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.) ... Full story
--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. ... Full story

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. ... Full story

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. ... Listen

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. ... Full story

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 story

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