Duke in the News: March 13, 2006
Discoveries Are Changing Way We Think About Evolution | Women, Minorities Less Likely to Get Best Heart Attack Care | Duke Headlines Act of March Madness, and more!
RECENT DISCOVERIES ARE CHANGING THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT EVOLUTION The Boston Globe, March 13 -- Researchers at Duke have provided some of the first concrete evidence for one of the latest theories in evolution. ... Full story
WOMEN, MINORITIES LESS LIKELY TO GET BEST HEART ATTACK CARE Yahoo! News, HealthDay News, March 13 -- A Duke study finds race, age and gender make a difference in how heart problems are treated. ... Full story
DUKE HEADLINES ACT OF MARCH MADNESS (Toronto) Globe and Mail, March 13 -- Duke, winner of the ACC title, was selected as a No. 1 seed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball tournament for a record-tying 10th time yesterday. ... Full story --Also, GoDuke.com: Duke Wins 2006 ACC Championship in ThrillerOverBostonCollege Full story New York Times: For Coach K's Disciples, Season Has Produced Mixed Blessings Full story Wall Street Journal: Going for the Big Score (Link for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) ... Full story (Raleigh) News & Observer: Duke Grabs Title Again ... Full story (Durham) Herald-Sun: Fans Show Blue Pride as Duke Wins ACC ... Full story News & Observer: Duke's Cameron Crazies (See video link at right.) ... Full story NPR.org: Book Excerpt -- 'Last Dance' by John Feinstein ... Excerpt The (Southern Pines) Pilot: Column -- New Books Explain Basketball Fever ... Full story
KATRINA REPAIRS ENGAGE STUDENTS News & Observer, March 13 -- Instead of dipping into crystal blue seas at resort meccas, some Duke students will spend spring break breaking a sweat helping with Katrina repairs. Full story --Also, Herald-Sun: Students Break at GulfCoast, For Service, Not Sun ... Full story News & Observer: Universities Collect 2,623 Pounds of Food ... Full story
THE POOR GET RICHER CNN Money, Fortune Magazine, March 13 -- Higher education still confers an enormous economic advantage. Just not as enormous as it used to be, according to new Duke studies on the oursourcing trend. ... Full story
EDUCATION: YOU'RE IN -- AND SO ARE MOM AND DAD Newsweek, March 20 -- Duke and other universities are paying more attention to the people footing the tuition bill -- parents. ... Full story
LETTERS: PORT POISON News & Observer, March 12 -- "Congressional interference with the now-withdrawn Dubai Ports World deal will have a poisonous impact on economic well-being and trade and national security," says FuquaSchool professor John Lynch. ... Full story
MINORITY ADMISSIONS: COUNTERING CULTURAL BLOCKS ScienceCareers.org, March 10 -- A Duke student's study looks at why minority students don't always take advantage of college opportunities. ... Full story