INVESTMENT PROS WANT NO PART OF CURRENT RISK
Wall Street Journal, Feb. 24 -- In the middle of one of the shakiest periods for investors in months, many professional money managers are not managing risk. "I fear that asset managers are not taking this geopolitical risk as seriously as they should," says Duke University finance professor Campbell Harvey, who studies the effect of global risk on money management. (Article available to subscribers.) ... Full story

THE URGE TO HELP, THE OBLIGATION NOT TO
Washington Post, Feb. 23 -- In an op-ed, Duke literature professor and author Ariel Dorfman asks, can human rights activists deny the world the joy of seeing the strongman of Iraq indicted and tried for crimes against humanity. ... Full story
--Also: (Durham, N.C.) Independent Weekly: Telling The Truth Through Lies
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NUTRIENT SEEN AS POSSIBLE MALARIA TREATMENT
ABC News, Feb. 21 -- A nutrient that is produced naturally in the body and found in some foods could be a potential new treatment for malaria, scientists said on Friday. Professor Brice Weinberg, of Duke University and the Durham VA Medical Center and a co-author of the research, said arginine can be given orally which is attractive for countries that do not have sophisticated health system. ...Full story

HIP-HOP 101
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Feb. 21 -- A Duke conference studies rap's influence. "Hip-Hop Global Flows" is a joint effort among various departments at Duke, including cultural anthropology, music and the Center for Asian and Asian American Studies. ... Full story
--Also: Duke News: Audio Report on Global Hip-Hop Conference
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UNIVERSITIES' TEAMWORK WINS GRANT
Charlotte Observer, Feb. 24 -- Congress seemed to send a message that it wants universities to cooperate in the study of biological threats by awarding a $600,000 check for a program that coordinates projects among academic institutions, including Duke, and the nation's public health agencies. ... Full story

DUKE LAGS ON FEMALE ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Feb. 24 -- The number of female assistant professors standing in classrooms at Duke has increased little over the last 10 years, prompting Duke officials to question what's keeping more women from joining the ranks of the professoriate.
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TURTLE POWER
The Economist, Feb. 20 -- Larry Crowder, of the Duke University Marine Laboratory, who has been studying the problem of turtles snapping at bait not intended for them, is trying to design a hook that will catch fish but not turtles. ... Full story

SECRETS OF SQUIRREL SPECIATION
The Scientist, Feb. 21 -- John Mercer and Louise Roth at Duke University have shown that major events in the diversification of squirrels are timed with large-scale changes in the Earth's climate. ...Full story

COMMENTARY: TRUTH SPEAKS IN A RAINBOW OF VOICES
Charlotte Observer, Feb. 19 -- Mary Curtis, a columnist, says, "At a time when too many claim to have all the answers, it's comforting to know that Anna Deavere Smith is still asking questions." Smith took the stage at Duke recently. ... Full story

OP-ED: CALLING OUT THE CALLED
Biblical Recorder, Feb. 14 -- Curtis W. Freeman, director of the Baptist House at Duke University Divinity School, comments on the decline in young people answering "the call" to ministry. ... Full story

RAISING A GLASS (AND DOING SOME MATH)
New York Times, Feb. 23 --  For five years, Jack Cakebread has been traveling - to Harvard, Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, Duke, Columbia, Northwestern and elsewhere - to deliver seminars at business schools. The idea, he said, "is to entice these brilliant young people to come into the wine business." ... Full story

EIGHT CHARGED WITH AIDING TERROR
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Feb. 21 -- Sami Al-Arian, a Florida computer engineering professor and seven other men were charged Thursday with overseeing and financing the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group, which has been blamed for killing more than 100 people in Israel and adjacent territories. Al-Arian's son, Abdullah Al-Arian, graduated with a bachelor of arts in political science from Duke University in 2002. Sami Al-Arian, a graduate of N.C. State University, spoke at Duke in April. (Article is not online.)
--Also: Herald-Sun: Editorial: In Florida, Long Arms of Terror
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