Duke in the News: Jan. 6, 2003
Duke to Study Smallpox Vaccine | Fuqua Expands to Seoul | Now in Control, GOP Has Big Ideas | Universities Ask Supreme Court to Reverse Patent Ruling \ Predicting 2003, and more...
Monday, January 6, 2003
DUKE TO STUDY SMALLPOX VACCINE
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Jan. 6 -- Duke University Medical Center
researchers are seeking volunteers for a national study to see if
diluted smallpox vaccine can boost immunity in people vaccinated
more than 20 years
ago. ...Full
story
--Also, News 14 Carolina: Duke Researchers to Participate in
Smallpox Vaccine Study
Full story
USA Today: Armed Against Smallpox
Full
story
FUQUA EXPANDS TO SEOUL
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 6 -- Duke University's Fuqua
School of Business announced Friday a partnership with Seoul
National University that will give Fuqua a new presence in Asia.
Final approval is expected within two months from both
universities' faculties, administrations and boards of trustees.
...
Full story
--Also, (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: Fuqua Expanding Its Global
Reach
Full
story
NOW IN CONTROL, GOP HAS BIG IDEAS
Sacramento Bee, Jan. 6 -- Duke University political science
professor John Aldrich said he believes Bush will move quickly to
try to build on momentum from the election. ...
Full story
UNIVERSITIES ASK SUPREME COURT TO REVERSE PATENT
RULING
Science, Jan. 3 -- Duke and other universities are concerned a
patent court's decision will hinder research by forcing scientists
to obtain permission before using patented technologies. ...Full
story
--Also, Charlotte Observer: Duke University Goes To U.S. Supreme
Court To
Settle Lab Squabble
Full story
PREDICTING 2003
Washington Post, Jan. 5 -- Forget the dazzling high-tech
breakthroughs. At the end of 2003, it will likely be the
incremental improvements in familiar everyday technologies that we
appreciate the most, says Henry Petroski, A.S. Vesic Professor of
Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University.
...
Full story
A SOUTHCOAST SABBATICAL
(New Bedford, Mass.) Standard-Times, Dec. 23 -- Some people
moonlight as bartenders or waiters when they're trying to break
into the book world. Duke English professor Joe Porter settled on a
university job as a Shakespearean scholar to support his fiction
writing. ...Full
story
WEB WINNERS: UNDERSTANDING KWANZAA
Associated Press, Jan. 5 -- In heartwrenching words, a slave pleads
to a former owner for news of her daughter, in a letter that is
part of a Duke University collection of writings by
African-American women. ...Full
story
GENDER GAP TAXES TURTLES
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 4 -- Professor Larry Crowder, a
marine biologist at the Duke University Marine Lab, approaches a
holding tub, and 10 small loggerhead turtles wheel around, mouths
open, each with a splash of pink nail polish on their mottled brown
shells. ...Full
story
LAWYER OFFERED SERVICES TO ALL
Charlotte Observer, Jan. 6 -- Colleagues say Duke law grad Arthur
Goodman Jr. believed -- even before the advent of court-appointed
attorneys -- that everyone should have access to the best criminal
defense possible. Goodman, 76, died Sunday. ...
Full story
ACQUAINTED WITH THE HOUR THAT FALLS BEFORE THE
NIGHT
New York Times, Jan. 5 -- In the crepuscular universe of Duke grad
Lynn Saville's photographs, things are mercifully not what they
seem. (Free registration required.) ...Full
story
WILLIAM SCHLESINGER FEATURED
UNC-TV, Jan. 3 and 5 -- William Schlesinger, dean of the Duke
University Nicholas School of the Environment, was Bill Friday's
guest on his North Carolina People show. They discussed
global warming and other environmental issues. (Transcript is not
online; Web site provided.)Web site
DUKE GETS GIFTS FOR NEW BUILDING
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 6 -- Duke University has
received four gifts totaling $3.1 million toward a $22 million
addition for the Divinity School. Construction for the
47,000-square-foot addition is scheduled to start this month. ...
Full story
PEOPLE
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 6 -- An educator and
administrator who has specialized in programs for at-risk children
has been named director of Duke's Holistic Opportunity Plan for
Enrichment program. ...Full
story