Duke in the News: April 7, 2003
Debate Over Troop Strength Shows Strain | Music Lessons for the Birds | Duke Doctor at Center of Debate Over Genomics' Future, and more...
Monday, April 7, 2003
DEBATE OVER TROOP STRENGTH SHOWS STRAIN
Newhouse News Service, April 6 -- "The Bush administration came
into office more military-friendly, but also convinced that there
hadn't been adequate civilian control for eight years," said Peter
Feaver, a Duke University political scientist and author of a
forthcoming book, "Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight and
Civil-Military Relations." ...Full
story
--Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: Looking at Effects of
Saturation
Coverage (Timothy J. Strauman, chairman of Duke's Department of
Psychology: Social and Health Sciences)
Full
story
Houston Chronicle: World's 'Biggest Wetlands Tragedy' in Iraq
(Curtis Richardson, director of the Duke University Wetlands
Center, comments)
Full story
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: Duke Conference to Study War
Full
story
Herald-Sun: Duke Prof's Book Probes Military-Civilian Link
(Feaver)
Full
story
Boston Globe: Accidental Deaths Are Part of Military at War (Alex
Roland comments)
Full story
MUSIC LESSONS FOR THE BIRDS
Dallas Morning News, April 7 -- The "tweet-tweet" of bird song
sounds like sweet nonsense to most people. But a closer listen,
such as is being given by Duke neurobiologist Erich Jarvis, is
revealing hidden messages in some types of avian chatter. (Free
registration required to access article.) ...
Full story
DUKE DOCTOR AT CENTER OF DEBATE OVER GENOMICS'
FUTURE
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, April 6 -- Robert Cook-Deegan's job
description at Duke University puts him in charge of bringing
together biomedical researchers, ethicists, legal scholars and
others to consider how advances in genomics will affect society.
...Full
story
STATE'S SMALLPOX VACCINES STALL AMID FEARS OF
EFFECTS
(Raleigh) News & Observer, April 5 -- At Duke University Health
System, which includes Duke, Durham Regional and Raleigh Community
hospitals, 61 people had been vaccinated before officials halted
participation last week.
Full story
U.S. CITIES COMPETE FOR BIOTECH DOLLARS
New York Times, April 6 -- Many areas draw their inspiration from
Raleigh-Durham, which has become one of the top five biotech
clusters. The top five -- Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle
and Raleigh-Durham -- accounted for three-fourths of biotech
venture capital over the past six years. ...
Full story
DURHAM RESIDENTS JOIN NAVY ROTC MIDSHIPMEN IN PATRIOTIC
GATHERING
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, April 6 -- Navy ROTC midshipman
from Duke joined those from N.C. State and UNC-Chapel Hill for the
2003 North Carolina Piedmont Region Awards Day on Saturday. ...Full
story
GOING APE
Chicago Sun-Times, April 6 -- When business editors at the
newspaper needed somebody to inspire readers to select their
favorite stocks for 2003, they looked for someone of unquestioned
honesty -- what with all the Wall Street scandals -- and settled on
Adam Monk, 31, who happens to be a cebus monkey from Duke
University. ...
Full story
MAGAZINE GIVES SCHOOLS HIGH MARKS
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, April 5 -- Duke University and UNC
posted strong showings, and a few slips, in the annual seesaw of
rankings released Friday in U.S. News & World Report's "Best
Graduate Schools" 2004 edition. ...Full
story
NURSING A MIDLIFE DESIRE TO BEGIN A CAREER OF
CARING
Washington Post, April 6 -- Mary Darden McLeod reached several
milestones in 2002: She turned 50, celebrated her 10th wedding
anniversary and marked her 20th year as a marketing professor.
McLeod also entered the accelerated nursing program at Duke
University. (Article is not available free online; full text is
available upon request to stuart.wells@duke.edu.)