Duke in the News: March 13, 2006
Discoveries Are Changing Way We Think About Evolution | Women, Minorities Less Likely to Get Best Heart Attack Care | Duke Headlines Act of March Madness, and more…
Monday, March 13, 2006
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RECENT DISCOVERIES ARE CHANGING THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT
EVOLUTION
The Boston Globe, March 13 -- Researchers at Duke have
provided some of the first concrete evidence for one of the latest
theories in evolution. ... Full
story
WOMEN, MINORITIES LESS LIKELY TO GET BEST HEART ATTACK
CARE
Yahoo! News, HealthDay News, March 13 -- A Duke study
finds race, age and gender make a difference in how heart problems
are treated. ...
Full story
DUKE HEADLINES ACT OF MARCH MADNESS
(Toronto) Globe and Mail, March 13 -- Duke, winner of the
ACC title, was selected as a No. 1 seed in the National Collegiate
Athletic Association men's basketball tournament for a record-tying
10th time yesterday. ... Full
story
--Also, GoDuke.com: Duke Wins 2006 ACC Championship in
ThrillerOverBostonCollege
Full story
New York Times: For Coach K's Disciples, Season Has Produced Mixed
Blessings
Full story
Wall Street Journal: Going for the Big Score (Link for subscribers;
e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) ... Full
story
(Raleigh) News & Observer: Duke Grabs Title Again ... Full
story
(Durham) Herald-Sun: Fans Show Blue Pride as Duke Wins ACC ... Full
story
News & Observer: Duke's Cameron Crazies (See video link at
right.) ... Full
story
NPR.org: Book Excerpt -- 'Last Dance' by John Feinstein ...
Excerpt
The (Southern Pines) Pilot: Column -- New Books Explain Basketball
Fever ... Full
story
KATRINA REPAIRS ENGAGE STUDENTS
News & Observer, March 13 -- Instead of dipping into
crystal blue seas at resort meccas, some Duke students will spend
spring break breaking a sweat helping with Katrina repairs.
Full
story
--Also, Herald-Sun: Students Break at GulfCoast, For Service, Not
Sun ... Full
story
News & Observer: Universities Collect 2,623 Pounds of Food ...
Full
story
THE POOR GET RICHER
CNN Money, Fortune Magazine, March 13 -- Higher education
still confers an enormous economic advantage. Just not as enormous
as it used to be, according to new Duke studies on the oursourcing
trend. ...
Full story
EDUCATION: YOU'RE IN — AND SO ARE MOM AND DAD
Newsweek, March 20 -- Duke and other universities are
paying more attention to the people footing the tuition bill --
parents. ... Full
story
LETTERS: PORT POISON
News & Observer, March 12 -- "Congressional
interference with the now-withdrawn Dubai Ports World deal will
have a poisonous impact on economic well-being and trade and
national security," says FuquaSchool professor John Lynch. ... Full
story
MINORITY ADMISSIONS: COUNTERING CULTURAL BLOCKS
ScienceCareers.org, March 10 -- A Duke student's study
looks at why minority students don't always take advantage of
college opportunities. ...
Full story