Duke in the News: April 2, 2007
The Decoy Effect, Or How to Win an Election | Duke Golf Coach Rod Myers Dies at 67 | Commentary: Studies of Men Tell Half the Story, and more…
Monday, April 2, 2007
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THE DECOY EFFECT, OR HOW TO WIN AN ELECTION
Washington Post, April 2 -- Joel Huber, a Duke marketing professor, shows how the decoy effect works. And front-runner presidential candidates would do well to listen. ... Full story
DUKE GOLF COACH ROD MYERS DIES AT 67
(Durham) Herald-Sun, April 1 -- Longtime Duke men's golf coach Rod Myers died on Friday night at Duke University Medical Center after a three-month battle with leukemia. ... Full story
--Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: Longtime Duke Golf Coach Myers Dies at 67 ... Full story
COMMENTARY: STUDIES OF MEN TELL HALF THE STORY
News & Observer, April 1 -- "The path to true medical wisdom is ensuring that both men and women are properly represented in medical studies, and cardiologists at Duke are among the national leaders voicing this belief," says Pam Douglas, chief of the division of cardiology at Duke and a former president of the American College of Cardiology. ... Full story
FEEL LIKE A BOZO? PROF SAYS: DON'T BRUSH IT OFF, DO BLUSH
News & Observer, April 1 -- It's better to get all red-faced than to shrug off an April Fool's Day joke with coolness and insouciance. So says Mark Leary, a Duke professor of psychology and neuroscience. ... Full story
--Also, (Walnut Creek, Calif.) Contra Costa Times: April Fool (See third item.) ... Full story
WHAT'S OFFLINE
New York Times, March 31 -- If you want to know why Bill Gates and other technology leaders have been lobbying for immigration reform, you need to look no further than the finding of a study by Vivek Wadhwa of Duke's Pratt School of Engineering. ... Full story
DUKE HOSPITAL LOOKS TO PLAN MASSIVE PROJECT
Herald-Sun, April 1 -- Duke University Hospital is seeking state permission to plan a "major expansion" that would replace a key on-campus facility and increase capacity by several hundred beds. ... Full story
HOW TO LIVE WITH CANCER
Time, March 29 -- At Duke, molecular geneticist Joseph Nevins is testing a gene-based test for lung cancer. (See third page.) ... Full story
ON THE AIR
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, a 2006 Duke Divinity School graduate and one of the leaders of the "new monasticism" movement, is a guest today on North Carolina Public Radio’s "The State of Things." Wilson-Hartgrove is a member of Rutba House, an intentional community in Durham that mentors neighborhood kids, organizes community celebrations and offers hospitality to all who seek it. ...Details/listen
Duke alumnus Dr. Andy Baldwin, a Navy lieutenant stationed in Honolulu, wields the roses in "The Bachelor: Officer and a Gentleman," which begins tonight (ABC, 9:45 p.m. ET). ... Details
Mark Leary, a Duke professor of psychology and neuroscience, will be the guest today on the "Art Fennell Reports" program on CN8, Philadelphia's Comcast cable-access channel, beginning at 10 p.m. ET. He will be talking about people's reactions to being embarrassed. ... Details
