadelphia's program "Voices in the Family" on Monday, talking with host Dr. Dan Gottlieb about her social isolation study. The radio program, which aired live at noon ET, will also be archived on the web. http://www.whyy.org/91FM/voices.html