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The Week at Duke {in 60 Seconds}: New Sanford Dean; Surgeon General Speaks

Juniors Danny Nolan and Emily Sobel deliver a week's worth of campus news in a minute

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Former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher spoke at Duke's nursing school about global health equity. The event was part the university's commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first African-American students at Duke.Kelly Brownell has been named the new dean of Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy, beginning this summer. Brownell is a psychology professor at Yale University who studies policies that combat obesity.Bill McDermott, co-CEO of the technology company SAP, kicked off  "Global Week" at the Fuqua School of Business.In research news, Duke Medicine investigators find that some breast cancer patients have a better chance of survival getting a lumpectomy plus radiation compared to undergoing a mastectomy.A report by three Duke public policy professors finds racial diversity in North Carolina's public schools has remained steady while segregation by income has increase.The Duke student theater group Hoof n' Horn is performing the musical Cabaret. Shows continue through February 3rd in Schaefer Theater.