Duke in the News: Aug. 3, 2007
Duke Fundraising Sets Record With $380 Million | Congress Is Getting Ready to Debate Energy Bill | A Moderate Workout Is Best, and more…
Friday, August 3, 2007
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DUKE FUNDRAISING SETS RECORD WITH $380 MILLION
(Raleigh) News & Observer, AP, Aug. 3 -- Duke set a school fundraising record in the past year as total gifts to the university rose 11 percent to more than $380 million. ... Full story
--Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: Schools Raise Record Amounts ... Full story
Chronicle of Higher Education: Bad News Isn't Necessarily So Bad ... Full story
(Raleigh) Triangle Business Journal: Gifts Received by Duke Up 11 Percent ... Full story
CONGRESS IS GETTING READY TO DEBATE ENERGY BILL
New York Times, Aug. 3 -- As Congress prepares to debate an energy bill, Tim Profeta, director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke, discusses what he believes is needed to transform the nation's energy policy. ... Full story
TO LOWER TRIGLYCERIDES, A MODERATE WORKOUT IS BEST
U.S. News & World Report, Aug. 2 -- There's some surprising evidence regarding the relationship between the intensity and length of a workout and the duration of its benefits. A team of Duke and East Carolina University researchers finds that more exercise isn't necessarily better. ... Full story
--Also, Health News Digest: When Exercise Stops, How Long Do Benefits Last? ... Full story
DUKE SENIOR LEADS HEALTH CAMP IN BELIZE
(Springfield, Mass.) Republican, Aug. 1 -- Annalies Heinrichs didn't settle for the typical summer job. The senior at Duke is leading a group of students to Belize this summer and organizing three weeklong health camps for children. ... Full story
CAN OUR BRAINS UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES?
MSNBC, LiveScience, Aug. 2 -- Scott Huettel of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke says "our own subjective experience is a very poor guide to how the brain works." ... Full story
WAKE FOREST'S BOKO PLAYS TOUR GUIDE IN AFRICA
Winston-Salem Chronicle, Aug. 2 -- On a recent trip to Africa organized by an economics professor at Wake Forest University, Robin Kirk, the director of the Human Rights Initiative at Duke, was struck by how hard it has been for countries torn apart by violence to heal. (Click on article image to see full text.) ... Full story
RECORD FIRMS GET A BREAK VS. DUKE
Herald-Sun, Aug. 3 -- A federal magistrate in Greensboro is allowing a group of record companies to serve Duke University with subpoenas seeking the names of 28 people alleged to have used the school's computers to illegally trade music files. ... Full story
TRIBUTE AT DUKE TO HONOR JAZZ GREAT
Winston-Salem Journal, AP, Aug. 3 -- Jazz genius Thelonious Monk, whose North Carolina roots were evident in his music and his accent long after he moved to New York, will be celebrated next month during an 18-event tribute at Duke. ... Full story
