Duke in the News: Feb. 1, 2007

Wrangling Over Climate Change in Paris | Immigrants' Skill Figures in Debate Over U.S. Policy | Iraq Renews Historic Tensions, and more…

Thursday, February 1, 2007

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SCIENCE BY COMMITTEE: WRANGLING OVER CLIMATE CHANGE IN PARIS
Scientific American, Jan. 31 -- Gabriele Hegerl, a Duke researcher, offers a first-person view into how scientists and diplomats are editing their global warming proposal to reach a consensus. ... Full story
--Also, Duke Chronicle: Faculty Debate Bush's Climate Plan ... Full story

IMMIGRANTS' SKILL FIGURES IN DEBATE OVER U.S. POLICY
(Durham) Herald-Sun, Feb. 2 -- "Making the U.S. a mecca for high-skilled immigrants is a good thing," says Jacob Vigdor, an associate professor of public policy and economics at Duke. ... Full story
--Also, Herald-Sun: N.C. Slow to Lure High-Tech Immigrants (Vivek Wadhwa, executive-in-residence at Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering) ... Full story

IRAQ RENEWS HISTORIC TENSIONS BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS
VOA News, Jan. 31 -- Duke law professor and former acting U.S. solicitor general Walter Dellinger argues that Congress historically has had an important role in deciding when the United States goes to war, and for how long. ... Full story

EDITORIAL: FLAWED ON ARRIVAL
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Feb. 1 -- Declining government reimbursement rates were mentioned as a major issue by leaders of Duke University Health System during a recent meeting with the newspaper's staffers. ... Full story

YOUTHS TO RAPPERS: CLEAN IT UP
Chicago Sun-Times, Feb. 1 -- Parents have long worried about the music their kids listen to, notes Mark Anthony Neal, a professor of African-American studies at Duke who specializes in pop culture. But young people today are "bombarded in ways we weren't," he says. ... Full story

FORMER DUKE STAR DIES
News & Observer, Feb. 1 -- In Tom Powers' era, nobody used the phrase "student-athlete." But few embodied that NCAA term better in the late 1940s and early '50s than Powers, a two-sport Duke star and scholar who died Monday in California. ... Full story

ON THE AIR
Mark Anthony Neal, a professor of African-American studies at Duke who specializes in pop culture, will be a guest today at 2 p.m. ET on NPR’s Talk of the Nation, discussing the case of a TV actor’s use of a homosexual slur against his co-star. ... Website
Sheila Curran, executive director of Duke's Career Center, will be a guest today on North Carolina Public Radio’s "The State of Things," discussing how financing a college education can affect lifestyles, relationships and career choices post-graduation. ... Details