Duke in the News: Sept. 11, 2006
Economic Fears After 9/11 Proved Mostly Unfounded | Duke Scientists Set Sights on Cloak of Invisibility | Column: Is All That Homework Worth It?, and more…
Monday, September 11, 2006
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ECONOMIC FEARS AFTER 9/11 PROVED MOSTLY UNFOUNDED
The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 9 -- A special Duke University and CFO Magazine survey found that 21 percent of U.S. companies have increased spending related to the threat of terrorism, and 42 percent have seen an increase in planning for business disruptions since September 11, 2001. (Link for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) ... Full story for subscribers
--Also, Chicago Sun-Times: Op-Ed -- How the U.S. Can Avoid Future Attacks (by David H. Schanzer, director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security at Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill; also ran in South Florida Sun-Sentinel.) ... Full story
(Raleigh) News & Observer: Op-Ed – New Rules for Detainees Still Far Short (by Erwin Chemerinsky, a professor of law and political science at Duke) ... Full story
News & Observer: Grants Geared to Making U.S. Safer ... Full story
(Durham) Herald-Sun: 9/11 Like Yesterday for Chapel Hill Man (Schanzer) ... Full story
Duke Chronicle: September 11th -- Five Years Later (special section) ... Full story
(Durham) Independent Weekly: Ariel Dorfman and American Shadows (A PBS documentary features Chilean-American writer and Duke professor Ariel Dorfman.) ... Full story
Duke News: Events at Duke Commemorate Fifth Anniversary of Sept. 11 ... Full story
DUKE SCIENTISTS SET SIGHTS ON CLOAK OF INVISIBILITY
Chicago Tribune, Sept. 10 -- After years of work, David Schurig and David R. Smith at Duke will finish their research and have absolutely nothing to show for it: They're making a cloak of invisibility. Really. ... Full story
COLUMN: IS ALL THAT HOMEWORK WORTH IT?
Hartford Courant, Sept. 8 -- Harris Cooper, a Duke professor who has spent 20 years studying homework, suggests a 10 minute-per-grade-per-night rule -- meaning it's okay to give a third grader 30 minutes' worth of homework. ... Full story
--Also, Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Commentary -- Does More Homework Improve the Student? ... Full story
DETECTIVE GOT TOUGH WITH DUKE STUDENTS
News & Observer, Sept. 9 -- If three Duke lacrosse players face a jury this spring, defense attorneys likely will take aim at Sgt. Mark Gottlieb, the Durham police officer who has supervised the lacrosse investigation. ... Full story
--Also, News & Observer: Off-Duty Activities Looked At ... Full story
Duke Chronicle: Students Criticize Lax Cop’s Behavior ... Full story
Kinston (N.C.) Free Press: N.C. Has No Speedy Trials Law ... Full story
Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story
ARTIFICIAL ARRAYS COULD HELP SUBMARINES MAKE LIKE A FISH
Science, Sept. 8 -- An international team's work developing nanostructures that mimic how marine animals hunt and evade predators "illustrates the best of this new set of collaborations between biologists and engineers," says Steven Vogel, who studies biomechanics at Duke. ... Full story
HOW LOWERING THE BAR HELPS COLLEGES PROSPER
The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 9 -- The author of a new book, "The Price of Admission," says universities including Duke and Brown have gained prestige in part by wooing the children of Hollywood and the business elite. (Link for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to dukenews@duke.edu.) ... Full story for subscribers
--Also, Washington Post: Book Review – The Best Education Money Can Buy ... Full story
New York Times: An Age of Tainted Admissions and Too Much Homework ... Full story
Dallas Morning News: Column -- Elite Schools Make Room for Mediocre Rich Kids ... Full story
A LOST ART, WAY OF LIFE CELEBRATED
Herald-Sun, Sept. 10 -- Chris Brown, a Duke divinity student, was among those trying to keep the history alive Saturday at Duke Homestead. ... Full story
GREAT PART-TIME JOBS FOR DISCOUNTS
CNN, CareerBuilder.com, Sept. 8 -- Even colleges and universities have begun to offer employee discounts. Duke, for example, offers its employees everything from discounted cars to cheaper salon services, gym memberships and foreign language classes. ... Full story
BRAIN PROTEIN IMPLICATED IN MEMORY LOSS
UPI, Sept. 7 -- A Duke University-Brazilian study suggests defects in a crucial brain protein level is involved in memory loss, similar to the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. ... Full story
WCU TAKES OVER DUKE OCEAN STUDIES PROGRAM
Asheville Citizen-Times, Sept. 6 -- A Duke-based program known internationally for using science to manage beachfront development is moving to the mountains. ... Full story
--Also, Seattle Post-Intelligencer: WCU, Duke Launch Collaboration to Study Developed Shorelines ... Full story