Duke in the News: Sept. 13, 2006
Study: Impact of Drugs on Kids Confusing | Op-Ed: N.C. Beaches in Corps' Untrustworthy Hands | The Harvard Effect, and more…
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
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STUDY: IMPACT OF DRUGS ON KIDS CONFUSING
The Washington Post, AP, Sept. 13 -- Finding out how prescription drugs affect children isn't easy, even for pediatricians, a new study led by Duke's Dr. Danny Benjamin says. ... Full story
--Also, NPR’s Morning Edition: Companies Withhold Research on Medications and Children (Dr. Benjamin) ... Full story
UPI: Study: Docs Lack Information on Kids' Meds ... Full story
OP-ED: N.C. BEACHES IN CORPS' UNTRUSTWORTHY HANDS
Charlotte Observer, Sept. 13 -- Orrin Pilkey, Duke professor emeritus and author of "The Corps and the Shore," says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should be forced "to respond to real national needs as opposed to pork barrel requests from Congress." ... Full story
THE HARVARD EFFECT
Inside Higher Ed, Sept. 13 -- Early indications are that colleges are in no rush to follow Harvard's lead and to eliminate early admissions. Christoph Guttentag, dean of undergraduate admissions at Duke, discusses a different approach that he believes better caters to students’ interests. ... Full story
--Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: Harvard Dropping Early Admissions (Guttentag) ... Full story
Charlotte Observer: Early Admission Intact in Carolinas; Duke Says It Will Revisit Program's Benefits (John Burness, Duke senior vice president for public affairs and government relations) ... Full story
Duke Chronicle: Duke to Re-Evaluate Early-Decision Process in Wake of Harvard Decision ... Full story
Duke Chronicle: Editorial -- Harvard's Changes Not Right for Duke ... Full story
SUCCESS MAY NOT BRING HEALTH, HAPPINESS
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Tribune Media Services, Sept. 11 – Enormous success is healthy only for people with self-esteem to match, according to research from Duke psychologists who are in the forefront of the new field of psychoneuroimmunology. ... Full story
EX-PRESIDENT FURTHERS TANZANIA-DUKE TIES
(Durham) Herald-Sun, Sept. 13 -- The former president of the United Republic of Tanzania gave a public lecture Tuesday at Duke on challenges in health and education facing his country and the developing world. ... Full story
--Also, Duke Chronicle: African Leader Details AIDS Crisis ... Full story
POLICEMAN WHO ARRESTED STUDENTS WAS DOING HIS JOB, FORMER BOSS SAYS
Herald-Sun, Sept. 13 -- A Durham police sergeant's crackdown on Duke students last year was part of a concerted effort to get control of the off-campus party scene, not the act of a rogue cop, his former boss says. ... Full story
--Also, Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) ... Full story
COLUMN: WATER -- THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE FILTERED
(Columbia, S.C.) The State, Sept. 12 -- While tap water's relative risk is very low, some form of carbon filter can be a good investment, civil and environmental engineering professor Mark Wiesner says. ... Full story
WHAT DOES A GROWN-UP CRACKED LOOK LIKE?
The New York Times, Sept. 12 -- Looking to mend Cracked, Duke Law grad Monty Sarhan hopes to remold the faltering magazine into a hybrid, resembling something between Spy and Rolling Stone. ... Full story
--Also, News & Observer: Cracked Magazine Under Repair ... Full story
Washington Post: Fractured Funny Bone ... Full story
