Duke in the News: March 31, 2003
A Credible Promise to the United Nations | Duke's Chafe to Step Down | The Top Entrepreneurial Colleges in the U.S. | Prosimians' Start Is Updated, and more...
Monday, March 31, 2003
OP-ED: A CREDIBLE PROMISE TO THE UNITED
NATIONS
Financial Times, March 31 -- Robert Keohane, James B. Duke
professor of political science at Duke, says an examination of the
institutional structure of the U.N. Security Council reveals that
"the recent debacle is partly due to a lack of effective mechanisms
for accountability." ...
Full story
--Also, Weekly Standard: Peter Feaver Op-Ed: Casualties Are the
First Truth of War
Full story
(Raleigh) News & Observer: Q&A With Duke Law Professor
Scott Silliman: Pre-emptive Strike Opens Ominous Door
Full
story
Miami Herald: U.S. Has Options for Trying Suspected War Criminals
(Silliman comments)
full
story
St. Petersburg Times: Can America Take Battlefield Losses? Yes, If
Victory in Sight (Christopher Gelpi comments)
Full story
Philadelphia Inquirer: Even War Has Rules (Michael Byers
comments)
Full story
New York Daily News: Troops Facing Terror Risks (Albert Eldridge
comments)
Full story
Tampa Tribune: South Fosters Strong Military Tradition (Ole Holsti
comments)
Full
story
ON THE AIR
Duke Law Professor Scott Silliman will discuss rules of engagement
and the Geneva Convention on tomorrow's (Tuesday's) edition of "The
Connection" on NPR, scheduled to air at 10 a.m. ET. Listen live on show's Website or
locally at 91.5 WUNC-FM, or on
Web.
(Audio will also be archived at the former site.)
DUKE'S CHAFE TO STEP DOWN
(Raleigh) News & Observer, March 31 -- William H. Chafe, the
Duke University administrator who led the renewal of the
undergraduate curriculum, said Sunday that he will step down next
year. ...
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--Also, (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: Dean, Vice Provost Plans to Step
Down (Article not immediately available online; Web site
provided.)
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THE TOP ENTREPRENEURIAL COLLEGES IN THE U.S.
Entrepreneur.com, March 31 -- In the magazine's survey,
peers rank Duke high for its entrepreneurial emphasis. ...Full
story
PROSIMIANS' START IS UPDATED
Los Angeles Times, March 29 -- A small collection of
40-million-year-old teeth and jaw fragments suggests to Duke
scientists that one line of primates developed much longer ago than
researchers had previously believed. ...
Full story
--Also, Newindpress: Fossil Find Doubles Primate Age
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N.C. COLLEGES WATCH CASES CLOSELY
(Raleigh) News & Observer, March 31 -- Numbers show Duke, N.C.
State University and UNC-CH are about 10 percent African-American.
Affirmative action issues before the U.S. Supreme Court could shape
future of higher education. ...
Full story
--Also, Ann Arbor (Mich.) News: The Cases and Their Claims
Full story
KEEPING QUIET: HEALTH PROFESSIONALS' ERRORS VERY OFTEN
GO UNREPORTED
Charlotte Observer, March 30 -- Every year in the
Carolinas, health professionals make thousands of medical mistakes,
some of them deadly. The blood-type mistake at Duke, routinely
ranked among the top 10 U.S. medical centers, shows that no
hospital is immune. ...Full
story
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE GETS SHORT SHRIFT
WebMD.com, March 27 -- With so many patients -- and only so many
hours in a day -- doctors can't provide necessary preventive
medicine screenings and other tests, according to a new study
conducted by a group of doctors from Duke University Medical
Center. ...
Full story
--Also, DrKoop.com: Frazzled Physicians Strapped for Time
Full story
SKITTISH BUYERS BECOME SAVERS
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 29 -- Incomes may be inching
up, but Americans are saving more instead of spending -- a trend
that could threaten the increasingly fragile recovery. Economist
Campbell Harvey of Duke University comments. ...
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BOOK REVIEW: BEHIND THE SILVER SCREEN
Japan Times, March 30 -- Eric Cazdyn, rubbing Japanese film up
against Japanese geopolitics, produces many fascinating -- to
borrow his term -- "flashes" in his new book, "The Flash of
Capital," from Duke University Press. ...
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DUKE SEEKING ADVICE ON SEARCH
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, March 31 -- The head of the search
committee to identify candidates for Duke University's next
president has begun to seek advice on the kind of leader the
university needs at this stage of its history. (Article not
available online; fax copy upon request.)
DUKE STUDENT GOVERNMENT LEADER, 2 OTHERS
ARRESTED
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, March 31 -- The Duke Student Government
president, a former treasurer of the Duke Student Government and a
Duke wrestler were arrested Sunday morning for allegedly beating an
N.C. Central University students outside a Duke dormitory. (Article
not immediately available online; Web site provided.)
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