Duke in the News: Feb. 19, 2007
Op-Ed: Bring Drug, Medical Device Safety Into the 21st Century | Vote Signals New, Confrontational Dynamic Between President Bush, Congress | ‘Smart Bladder' Technology Could Help Paralyzed, and more…
Monday, February 19, 2007
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OP-ED: BRING DRUG AND MEDICAL DEVICE SAFETY INTO THE 21ST CENTURY
Baltimore Sun, Feb. 19 -- With the increasing use of new technologies to benefit America's aging population, "it is remarkable how little we do to track their safety and effectiveness," says Dr. Kevin A. Schulman, a professor of medicine and business administration at Duke. ... Full story
VOTE SIGNALS NEW, CONFRONTATIONAL DYNAMIC BETWEEN PRESIDENT, CONGRESS
International Herald Tribune, AP, Feb. 17 -- Christopher Gelpi, a Duke political scientist who tracks public opinion on the war, comments on a looming Iraq war funding battle. ... Full story
'SMART BLADDER' TECHNOLOGY COULD HELP PARALYZED
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, HealthDay News, Feb. 16 -- Researchers at Duke have moved a step closer to creating a "smart bladder pacemaker" that might one day restore bladder control in patients. ... Full story
A GOOD WORD FOR HEDGE FUND ACTIVISM
The New York Times, Feb. 18 -- Evidence from Duke finance professor Alon Brav and his colleagues that a big investor often helps the small ones. ... Full story
THREAT OF FIGHT CLUBS RINGS A BELL
Los Angeles Times, Feb. 17 -- Orin Starn, professor of cultural anthropology at Duke, says recent flare-ups of "fight clubs" across the country should not be dismissed as simply an age-old phenomenon. ... Full story
DUKE, VA STUDY FOCUSES ON WOMEN'S SEXUAL TRAUMA WHILE ON MILITARY DUTY
(Durham) Herald-Sun, Feb. 19 -- Duke professor Jennifer Strauss leads a study being conducted by the Durham VA and Duke University Medical Center looking at a way for women veterans to overcome post-traumatic stress disorder caused by sexual assault. ... Full story
ENGINEERING FOR GOOD REASONS
Herald-Sun, Feb. 16 -- On Thursday, biomedical engineering students in Robert Malkin's "Design for the Developing World" class tested their made-from-scratch rainwater collecting contraptions on the engineering quadrangle with help from a large hose which sprayed water into the air to simulate a monsoon. ... Full story
BLUE DEVILS REWARD COACH K
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Feb. 19 -- Coach Mike Krzyzewski gets his 700th win at Duke, but an ACC victory thrills him more. ... Full story
--Also, Herald-Sun: Column -- Something Special in the Air ... Full story
ON THE AIR
The Duke engineers who created the first invisibility cloak, including David R. Smith and Steve Cummer, along with Rachael Brady, director of the Duke Immersive Virtual Environment (DiVE), will be featured tonight on the History Channel's "Star Trek Tech," a program comparing real technology to the gadgets of Star Trek, including the Star Trek cloaking device and the simulated reality facility known to Trekkies as the "holodeck." Watch at 11 p.m. or 3 a.m. ET. ... Details
Joseph Henderson, the founder of the Walltown Children's Theater in Durham, was the guest on "The State of Things" today on North Carolina Public Radio. Henderson talked about his passion for the stage and his work with the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership. Listen to a rebroadcast at 9 p.m. ET or later to archived audio on the web. ... Details
