Duke in the News: Jan. 30, 2003
Duke Professor Releases Data on Grade Inflation | Plant Explosion and Fire Kills at Least 3 | A Shot Against Terrorism | Smallpox Fears Stir Memories of Heavy Toll Indians Suffered, and more...
Thursday, January 30, 2003
DUKE PROFESSOR RELEASES DATA ON GRADE INFLATION AT 34
COLLEGES
Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 30 -- As a step toward dealing
with grade inflation, a professor at Duke University is compiling a
database of average grade-point averages over time at various
four-year institutions and placing the information on the Web. The
numbers so far, from 34 institutions, contradict those who blame
affirmative action for grade inflation, he says. ...Full
story
PLANT EXPLOSION AND FIRE KILLS AT LEAST 3
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Jan. 30 -- Medical helicopters from Pitt
Memorial Hospital in Greenville, UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, Duke
University Medical Center in Durham and a rescue helicopter from
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station aided in the transport of
victims of Wednesday's plant explosion in Kinston. ...Full
story
--Also, Kinston Free Press: LMH Handles Disaster
Full
story
A SHOT AGAINST TERRORISM
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 30 -- In North Carolina, about
37 of the 60 hospitals that were asked to participate in the
state's first round of smallpox vaccinations agreed, including Duke
University Medical Center. ...Full
story
SMALLPOX FEARS STIR MEMORIES OF HEAVY TOLL INDIANS
SUFFERED
Billings (Mont.) Gazette, Jan. 25 -- Native Americans were so
susceptible to the Old World disease of smallpox that, in some
cases, almost everyone took sick and no one was left to provide
drinking water to the sick, said Duke historian Elizabeth A. Fenn.
...
Full story
NEXT, THEY'LL BE READING GIBBON
The (London) Guardian, Jan. 30 -- Benedict, Macduff, Oberon and
Rosencrantz are rhesus macaque monkeys with unexpected capacities.
They can distinguish the order of images on a video display screen,
according to Duke University researchers. ...
Full story
KPMG ON OFFENSIVE OVER SEC CHARGES
Reuters, Jan. 30 -- James Cox, a professor of securities law at
Duke University, comments on accounting firm KPMG's aggressive
response to charges filed by regulators that its audit of copier
maker Xerox Corp. was fraudulent. ...Full
story
BOOK CITES 'GOLDEN GLORY' HISTORY OF ACC
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Jan. 30 -- Barry Jacobs, a graduate of
Duke University who started covering the ACC in 1976, has written a
book on the Atlantic Coast Conference. ...Full
story
INTENSIVE CARING
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 30 -- Raleigh physician Dr. E.
Stephen Edwards, a graduate of the Duke University School of
Medicine, is three months into his term as president of the
influential American Academy of Pediatrics. ...
Full story
MS. FILMS
Charlotte Observer, Jan. 30 -- Jane Gaines, founder of the Program
in Film/Video/Digital at Duke University, will discuss the Women
Film Pioneers Project at the second annual Ms. Films Festival in
Durham Feb. 7-8. ...
Full story
KIDS ON TRACK TO GIVE SCHOOL THE BOOT MAY HAVE DOWNTOWN
OPTION
(Memphis) Commerical Appeal, Jan. 27 -- Tennessee's former state
education commissioner, Duke alumna Jane Walters, has the green
light to open a school for 15-year-olds at risk of dropping out.
...
Full story
FORMER MAYOR LEAVES ATLANTA TO JOIN FLORIDA LAW
FIRM
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jan. 25 -- Former Mayor Bill Campbell
(Duke Law '77), after more than two decades in the middle of
some of the city's most contentious debates, is leaving
Atlanta. (Story has been archived; Web site provided.) ...Web site
