Duke in the News: Apr. 19, 2004

A FEW MORE Z's CAN LEAD TO A's (Raleigh) News & Observer, April 18 -- Duke University is considering new orientation programs this fall that would help freshmen understand the importance of sleep. ... Full story --Also, CBS News: Help for Sleep-Deprived Students Full story Montreal Gazette: Sleepy Students Spared From Early Rising Full story

THE BEST DIVIDEND STOCK STRATEGY CNBC's Kudlow & Cramer, April 16 -- Duke finance professor John Graham said he expects dividends to increase some, "but not back up to 50 cents on the dollar." (Transcript e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.)

SMOKING RESTRICTIONS FAIL TO RAISE PROTEST (London) Guardian, AP, April 19 -- At Duke University, Wake Forest University and UNC, efforts to restrict smoking and the on-campus sale of cigarettes have given rise to much ironic commentary, but barely a whiff of protest. ... Full story

PREMIER: LAND CLAIM GIVES INUIT ROLE IN U.S. MILITARY PLANS (Toronto) National Post, April 18 -- Any future U.S. military activity in Canada's eastern Arctic should include a role for the Inuit, the premier of Nunavut told a Duke University conference on security relations between the two countries. ... Full story

IS IT GRADE INFLATION, OR ARE STUDENTS JUST SMARTER? New York Times, April 18 -- Administrators and some faculty at some of the country's top universities have proposed correcting for so-called grade inflation by limiting A's. Stuart Rojstaczer, a geology professor at Duke who runs the Web site www.Gradeinflation.com, comments. ...Full story

BROWN DECISION STILL RESONATES (Raleigh) News & Observer, April 18 -- Duke historian John Hope Franklin helped a Durham conference tap into the historical underpinnings of Brown vs. Board. Duke President Nan Keohane also spoke at Saturday's event. ... Full story --Also, Herald-Sun: Educators, Residents Reflect on Desegregation Decision Full story

MYSTICS FOLLOW FORM, SELECT DUKE'S BEARD Washington Times, April 18 -- The Washington Mystics took Duke shooting guard Alana Beard with the second pick after the Phoenix Mercury tabbed Connecticut guard Diana Taurasi with the first at Saturday's WNBA Draft. ...Full story --Also, GoDuke.com: Duke Holds Annual Women's Basketball Banquet on Sunday Full story

NEIGHBORHOOD CLINIC FILLS GAP FOR PATIENTS (Durham) Herald-Sun, April 18 -- A health clinic was always part of the plan when Lyon Park neighborhood leaders decided to turn a 1920s brick elementary school into a community center. But it took Duke's financial support, through the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership, to make it happen. ...Full story

PUTIN LURES GREF'S RIGHT-HAND MAN TO THE KREMLIN Moscow Times, April 19 -- Duke alumnus Arkady Dvorkovich, a highly visible economist, is leaving the Russian government to head the presidential administration's Department of Experts, news agencies reported over the weekend. ...Full story