Skip to main content

Duke in the News: Nov. 13, 2002

Adventures in Primates | Duke Dean Says No to Major Faculty Cuts | Unrecognized Warning Signs, and more...

 

ADVENTURES IN PRIMATES (Raleigh) News & Observer, Nov. 13 -- Visitors come to the primate center at Duke for all sorts of reasons -- to learn something new about human evolution, to see endangered animals, to catch a glimpse of the real Zoboo from the public-television children's show Zoboomafoo. ... Full story

DUKE DEAN SAYS NO TO MAJOR FACULTY CUTS (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Nov. 13 -- Duke won't drastically cut faculty to shore up an impending budget shortfall facing its largest college, Arts and Sciences, Dean William Chafe said Tuesday. ...Full story

UNRECOGNIZED WARNING SIGNS Education Week, Nov. 13 -- Richard Van Dorn, a 2001-02 Spencer Fellow at Duke, writes about the role hate words can play in school violence. ...Full story

DUKE RECEIVES GRANT FOR UNINSURED LATINOS Triangle Business Journal, Nov. 12 -- Duke University Medical Center has been awarded $835,911 by the Department of Health and Human Services to help manage the care of uninsured Latino patients in Durham. ... Full story Also, (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: Duke Gets Care Grant for Uninsured Latinos Full story

DUKE WOOS LEGIT BIZ WITH REVAMP Variety, Nov. 10 -- Theater Previews at Duke University, a program facilitating collaborations with commercial producers on shows for major venues, broke ground in early November for a $2 million, 5,400-square-feet addition of new rehearsal, classroom and shop space to support three existing theaters. (Link is to article abstract.) ... Full story --Also, Dukenews.duke.edu: Duke Trustees Approve Theater Space Construction (background article) Full story

STUDIES RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT POPULAR FIBROID TREATMENT San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 13 -- Dr. Evan Myers of Duke comments on what the medical community knows about fibroids, the uterine growths that plague more than a million women a year. ... Full story --Also, Boston Globe: Healthbeat Full story

MUSEUM CELEBRATES BOOK ON STANDOUT TAR HEELS Charlotte Observer, Nov. 13 -- Three influential North Carolinians featured in a new book were joined on a panel by Anne Firor Scott, a Duke University professor of history who has written several books about the role of women. ... Full story

BUZZ (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Nov. 13 -- On Friday, Durham's newest retailer, MaNette's Closet, is opening its doors on West Chapel Hill Street. The store specializes in women's clothing sizes 14-26 and accessories but also sells gifts. Owner Tamara Bynum is returning to Durham after a stint in the corporate world, following her graduation from Duke. ...Full story

SAVING PUGET SOUND A TALL ORDER FOR ARMY CORPS Tallahassee Democrat, Nov. 13 -- Stuart Pimm, a Duke University ecology professor, comments on the Everglades restoration project, which is being cited as a model for Puget Sound. ... Full story