Duke in the News: March 12, 2007
At the End of Life, A Racial Divide | Privatizing State Lotteries | Kentucky Town Re-Examines Its Racial History, and more…
Monday, March 12, 2007
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AT THE END OF LIFE, A RACIAL DIVIDE
Washington Post, March 12 -- Richard Payne, who runs Duke's Institute on Care at the End of Life, says "African Americans and other minorities are at greater risk of not dying well." ... Full story
PRIVATIZING STATE LOTTERIES
WBUR's On Point, March 12 -- Charles Clotfelter, Duke professor of economics and public policy and co-author of "Selling Hope: State Lotteries in America," joined a conversation about how some cash-strapped state governments are thinking about selling off their lotteries to private investors. ... Full story
KENTUCKY TOWN RE-EXAMINES ITS RACIAL HISTORY
NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, March 10 -- A new audio documentary produced by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke explores the overlooked history of racial expulsions in many rural border-state towns between the Civil War and the 1920s -- and, in particular, the legacy of one such case in Corbin, Kentucky. ... Full story
HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, DEPRESSION A DEADLY MIX
Washington Post, March 9 -- Heart disease, diabetes and depression can be a lethal triple-play -- boosting a patient's death risk by 20 percent to 30 percent, new Duke research shows. (HealthDay News story appeared in more than 70 media outlets.) ... Full story
Q&A: INVISIBLE REVOLUTION
Technology Review, March 12 -- Artificially structured metamaterials could transform telecommunications, data storage and even solar energy, says Duke professor David R. Smith, who led the team that built the world’s first "invisibility shield". ... Full story
FILTH AND THE FCC
Forbes, March 9 -- Duke law professor Stuart Benjamin comments on the FCC's attempts to gain authority to regulate violence on broadcast and basic cable networks. ... Full story
STUDY SEEKS KEY TO MEMORY IN GENES
(Raleigh) News & Observer, March 10 -- If they succeed in linking memory skills to genetic patterns, Duke scientists could come to better understand what causes severe memory problems, such as those common to Alzheimer's disease. ... Full story
GARDEN CHIEF GIRDS FOR SPRING SPLENDOR
(Raleigh) News & Observer, March 11 -- Like the hearty yellow daffodils that push up from the cold ground early each spring in the Sarah P. Duke Gardens, long-serving superintendent Harry Jenkins is a perennial. ... Full story
