Duke in the News: Feb. 5, 2003
Cord Blood Claims Questioned | Study Finds Priests' Salaries Low, But Security Is Better | Keohane Says No to Sale of Stock | Thomasville Man Uses Gift of Language to Help Save Little Hearts, and more...
Wednesday, February 5, 2003
CORD BLOOD CLAIMS QUESTIONED
Nature, Feb. 5 -- Expectations for umbilical-cord stem cells may be
too high. Joanne Kurtzberg, director of the pediatric
stem-cell transplant program at Duke University, says she believes
cell banks are playing on people's fears. ...Full
story
STUDY FINDS PRIESTS' SALARIES LOW, BUT FINANCIAL
SECURITY IS BETTER
Catholic News Service, Feb. 5 -- Catholic priests rank
near the bottom of the pay scale when it comes to Christian clergy
compensation, but the Catholic Church offers the best model for
"financial quality of life," according to a new Duke University
study. ...Full
story
KEOHANE SAYS NO TO SALE OF STOCK
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Feb. 5 -- Duke University President Nan
Keohane has rejected a campus group's call to divest from companies
with military ties to Israel. ...Full
story
THOMASVILLE MAN USES GIFT OF LANGUAGE TO HELP SAVE
LITTLE HEARTS
Charlotte Observer, AP, Feb. 5 -- Neal Holladay isn't a doctor or a
nurse, but earlier this month he assisted with 13 heart surgeries,
translating for a volunteer team from Duke University Medical
Center in Nicaragua. ...
Full story
COMMENT: EASY GRADING MAKES 'DEEP LEARNING' MORE
IMPORTANT
USA Today, Feb. 5 -- Duke University Professor Valen Johnson
studied 42,000 grade reports and discovered easier grades in the
"soft" sciences, and the hardest A's in the natural sciences. ...
Full story
LETTER: YOU GOT US STIRRED UP
Wall Street Journal, Feb. 3 -- An editorial and columns in the
Journal sparked a lively debate at Duke over the speaking
invitation extended to Laura Whitehorn, write Nannerl O. Keohane,
Duke's president, and John F. Burness, Duke's senior vice president
for public affairs and government relations. (Subscription required
to access.) ...
Letter