Duke in the News: March 5, 2003
President Nan Keohane Pushed Duke Into Top Ranks | Happy People Live Longer Than Dour Fuddy-Duddies | Duke Giving Feds the Devil Over Lasers, and more...
Wednesday, March 5, 2003
THE RIGHT WOMAN: PRESIDENT NAN KEOHANE PUSHED DUKE INTO
TOP RANKS
Charlotte Observer, March 5 -- Ten years ago, some folks wondered
whether Duke University was really ready for a woman as president.
Nannerl Keohane, who had been president of Wellesley College for 12
years, took the job and answered that question by transforming Duke
from a top-notch regional university into one of the best
universities in America. ...Full
story
HAPPY PEOPLE LIVE LONGER THAN DOUR
FUDDY-DUDDIES
USA Today, March 5 -- If cardiologists wrote "Stay cheerful" on
their prescription pads, heart disease patients who followed the
orders would live longer, a Duke University study suggests today.
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story
DUKE GIVING FEDS THE DEVIL OVER LASERS
(Raleigh) News & Observer, March 5 -- Duke University is in an
ongoing legal tussle with a former physics professor who built two
highly-specialized lasers and wants them shipped to Honolulu. ...
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JESICA LAID TO REST AFTER LIFE OF TOUCHING
HEARTS
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, March 5 -- Jesica Santillan, the
17-year-old Mexican girl who died Feb. 22 after two transplant
operations at Duke University Hospital, was laid to rest Tuesday.
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story
--Also, Herald-Sun: Nursing in a Combat Zone
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story
Charlotte Observer: Mexican Transplant Teen Is Laid to Rest in
Rural N.C. Cemetery
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Policies, Procedures Reviewed in Wake of
Organ Transplant Snafu
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(Raleigh) WRAL-TV: Report Claims Duke Violated Transplant
Laws
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story
Palm Beach Post: Tragedy Shows Need for Donation Reform
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MALPRACTICE INSURANCE: NO CLEAR OR EASY
ANSWERS
New York Times, March 5 -- "If anyone thinks caps on pain and
suffering are going to work miracles overnight, they're wrong,"
says Frank Sloan, an economics professor at Duke University
specializing in health policy and management. ...
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A DEMAND FOR DIVESTMENT
CNN's Moneyline, March 4 -- A growing number of college students
want their schools to divest any holdings in companies that do
business with terrorists. Among those interviewed: Matt Baldwin, a
Duke student who supports divestment from firms with ties to
governments that sponsor terrorism, and Duke Executive Vice
President Tallman Trask, who spoke of how most of the university's
investments are not in identifiable stocks. (Text not available
online; Web site provided.) ...Web
site
IN COURT, LITTLE SEX SHOP BEATS LINGERIE
GIANT
St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, March 5 -- The U.S. Supreme Court said
the shop Victor's Little Secret didn't hurt the lingerie giant, but
sidesteped the question of how to measure trademark harm.
Victoria's Secret had a high-powered legal team that included Duke
law professor Walter Dellinger. ...
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ONE HOUSE OF ENLIGHTENMENT DRAWS EAGER KIDS FROM
STREETS
Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 2 -- Duke alumni Angie and Percy
Strickland sought a community where they could make a difference.
At first, they didn't know what that difference might be or how
they might achieve it, but they assumed they would figure it out
once they got there. ...Full
story
HARDEE'S GIVES $225,000 TO DUKE CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL
St. Louis Business Journal, March 3 -- Hardee's Food Systems Inc.
will give $225,000 to Duke Children's Hospital to help fund the
McGovern-Davison Children's Health Center, which houses all
pediatric outpatient medical and surgical services and helps more
than 35,000 children a year. ...
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MOHS HIGH IN CURING SKIN CANCER
(Denver) Rocky Mountain News, March 4 -- Mohs micrographic surgery,
a common technique used to remove skin cancers, is very safe when
performed in an outpatient setting, according to a Duke University
study published in the Archives of Dermatology. ...
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STEM-CELL FIRM NEEDS MONEY, MAY LEAVE
AREA
Cleveland Plain Dealer, March 4 -- Other high-tech regions,
including RTP, have wooed Athersys Inc., a Cleveland-based
biopharmaceutical company. "It's clear we would really like
Athersys," said Robert Taber, a vice chancellor at Duke
University's Medical Center. ...
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BOOKS: A FAMILY AFFAIR
(Southern Pines, N.C.) Pilot, March 3 -- It was while working as
writer-in-residence at Duke University Medical Center that Virginia
Holman decided to share her story, her first-hand experience in
dealing with the mental illness of a family member. She is the
author of the recently released book 'Rescuing Patty Hearst:
Memories of a Decade Gone Mad." ...Full
story
--Also, (Durham) Independent Weekly: Virginia Holman Revisits a
Childhood of Mental Abandon
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story
FYI: DR. CHRIS DUGGAR
Montgomery Advertiser, March 4 -- Dr. Chris Duggar, a graduate of
Duke University and University of Alabama Birmingham, always wanted
to rejoin his family members and get to work helping out in the
community that had been his home since first grade. ...
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