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Duke in the News: Sept. 4, 2003

Op-Ed: Will the U.N. Really Help? | Chileans Take New Look at Allende | Duke Project to Give a Boost to Heart Attack Care, and more...

 

OP-ED: WILL THE U.N. REALLY HELP? Washington Post, Sept. 4 -- Peter Feaver, a professor of political science at Duke University, discusses six tough questions a larger U.N. role in Iraq raises. He will answer questions about his column during a live online discussion at 12:30 p.m. today at www.washingtonpost.com. ... Full story

CHILEANS TAKE NEW LOOK AT ALLENDE Philadelphia Daily News, Sept. 3 -- It's been almost 30 years since Chilean President Salvador Allende died in a U.S.-backed right-wing coup. Former Duke University instructor Ricardo Lagos, Chile's first socialist to be elected president since Allende, called a rare news conference with the foreign news media Wednesday to stress the significance of the anniversary. ...Full story

DUKE PROJECT TO GIVE A BOOST TO HEART ATTACK CARE (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Sept. 4 -- Duke Clinical Research Institute physicians announced Wednesday that they're embarking on an eight-hospital project aimed at treating all patients in North Carolina within 90 minutes of their heart attack. ...Full story

NONPROFIT THEATERS STRUGGLE Philanthropy Journal, Aug. 28 -- More than half of nonprofit theaters in the U.S. posted a deficit in 2002, and the prognosis for the coming years is bleak, a new survey from Duke University says. ...Full story

THE HEART OF CHARITY Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 4 -- At Duke University, where he won a full scholarship, Paul Farmer became interested in the Haitians living in migrant labor camps nearby. When he visited their country, he found his life's passion: being a doctor to the poor. So remarkable is his unselfish career that Tracy Kidder has made Farmer the subject of a powerful new book, "Mountains Beyond Mountains." ...Full story

OP-ED: PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT IS A DRIVING CONCERN Winston-Salem Journal, Aug. 30 -- There are many more important activities than curbside recycling that a concerned citizen should undertake for the environment's sake, write William H. Schlesinger, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University, and Andrew J. Friedland, chairman of the environmental studies program at Dartmouth College. ... Full story

LOOK WHO'S BLAZING THE SYSTEMS BIOLOGY TRAIL GenomeWeb.com, Sept. 4 -- With sights set on provoking the next wave of biological developments, a number of schools including Duke, have undertaken bold initiatives to foster cross-fertilization among faculty and students of diverse disciplines. ... Full story

DURHAM REGIONAL NAMES NEW CEO (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Sept. 4 -- David McQuaid, chief operating officer of the 700-bed Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, has been hired as chief executive officer of Durham Regional Hospital, one of two community hospitals in the Duke University Health System. ...Full story --Also, (Duke) Chronicle: DRH Hires McQuaid as CEO Full story

PROF BOOK LINKS GRADE INFLATION, EVALUATIONS (Ann Arbor) Michigan Daily, Sept. 4 -- As concern over grade inflation grows on many campuses, a new book by University of Michigan biostatistics professor Valen Johnson suggests that teacher evaluations are a significant part of the problem. The book is based on a study completed in 1999 at Duke University. ... Full story