Duke in the News: Aug. 16, 2006
Duke Students Reach Out to Durham Through Volunteer Work | Duke on Track With $100M Singapore Medical School | Commentary: India's Supply Bottlenecks, and more…
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
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DUKE STUDENTS REACH OUT TO DURHAM THROUGH VOLUNTEER WORK
(Raleigh) WRAL-TV, Aug. 15 -- Nearly 150 Duke students are fanning out across Durham this week, helping nonprofits or local elementary schools. Project Build is not unique, however. Three out of four Duke students volunteer in Durham. (with video) ... Full story
DUKE ON TRACK WITH $100M SINGAPORE MEDICAL SCHOOL
Triangle Business Journal, Aug. 11 -- All systems are go, say Duke officials, for a September groundbreaking on a $100 million medical school the Singapore government is building, to be run entirely by Duke faculty and administrators. (Link for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) ... Preview/full story for subscribers
COMMENTARY -- INDIA'S SUPPLY BOTTLENECKS
International Herald Tribune, Bloomberg, Aug. 15 -- Duke public policy professor Anirudh Krishna's research on three Indian software companies is cited in a discussion of the "Bangalore bug" and rising software wages. ... Full story
COMMENTARY: DON'T FIRE MISGUIDED PROF
Charlotte Observer, Aug. 16 -- Dr. Aaron White, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Center, says students can learn a valuable lesson from a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor who blames the United States for 9/11. ... Full story
DONATION TO PROMOTE DUKE, UNC CANCER RESEARCH
WRAL-TV, Aug. 15 -- Officials with the V Foundation for Cancer Research said Tuesday they would provide $1 million to promote joint research between the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. ... Full story
KATRINA SURVIVORS LASHED BY EMOTIONAL TAILWINDS
Women's eNews, Aug. 13 -- Dr. Richard Weisler of Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill discusses how Hurricane Katrina survivors are coping a year after the storm. ... Full story
DISPUTE MAY HOLD UP DUKE REZONING
(Durham) Herald-Sun, Aug 16 -- The Durham Planning Commission, which will make a recommendation to the City Council on Duke's application to rezone Central Campus, wants the university to address several issues raised by merchants and neighbors. ... Full story
THINK YOUR WAY TO THIN
Men's Health, Aug. 14 -- Martin Binks, director of behavioral health at the Duke Diet and Fitness Center, discusses a leading weight-loss trap for men. ... Full story
LEE ROY DAVIS, 51; PLAYER ON 1971 TITANS TEAM
Washington Post, Aug. 12 -- Lee Roy "Monk" Davis, 51, a defensive back on the 1971 T.C. Williams High School football team memorialized in the movie "Remember the Titans," died of multiple myeloma July 31 at Duke University Hospital. He lived in Knightdale, N.C. ... Full story
