Duke in the News: March 3, 2003
Keohane Success Mirrors Shift in Academia | Health Experts Look Beyond HMOs for Better Approach | Town Hall Meeting on Iraq | “Reel Evil” | Columbia Accident: What Next?, and more...
Monday, March 3, 2003
KEOHANE SUCCESS MIRRORS SHIFT IN ACADEMIA
(Raleigh) News & Observer, March 3 -- Nan Keohane was the first
among a new generation of women to lead the nation's best
universities. She did it with a strong background as a feminist
scholar and as an alumna and president of an elite New England
women's college. But she never thought of herself as a "woman
president." ...
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--Also: (London) Guardian: Duke President Keohane to Resign
in June 2004
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News & Observer: Duke's President to Step Down
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News & Observer: Open Door Helped Bridge Town-Gown Gap
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Charlotte Observer: Keohane, 62, Lauded for Successful
Fund-Raising
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Duke's President, Nannerl O.
Keohane, to Step Down in 2004 (Available to subscribers.)
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(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: Keohane Stepping Down
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Herald-Sun: Duke Under Nannerl O. Keohane
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(Greensboro) News & Record: Duke's First Female President to
Step Down
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WRAL-TV: Duke President To Step Down Next Year
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HEALTH EXPERTS LOOK BEYOND HMOs FOR BETTER
APPROACH
Wall Street Journal, March 3 -- Columnist Scott Hensley says one of
the more intriguing proposals for improving health care is offered
by Ralph Snyderman, health affairs chancellor at Duke University.
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TOWN HALL MEETING ON IRAQ
NBC's Today Show, March 3 -- Duke professor and novelist Ariel
Dorfman joined a live "town hall" studio discussion on the conflict
with Iraq. "I don't think you mutilate, bomb, destroy a country in
order to save it," he said. ...Web site
"REEL EVIL"
NPR's All Things Considered, March 2 -- Duke University
began screening films from the "Axis of Evil" countries this week
as part of its Reel Evil series. Professor Negar Mottahedeh, a
co-curator of the series, was interviewed about the selections,
including a North Korean Godzilla-style feature and a movie about
drunk Iraqi horses. (Audio available.) ...Full
story
THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA ACCIDENT: WHAT NEXT?
(Raleigh) News & Observer, March 2 -- An edited
transcript of a panel discussion Feb. 20 at Duke University's Pratt
School of Engineering. (Presented in three parts.) ...Full
story
--Also, News & Observer: Part II: The Next Generation
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Part III: Justification
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Orlando Sentinel: NASA's Pork Feeds Hometown Projects
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News & Observer: Alex Roland Op-ed: We're Shackled by the
Shuttle
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GAS MAY PROTECT BRAIN DURING SURGERY
UPI, March 3 -- Studies at Duke and in London suggest the gas xenon
may protect the brain from neurological damage stemming from the
use of the heart-lung machine during heart surgery. (See third news
brief.) ...Full
story
U.S. CITIZENS GET MORE ORGANS THAN THEY
GIVE
Washington Post, March 3 -- The whispers started as soon as Jesica
Santillan was declared dead nine days ago. Should two sets of
hearts and lungs -- considered the scarcest transplantable organs
-- have gone to an illegal immigrant?
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--Also, Philadelphia Inquirer: Patient List Ignored in Botched
Transplant
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ABC News: Study Examines Children's Medical Errors
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WOMEN EXTRAORDINAIRE 2002: DEBORAH ROSS
Business Leader, December 2002 -- Deborah Ross, a senior lecturing
fellow at the Duke University School of Law, and member of the N.C.
House of Representatives, is profiled in this feature, that
recently became available online. ...
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EXPERTS FEAR FOR IRAQ'S ARCHAEOLOGICAL
TREASURE
CNN, March 1 -- Duke University Law School professor Scott Silliman
believes U.S. forces will select targets with great care. The
former Air Force colonel was the senior attorney for U.S. Tactical
Air Command during the 1991 Gulf War. His legal team helped U.S.
forces target Iraqi sites in Operation Desert Storm. ...
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RUSSIAN ROADBLOCK
Newsday, March 1 -- The threat of a U.N. veto, said Duke University
national security policy expert Ted Treibel, suggests Russia will
not back down, at least not now -- though it may ultimately sign on
to the U.S. resolution or abstain from voting. ...
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SHOULD FREE MARKET DETERMINE PASTORS' PAY?
Biblical Recorder, Feb. 28 -- A free-market economy drives
pastors of many churches, including Baptist congregations, to climb
a career ladder in order to maintain a decent standard of living,
according to a new study from Duke University. ...
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