Duke in the News: Dec. 13, 2005
Why We Like That Word ‘Victory’ | A Dialogue About Higher Education and Great Universities | Commentary: About That Engineering Gap..., and more…
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
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WHY WE LIKE THAT WORD ‘VICTORY’
MSNBC's Hardball, Dec. 12 -- Host Chris Matthews talked
with Christopher Gelpi, the Duke political science professor whose
work played a big role in the president's continuing push to turn
the public's view on the war. ... Transcript
--Also, NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday: Doyle McManus on the Week in
Politics (Gelpi and Duke political science professor Peter Feaver)
...
Listen
America Abroad: Political Science Comes to Iraq (blog by Terry
Sanford Institute professor Bruce W. Jentleson) ... Full
story
(Raleigh) News & Observer: Correction to "Duke Prof Key Player
for Bush" (Gelpi, Feaver)
Details
A DIALOGUE ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION AND GREAT
UNIVERSITIES
PBS's The Charlie Rose Show, Dec. 12 -- Duke President
Richard Brodhead, a guest on the program, says, "Many of the
challenges that universities are going to face in this country are
challenges of the kind of partnerships we have and haven`t had with
K through 12 education before." (Transcript not available online;
e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.)
COMMENTARY: ABOUT THAT ENGINEERING GAP...
BusinessWeek, Dec. 13 -- Is the U.S. really falling behind
China and India in education? Researchers at Duke have determined
that some of the most cited statistics on engineering graduates are
inaccurate. ...
Full story
--Also, Yahoo! Finance Australia, Investor’s Business Daily: Fears
of China and India Swamping U.S. Engineers Could Be Overblown,
Study Says ... Full
story
News & Observer: Study -- Tech Outlook Rosy ... Full
story
(India) domain-B: U.S. Producing More Engineering Graduates Than
India, China -- Duke Study ...
Full story
Pratt School of Engineering: Framing the Engineering Outsourcing
Debate (Duke study)
Report
Pratt School: Appendix of Duke Outsourcing Study -- Empirical
Comparison of Engineering Graduates in the U.S., China and India
...
Study appendix
OP-ED: STATEMENTS ON CRUEL, INHUMAN, DEGRADING TREATMENT
AMBIGUOUS
(Durham) Herald-Sun, Dec. 11 -- If Americans "are to
continue in a leadership role in the free world," only a clear
position against the inhuman treatment of prisoners will suffice,
asserts Duke law professor Scott L. Silliman. ...
Full story
KEY BRAIN GENE SHOWS EVOLUTION IN HUMANS
Accenture.com, UPI, Dec. 12 -- Duke researchers say
they've discovered the first brain regulatory gene that shows clear
evidence of evolution from lower primates to humans.
Full story
--Also, Bioresearch Online: Key Brain Regulatory Gene Shows
Evolution in Humans
Full story
AT MEDICAL JOURNALS, WRITERS PAID BY INDUSTRY PLAY BIG
ROLE
Wall Street Journal, Dec. 13 -- Robert Califf, vice
chancellor of clinical research at Duke University Medical Center,
criticizes the practice of letting ghostwriters hired by
communications firms draft journal articles for academic
researchers. (Link for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) ... Full
story for subscribers
HEALING EFFECTS OF HOOPS
The CBS Evening News, Dec. 10 -- Athletes from rivals Duke
and UNC-Chapel Hill join together at Durham's Hoop Dreams
Basketball Academy to play with kids facing life-threatening
illnesses. (See first video item.) ... Watch
