Duke in the News: Dec. 14, 2005
Op-Ed: The Sunni Moment | U.S. ‘Ahead in Producing Technlogists’ | Meet the Hard-Nosed Do-Gooders, and more…
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
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OP-ED: THE SUNNI MOMENT
Wall Street Journal, Dec. 14 -- Donald L. Horowitz, a
professor of law and political science at Duke and the author of
"Ethnic Groups in Conflict," says the Iraq elections tomorrow "will
revive the constitutional dispute that is certain to have a
profound impact on the future of that country." (Link for
subscribers; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.)
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U.S. ‘AHEAD IN PRODUCING TECHNLOGISTS’
Financial Times, Dec. 13 -- The United States maintains a
strong lead over India and China in numbers of qualified engineers,
according to a new report from Duke that seeks to debunk the
popular view that the U.S. lags far behind in producing skilled
technologists. (Also on CNBC website.) ...
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--Also, The Indian Express: Us Versus Them -- Outsourcing on
Knife-Edge Again
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MEET THE HARD-NOSED DO-GOODERS
Time magazine, Dec. 19 -- A new generation of graduates is
finding market-based solutions for problems in the nonprofit world
-- and getting paid for it. Greg Dees, faculty director of Duke's
Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, comments.
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LIVING OFF THE FAT OF THE CELL
Science Now, Dec. 12 -- A sexually transmissible microbe
may have a unique way of reproducing: by ordering the cells in
which it lives to produce tiny halos of fat. The finding may help
explain why the bug, Chlamydia trachomatis, is also implicated in
cardiovascular problems, Duke researchers say. ...
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GAMBLING GRANDPARENTS
ABC News Now's Healthy Life, Dec. 13 -- Dr. Dan Blazer of
Duke, president of the American Association of Geriatric
Psychiatry, was a program guest, discussing the warning signs that
your elderly relatives may be addicted to gambling. (Transcript not
available online; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.)
THE MARKETPLACE REPORT: RETURNING ENRON BONUSES
NPR's Day to Day, Dec. 13 -- Duke law professor Jim Cox
talks about a Texas bankruptcy judge's ruling ordering 40 former
Enron traders to return $20 million in bonuses they received
shortly before the company went bankrupt. ...
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DUKE OFF-CAMPUS BUST AGAIN LACKED SEARCH WARRANT
(Durham) Herald-Sun, Dec. 14 -- Another group of Duke
students beat alcohol-related charges Tuesday stemming from
back-to-school sting operations at party houses near East Campus.
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ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR: THE DIMENSIONS OF PING
FU
Inc. Magazine, December 2005 -- Duke professor Herbert
Edelsbrunner, an expert in the fields of algorithms and
computational geometry, provided the mathematical foundation for
his wife Ping Fu's company, Geomagic. ... Full
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ON THE AIR
WUNC Radio’s “The State of Things” explores the issues of
illegal immigration on Wednesday with guest Noah Pickus, associate
director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke. Listen to a
rebroadcast at 9 p.m. ET or later to archived audio. ... Details